(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993, S.I. 1993/2007 (“the principal Regulations”), as amended by S.I. 1994/1423, 1996/1451, 1997/616 and 1999/1862.
The amendments to the principal Regulations give effect to Council Directive 98/95/EC (O.J. No. L 25, 1.2.99, p.1) in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant resources and plant genetic resources and Council Directive 98/96/EC (O.J. No. L 25, 1.2.99, p.27) amending, as regards unofficial field inspections, directives in respect of the marketing of seeds and the common catalogue of varieties of vegetable plant species. The directives in respect of the marketing of seeds amended by Council Directive 98/95/EC and Council Directive 98/96/EC include Council Directive 69/208/EEC (O.J. No. L 169, 10.7.69, p.3) on the marketing of oil and fibre plant seed (last amended by Council Directive 98/96/EC).
These Regulations–
a
amend definitions in the principal Regulations, including the definitions of “marketing” and “official examination” (regulation 4);
b
include provisions in relation to marketing and marketing authorisation, tests and trials, seed as grown, selection work and other scientific purposes; and make consequential amendments to regulation 4 (regulation 5 and 6);
c
make provision in relation to the marketing of genetically modified oil and fibre plant seeds (regulation 6);
d
make provision in relation to clear indications for genetically modified varieties (regulation 7); and
e
amend Schedule 6 to make provision for the supply of information about imported seeds and amend provisions in respect of small packages (regulation 8).