Annexes I and II to Directive 66/402/EEC are amended as follows:
Annex I is amended as follows:
The first sentence of point 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta and self-pollinating xTriticosecale and crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of Hordeum vulgare by means of a technique other than Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS)’.
The following point is inserted after point 5:
5a.
Crops to produce basic and certified seed of hybrids of <Emphasis>Hordeum vulgare</Emphasis> by means of the technique of CMS:
The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination:
| Crop | Minimum distance |
|---|
| For the production of basic seed | 100 m |
| For the production of certified seed | 50 m |
The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and purity as regards the characteristics of the components.
In particular the crop shall conform to the following standards:
The percentage by number of plants which are obviously not being true to type shall not exceed:
for the crops used to produce basic seed, 0,1 % for the maintainer and the restorer line and 0,2 % for the CMS female component,
for the crops used to produce certified seed, 0,3 % for the restorer and the CMS female component and 0,5 % in case the CMS female component is a single hybrid.
The level of male sterility of the female component shall be at least:
99,7 % for crops used to produce basic seed,
99,5 % for crops used to produce certified seed.
The requirements of points (i) and (ii) shall be examined in official post-control test.
Certified seed may be produced in mixed cultivation of a female male-sterile component with a male component which restores fertility.
Annex II is amended as follows:
Point 1.C is replaced by the following:
C.
<Strong>Hybrids of <Emphasis>Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta</Emphasis>, and self-pollinating <Emphasis>xTriticosecale</Emphasis>
</Strong>
The minimum varietal purity of the seed of the category certified seed shall be 90 %.
In case of Hordeum vulgare produced by means of CMS, it shall be 85 %. Impurities other than the restorer shall not exceed 2 %.
The minimum varietal purity shall be examined in official post-control test on an appropriate proportion of samples.
The title of point 1.E of Annex II is replaced by the following:
E.
<Strong>Hybrids of <Emphasis>Secale cereale</Emphasis> and CMS-hybrids of <Emphasis>Hordeum vulgare</Emphasis>
</Strong>
.