http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/842/article/5Commission Decision of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (notified under document number C(2004) 4493) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/842/EC)Commission Decision of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (notified under document number C(2004) 4493) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/842/EC)2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004D0842-20170401texttext/xmlen2017-04-01CHAPTER IIAgricultural plant species
Article 5Technical conditions1.

Fodder plant seed shall comply with the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II to Directive 66/401/EEC for:

(a)

certified seed (all species other than Pisum sativum and Vicia faba); or

(b)

‘certified seed, second generation’ (Pisum sativum, Vicia faba).

2.

Cereal seed shall comply with the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II to Directive 66/402/EEC for:

(a)

certified seed (Phalaris canariensis, other than hybrids, Secale cereale, Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum sudanense, Zea mays and hybrids of Avena sativa, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta and x Triticosecale other than self-pollinating varieties); or

(b)

‘certified seed, second generation’ (Avena sativa, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta and self-pollinating varieties of x Triticosecale, other than hybrids in each case).

3.

Beet seed shall comply with the conditions laid down in Annex I to Directive 2002/54/EC for certified seed.

4.

Seed potatoes shall comply with the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/56/EC for certified seed potatoes.

5.

Seed of oil and fibre plants shall comply with the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/57/EC for:

(a)

certified seed (all species other than Linum usitatissimum);

(b)

‘certified seed, second and third generation’ (Linum usitatissimum).