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

Amendment of Schedule 2 (Certification requirements) N.I.

50.  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 ”.”;

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 50 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)