http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2005/329/schedule/4

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/329/schedule/4/part/II

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

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These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, consolidate, with amendments, the provisions of the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2009) (“the 1993 Regulations”) insofar as they apply to Scotland. The 1993 Regulations have been relevantly amended by The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2529), the Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1453), the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/616), the Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1864), the Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/247), the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/564) and the Fodder Plant Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/380).

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

reg. 6(1)(c) and word

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 14(5)(a)(iii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

reg. 6(6)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 14(5)(c)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

reg. 14(4A)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 14(15)(c)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

sch. 6

para. 12(1)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 14(26)(i)

(ii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

sch. 6

para. 12(1)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 14(26)(i)

(iii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

sch. 6

para. 12(2)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 14(26)(i)

(iv)

reg. 1(1)(b)

SCHEDULE 4REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

PART IICONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

Standards for varietal purityI111

1

The seed shall possess sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity and in particular seed of the species and category specified in Column 1 of the following table shall possess at least the percentage of minimum varietal purity specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table–

Species and category	Percentage of minimum varietal purity
Column 1	Column 2
a Fodder kale, apomictic uniclonal varieties of smooth-stalked meadowgrass and swede–
i Basic Seed	99.7
ii Certified Seed	98.0
b Field beans and field peas–
i Basic Seed	99.7
ii Certified Seed of the First Generation	99.0
iii Certified Seed of the Second Generation	98.0

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the minimum varietal purity of seed shall be examined mainly in official field inspections carried out in accordance with conditions specified in Part I of this Schedule.

F9Pests in the seedI212

1

The seed must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

2

The seed must also comply with the requirements concerning F11GB quarantine pests, F10PFA quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.

3

The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories must comply with the requirements set out in the following table—

RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs	Plants for planting (genus or species)	Thresholds for pre-basic seed	Thresholds for basic seed	Thresholds for certified seed
Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Davis et al. [CORBIN]	Lucerne	0%	0%	0%
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]	Lucerne	0%	0%	0%

Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant speciesI313

The seed shall conform to the standards or other conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and the content of seeds of other plant species specified in the following table–

TABLE I

Species	Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)(a)	Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)		Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
	Basic Seed and Certified Seed	Basic Seed and Certified Seed	Basic Seed and Certified Seed (minimum standard)	Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)	Basic Seed	Certified Seed (minimum standard)	Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Grasses
Cocksfoot	80	n/a	90	90	0.3	1.5	1.5
Festulolium	75	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Hybrid ryegrass	75	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Italian ryegrass	75	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Meadow fescue	80	n/a	95	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Perennial ryegrass	80	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Red fescue	75	n/a	90	95	0.3	1.5	1.5
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	90	0.3	2.0	1.5
Tall fescue	80	n/a	95	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Timothy (including small Timothy)	80	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Legumes
Lucerne	80(b)	40	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Red clover	80(b)	20	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Sainfoin	75(b)(c)	20(c)	95(c)	98	0.3	2.5(d)	1.5
White clover	80(b)	40	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
(a) All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b) Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c) Including Commercial Seed.
(d) For Commercial Seed 3.5%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).

TABLE II

Species	Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)(a)	Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)	Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
	All categories	All categories	All categories	Basic Seed	Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass	75	n/a	97	0.4	1.5
Annual meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0(e)
Brown top	75	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Creeping bent	75	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Red top	80	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Rescue grass	75	n/a	97	0.4	1.5
Rough-stalked meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
F1Fine leaved sheep’s fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
F1Hard fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Sheep’s fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Tall oatgrass	75	n/a	90	0.3	3.0
Velvet bent	75	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Wood meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Legumes
Aliske clover	80(b)	20	97	0.3	1.5
Birdsfoot trefoil	75(b)	40	95	0.3	1.8
Common vetch	85(b)	20	98	0.3	1.0
Field bean	80(b)	5	98	0.3	0.5
Field pea	80	n/a	98	0.3	0.5
Hairy vetch	85(b)	20	98	0.3	1.0
Hungarian vetch	85(b)	20	98(c)	0.3	1.0(d)
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)	75(b)	20	F298 (c)	0.3	0.5
Trefoil	80(b)	20	97	0.3	1.5
White lupin	80(b)	20	F298 (c)	0.3	0.5
Yellow lupin	80(b)	20	F298 (c)	0.3	0.5
Others
Fodder kale	75	n/a	98	0.3	1.0
Fodder radish	80	n/a	97	0.3	1.0
Swede	80	n/a	98	0.3	1.0
(a) All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b) Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c) For Commercial Seed 97%.
(d) For Commercial Seed 2.0%.
(e) For Commercial Seed 3.0%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).

