Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (66/402/EEC) (c. 402)

[F1 ANNEX II U.K. CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance).

2. The seed shall conform to the following other standards or conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and content of seeds of other plants species:: U.K.

A.

Table:

Species and category	Minimum germination (% of pure seed)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)	Maximum content by number of seeds of other plant species including red seeds of Oryza sativa in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of Annex III (total per column)
			Other plant species (a)	Red seeds of Oryza sativa	Other cereal species	Plant species other than cereals	Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Lolium temulentum	Raphanus raphanistrum, Agrostemma githago	Panicum spp.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta :
— basic seed,	85	99	4		1 (b)	3	0 (c)	1
— certified seed, 1st and 2nd generation,	85 (d)	98	10		7	7	0 (c)	3
Avena nuda:
— basic seed,	75	99	4		1 (b)	3	0 (c)	1
— certified seed, 1st and 2nd generation,	75 (d)	98	10		7	7	0 (c)	3
Oryza sativa :
— basic seed,	80	98	4	1					1
— certified seed, 1st generation,	80	98	10	3					3
— certified seed, 2nd generation,	80	98	15	5					3
Secale cereale:
— basic seed,	85	98	4		1 (b)	3	0 (c)	1
— certified seed,	85	98	10		7	7	0 (c)	3
Phalaris canariensis :
— basic seed,	75	98	4		1 (b)		0 (c)
— certified seed,	75	98	10		5		0 (c)
Sorghum spp.	80	98	0
xTriticosecale:
— basic seed,	80	98	4		1 (b)	3	0 (c)	1
— certified seed, 1st and 2nd generation,	80	98	10		7	7	0 (c)	3
Zea mays	90	98	0

B.

Other standards or conditions applicable where reference is made to them in the table under Section 2 (A) of this Annex:

(a)

the maximum contents of seeds laid down in column 4 include also the seeds of the species in columns 5 to 10;

(b)

a second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of same weight is free from any seeds of other cereals species;

(c)

the presence of one seed of Avena fatua, Avena sterilis or Lolium temulentum in a sample of the prescribed weight shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of the same weight is free from any seeds of these species;

(d)

in the case of varieties of Hordeum vulgare (naked barley) the required minimum germination capacity is reduced to 75 % of pure seed. The official label shall include the words ‘Minimum germination capacity 75 %’.]