Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations implement Commission Directive 99/8/EC (O.J. No. L50, 26.2.99, p. 26) and Commission Directive 99/54/EC (O.J. No. L142, 5.6.99, p. 30) amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC (O.J. No. L125, 11.7.66, p. 2309/66) (O.J./SE 1965-66, p. 143) on the marketing of cereal seed by amending the Cereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 as amended (“the 1994 Regulations”).
These Regulations amend the 1994 Regulations to permit the marketing of seeds of hybrids of self-pollinating varieties of triticale as Basic Seed and Certified Seed (regulation 2(2) and (4)). They also establish, in respect of this hybrid and hybrids of oats, barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat, conditions to be met both by the crops from which seeds are obtained and by the seeds themselves (regulation 2(3), (4), (5) and (6)).
These Regulations also amend the 1994 Regulations to reduce the minimum germination requirement for triticale from 85 per cent. to 80 per cent. and introduce sample purity standards (at the Minimum Standard) for Certified Seed (regulation 2(7)).