PART 5Amendment of the Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Amendment of Schedule 2 (Certification requirements)I150

In Schedule 2—

a

in paragraph 6—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), after Article 2(3)(A), insert “ (a) to (d) ”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (3), for Annex III to that Directive”, substitute “ Schedule 3 ”;

iii

after sub-paragraph (5), insert—

6

For the purposes of this paragraph, Council Directive 2002/54/EC is to be read as if—

a

in Article 2(3)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ licensed by the Department ”;

b

in Annex I—

i

in point A—

aa

in paragraph 3, for “certification authority” there were substituted “ Department ”;

bb

in the last paragraph, for the words from “the common” to “that Directive”, there were substituted “ United Kingdom National List ”;

ii

in point B, in paragraph 3(c)—

aa

the reference to “member States” were a reference to “The Department”;

bb

the reference to “Community” were omitted.

b

in paragraph 13—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), after Article 2(3)(A), insert “ (a) to (d) ”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (2), after “that Directive”, insert “ (with the omission of paragraphs 1a(f) and 1b) ”;

iii

after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

2A

For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), Council Directive 66/402/EEC is to be read as if—

a

in Article 2(3)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ licensed by the Department ”;

b

in Article 7—

i

the reference to “member States” were a reference to “The Department”;

ii

in paragraph 1a(a), for “seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ Department ”.

c

in paragraph 25—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), after Article 2(3)(A), insert “ (a) to (d) ”;

ii

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

1A

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), Council Directive 66/401/EEC is to be read as if—

a

in Article 2(3)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ licensed by the Department ”;

b

in Annex I, in paragraph 4, in the second sub-paragraph, the words from “Upon” to the end were omitted.

d

in paragraph 37—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), after Article 2(5)(A), insert “ (a) to (d) ”;

ii

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

1A

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), Council Directive 2002/57/EC is to be read as if—

a

in Article 2(5)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ licensed by the Department ”;

b

in Annex 2, in Part 1, in paragraph 5C the last sub-paragraph were omitted.

e

in paragraph 38(2), omit “or the Common Catalogue”;

f

in paragraph 44—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), after Article 2(4)(A), insert “ (a) to (d) ”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (2), after “Article 25”, insert “ (with the omission of paragraphs 1a(F) and 1b) ”;

iii

after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

2A

For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), Council Directive 2002/55/EC is to be read as if—

a

in Article 2(4)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ licensed by the Department ”;

b

in Article 25—

i

references to “member States” were references to “the Department”;

ii

in paragraph 1a(a), for “seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ Department ”.