The Beet Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made: 25th November 2009

Coming into operation: 31st December 2009

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PART 1 — General

Citation and commencement

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General interpretation

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Definition of marketing

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Seed to which these Regulations apply

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PART 2 — Procedures relating to the official certification of seed

Entry of seed lots

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Entry of crop

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Field inspection of crops

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Lodging of field inspection reports and similar documents

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Re-grading of crops

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Seed testing

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Lodging of seed test reports

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Re-grading of seed

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Withdrawals

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PART 3 — Control of beet seed

Marketing of seed

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Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed

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Marketing of officially certified early movement seed

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Exception for scientific purposes and selection work

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Exception for test and trials

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Exception for conservation varieties

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General exemptions

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Sampling

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Packaging

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Sealing of packages

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Labelling of packages

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PART 4 — Miscellaneous and supplemental provisions

Civil liability of sellers of seeds

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Arrangements for official measures

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Fees

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Index of defined words and expressions

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Revocations and transitional provisions

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SCHEDULE 1 — INTERPRETATION

PART 1 — Meaning of pre-basic seed and similar expressions

Pre-basic seed

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UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified pre-basic seed

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PART 2 — Meaning of basic seed and similar expressions

Basic seed

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UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Third country officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Officially certified basic seed

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PART 3 — Meaning of CS seed and similar expressions

CS seed

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UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified CS seed

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Early multiplication

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PART 4 — Meaning of expressions relating to imported not finally certified seed

Not finally certified pre-basic seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified CS seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified CS seed harvested in an equivalent third country

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SCHEDULE 2 — SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY

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SCHEDULE 3 — CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED TO BE HARVESTED

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SCHEDULE 4 — CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED

PART 1 — Conditions to be examined mainly by field inspections

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PART 2 — Conditions to be examined by seed testing

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PART 3 — Other conditions

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PART 4 — General provisions

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SCHEDULE 5 — RE-GRADING OF SEED

Column 1	Column 1	Column 2
Category	Category	New category
1.	UK, EC , third country or overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety	UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety
2.	UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety	UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety
3.	UK or EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety	UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety
4.	UK or EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety	UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety
5.	UK, EC, third country or overseas tested CS seed of a listed variety	UK officially certified pre-basic or basic seed of a listed variety

SCHEDULE 6 — CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED

Breeder’s seed

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Pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Basic seed of a listed variety

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CS seed of a listed variety

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Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Early movement basic seed of a listed variety

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Early movement CS seed of a listed variety

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Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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SCHEDULE 7 — LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS

SCHEDULE 8 — LABELLING

PART 1 — Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpackaged seed (loose sales)

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PART 2 — Labelling of packages of breeder’s seed

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PART 3 — Labelling of packages of officially certified pre-basic seed

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PART 4 — Labelling of packages of officially certified basic and CS seed

Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed

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Supplier’s label for a small EC package of basic or CS seed

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PART 5 — Labelling of packages of test and trial seed

Official label for a package of test and trial seed

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PART 6 — Labelling of packages of seed of a conservation variety

Supplier’s label or notice for a package of seed of a conservation variety

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SCHEDULE 9 — LIMITS OF VARIATION

FOR GERMINATION OR FOR CLUSTERS WITH A SINGLE SEEDLING	FOR GERMINATION OR FOR CLUSTERS WITH A SINGLE SEEDLING
Stated minimum percentage of germination or clusters with a single seedling (expressed as an integer)	Limit of variationPer cent
99-100	2
97-98	3
94-96	4
91-93	5
87-90	6
82-86	7
76-81	8
69-75	9
60-68	10
50-59	11
ANALYTICAL PURITY	ANALYTICAL PURITY
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Stated minimum percentage of analytical purity (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variationPer cent
99.9-100	0.2
99.8	0.3
99.6-99.7	0.4
99.3-99.5	0.5
99.0-99.2	0.6
98.5-98.9	0.7
98.3-98.4	0.8
97.5-98.2	0.9
97.0-97.4	1.0
96.5-96.9	1.1
95.5-96.4	1.2
95.0-95.4	1.3
CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES	CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES
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Stated maximum percentage of seeds of other species (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variationPer cent
0.0	0.1
0.1-0.2	0.3
0.3-0.4	0.4
0.5	0.5
CLUSTERS WITH THREE OR MORE SEEDLINGS	CLUSTERS WITH THREE OR MORE SEEDLINGS
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Stated maximum percentage of clusters with three or more seedlings (expressed as an integer)	Limit of variationPer cent
0-2	2
3-4	3
5-6	4
7-9	5
10	6

SCHEDULE 10 — INDEX OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS USED IN THESE REGULATIONS

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Signed

Sealed with the official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th November 2009.

John Speers — A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.R. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(4)

[^f00002]: 1965 c.22(N.I.); section 1 was amended by 1970 c.20(N.I.), section 10(1) and S.R. & O.(N.I.) 1972 No.351 Art.3 and Schedule 3; section 2 was amended by 1970 c.20(N.I.), section 10 (2) and S.R.1977 No.295 Art.2.

[^f00003]: OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p21

[^f00004]: OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12

[^f00006]: OJ L 162, 21.6.08, p 13

[^f00007]: OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1

[^f00008]: S.I.2001/3510; relevant amendments are S.I. 2004/2949, 2007/1871 and S.I. 2009/1273.

[^f00009]: OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1

[^f00011]: OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1

[^f00012]: SR 2009 No.388

[^f00013]: 2006 c. 32

[^f00014]: 1998 c. 32

[^f00015]: OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10

[^f00016]: 2000 c.7.

[^f00017]: S.R. 1994 No. 251

[^f00018]: S.R. 2000 No. 52

[^f00019]: S.R. 2001 No. 331

[^f00020]: S.R. 1997 No. 240

[^f00021]: S.R. 2002 No. 407

[^f00022]: S.R. 2008 No. 114

[^f00023]: 1954 c. 33

Editorial notes

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