Standards regarding content of seeds of other plant speciesI414

The seeds shall comply, where appropriate, with the standards in the following tables and where number standards are indicated a sample of the size indicated in column 2 shall be examined–

TABLE I

		Maximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)
Species	Weight of sample for deter-mination of foreign seeds by number (grams)	Avena fatua, F3Avena sterilis (Wild oat) or Cuscuta spp. (Dodder)		Rumex spp. (Docks, Sorrels) excluding R.acetosella (Sheep’s sorrel) and R.maritimus (Golden dock)			Alopecurus myosuroides (Blackgrass)			F5Elytrigia repens (Couch)			Melilotus spp. (Sweetclovers)		Maximum content of any one other plant species
		Basic Seed	Certified Seed	Basic Seed	Certified Seed		Basic Seed	Certified Seed		Basic Seed	Certified Seed		Basic Seed	Certified Seed	Basic Seed	Certified Seed
			Minimum Standard and Higher Voluntary Standard		Minimum Standard	Higher Voluntary Standard		Minimum Standard	Higher Voluntary Standard		Minimum Standard	Higher Voluntary Standard		Minimum Standard and Higher Voluntary Standard		Minimum Standard	Higher Voluntary Standard
Species	Weight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number (grams)	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	%	%
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)
Grasses
Cocksfoot	30	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.3	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5
Festulolium	60	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(c),(f)
Hybrid ryegrass	60	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(c),(f)
Italian ryegrass	60	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(c),(f)
Meadow fescue	50	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(e),(f)
Perennial ryegrass	60	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(b),(f)
Red fescue	30	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(f),(g)
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass	5	0	0(a)	1	2	2	1	0.3	3	1	0.3	3	n/a	n/a	20(m)	1.0(k)	0.5(l)
Tall fescue	50	0	0(a)	2	5	5	5	0.3	10	5	0.5	10	n/a	n/a	20(b)	1.0	0.5(e),(f)
Timothy (including Small Timothy)	10	0	0(a)	2	5	4	1	0.3	10	1	0.3	10	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	0.5(d)
Legumes
Lucerne	50	0	0	3	10	10	n/a	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	10	0(h)	0.3	20	1.0	0.5
Red clover	50	0	0	5	10	10	n/a	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	10	0(h)	0.3	20	1.0	0.5
Sainfoin Seed/Fruit	400/600	0	0(j)	2	5(j)	5	n/a	n/a (j)	10	n/a	n/a (j)	10	0	0.3(j)	20	1.0(n)	0.5
White clover	20	0	0	5	10	10	n/a	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	10	0(h)	0.3	20	1.0	0.5
(a) For Certified Seed, minimum standard, 1 seed of dodder in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from dodder.
(b) There shall be no more than 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2).
(c) There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass.
(d) There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of bentgrasses.
(e) There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses.
(f) There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass.
(g) For Certified Seed, Higher Voluntary Standard, of red fescue, there shall be no more than a total of 4 seeds of ryegrass, cocksfoot and meadow fescue in a sample of the size specified in column 2.
(h) One seed of sweetclover in a sample of the size specified in column 2 shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of twice that size is free from seed of sweetclovers.
(j) Including Commercial Seed.
(k) In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses.
(l) In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses.
(m) In Basic seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrasses other than the species being examined, in a sample of 500 seeds.
(n) For Commercial Seed 2.0%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).

