The Seed Marketing Regulations 2010

Seed not finally certified, harvested in a third country

16.—(1) Seed harvested in a third country may be certified if—

(a) it has been produced directly from—

(i) basic seed or certified seed of the first generation certified either in a member State or in a third country that has been granted equivalence under Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries(1); or

(ii) the crossing of basic seed officially certified in a member State with basic seed certified in such a third country;

(b) it has undergone field inspection in accordance with Council Decision 2003/17/EC;

(c) examination has shown that the conditions for seed of that category are satisfied;

(d) it is accompanied by a certificate from the competent authority of the country of origin certifying its status.

(2) The label must be grey.

(1)

OJ No L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10 as last amended by Council Decision 2007/780/EC (OJ No L 314, 1.12.2007, p. 20).