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The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26th June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names or other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge.
These Regulations amend Part II of Schedule 5 to the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/329) by increasing the maximum weight of a seed lot for certain species. The maximum weights are set out in column 2 of the table in paragraph 26. The maximum weight of particular species has been increased to 30 tonnes. The table row headed “Legumes” in paragraph 26 should now provide the following:
Species | Maximum weight of a lot (tonnes) | Minimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot (grams) | Weight of the sample for the determinations by number provided for in Schedule 4, Part II paragraph 14, Table 1 columns 3 to 8, 10,11,13, 14 and 16 together with paragraph 14 Table II columns 3 to 7,9 and 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | ||
| Legumes | |||||
| Alsike clover | 10 | 200 | 20 | ||
| Birdsfoot trefoil | 10 | 200 | 30 | ||
| Common vetch | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Field bean | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Field pea | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Hairy vetch | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Hungarian vetch | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Lucerne | 10 | 300 | 50 | ||
| Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin) | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Red clover | 10 | 300 | 50 | ||
| Sainfoin | |||||
| (a) | fruit | 10 | 600 | 600 | |
| (b) | seed | 10 | 400 | 400 | |
| Trefoil, Black medick | 10 | 300 | 50 | ||
| White clover | 10 | 200 | 20 | ||
| White lupin | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Yellow lupin | 30 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
The maximum weight of a seed lot remains subject to a margin by which it may be exceeded by virtue of paragraph 24 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005.
A Transposition Note has been prepared in respect of these Regulations. Copies have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre and copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government, Rural Directorate, Agriculture and Rural Development Division, Room 259, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TY.
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of business.
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