TABLE II

		Maximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)
Species	Weight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number	Avena fatua, F4Avena sterilis (Wild oat) Cuscuta spp. (Dodder)		Rumex spp. (Docks, Sorrels) excluding R.acetosella (Sheep’s sorrel) and R.maritimus (Golden dock)		Alopecurus myosuroides (Blackgrass)		F6Elytrigia repens (Couch)		Melilotus spp. (Sweetclovers)		Maximum content of any one other plant species		Other Require-ments
		Basic Seed	All other categories	Basic Seed	All other categories	Basic Seed	All other categories	Basic Seed	All other categories	Basic Seed	All other categories	Basic Seed	Certified Seed or Certified 1 ^st or 2^nd Generations
	(grams)	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	%	Number	%	%	%	Number	%
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass	200	0(c),(d)	0(c),(d)	5	10	5	0.3	5	0.5	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	n/a
Annual meadowgrass	10	0	0(c)	1	5	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20(e)	1.0(f),(n)	(g)
Brown top	5	0	0(c)	1	2	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	n/a
Creeping bent	5	0	0(c)	1	2	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	n/a
Red top	5	0	0(c)	1	2	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	n/a
Rescue grass	200	0(c),(d)	0(c),(d)	5	10	5	0.3	5	0.5	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	n/a
Rough-stalked meadowgrass	5	0	0(c)	1	2	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20(e)	1.0(f)	n/a
F7Fine leaved sheep’s fescue	30	0	0(c)	2	5	5	0.3	5	0.5	n/a	n/a	20(a)	1.0	n/a
F7Hard fescue	30	0	0(c)	2	5	5	0.3	5	0.5	n/a	n/a	20(a)	1.0	n/a
Sheep’s fescue	30	0	0(c)	2	5	5	0.3	5	0.5	n/a	n/a	20(a)	1.0	n/a
Tall oatgrass	80	0(c),(d)	0(c),(d)	2	5	5	0.3	5	0.5	n/a	n/a	20(a)	1.0(q)	n/a
Velvet bent	5	0	0(c)	1	2	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20	1.0	n/a
Wood meadowgrass	5	0	0(c)	1	2	1	0.3	1	0.3	n/a	n/a	20(e)	1.0(f)	n/a
Legumes
Alsike clover	20	0	0	3	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0(b)	0.3	20	1.0	n/a
Birdsfoot trefoil	30	0	0	3	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0(b)	0.3	20	1.0(h)	n/a
Common vetch	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.5(j)	n/a
Field bean	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.3	n/a
Field pea	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.3	n/a
Hairy vetch	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.5(j)	n/a
Hungarian vetch	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.5(j),(p)	(l)
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.3(j)	(k)
Trefoil	50	0	0	5	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0(b)	0.3	20	1.0	n/a
White lupin	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.3(j)	(k)
Yellow lupin	1,000	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.3	20	0.3(j)	(k)
Others
Fodder kale	100	0	0(c)	3	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20	0.5	(m)
Fodder radish	300	0	0	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20	0.5	(m)
Swede	100	0	0(c)	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20	0.5	(m)
(a) The presence of a maximum of 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity.
(b) One seed of sweetclovers in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of twice that size is free from seed of sweetclovers.
(c) One seed of dodder in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from dodder.
(d) A maximum of 2 seeds of wild oat in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from wild oat.
(e) In Basic Seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrass other than the species being examined in a sample of 500 seeds.
(f) In Certified Seed of meadowgrass a maximum of 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity.
(g) In Commercial Seed 10 % by weight of other species of meadowgrass shall not be regarded as an impurity.
(h) The presence of a maximum of 1.0% by weight of seeds of red clover shall not be regarded as an impurity.
(j) The presence of a maximum of 0.5% by weight in total of seeds of white, narrow-leaved (blue) and yellow lupins, Hungarian, common and hairy vetch, field pea and field bean in another relevant species shall not be regarded as an impurity (including Commercial Seed of Hungarian vetch).
(k) In Basic Seed of lupins the presence of bitter lupins in sweet varieties shall not exceed 1.0%. In Certified Seed of lupins the presence of bitter lupin seeds in sweet varieties shall not exceed 2.5% and the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 2.0% in bitter lupins and 1.0% in other lupins. In Commercial Seed of lupins the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 4.0% in bitter lupins and 2.0% in other lupins.
(l) In Commercial Seed the presence of a maximum of 6% by weight in total seeds of other species of vetch shall not be regarded as an impurity.
(m) For all categories there shall be no more than a maximum of 0.3% by weight of Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish) or Sinapis arvensis (charlock).
(n) For Commercial Seed 2.0%.
(p) For Commercial Seed 1.5%.
(q) The prescribed maximum percentage by weight of seeds of a single species shall not apply to seeds of meadowgrasses.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).