Crop and seed requirements
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44.—(1) Crop inspections by official or licensed crop inspectors must be carried out in accordance with Article 2(4)(A) of, and Annex I to, Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed, and the crop must satisfy the conditions in that Annex.
(2) The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Article 25 of, and Annex III to, that Directive and must satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive.
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of standard seed.
(4) Diseases and harmful organisms that reduce the usefulness of the seed must be at the lowest possible level.
(5) After marketing, vegetable seed is subject to control by the Department for varietal identity and varietal purity.