The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993

SCHEDULE 6 — FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE REGULATIONS THE PARTICULARS PRESCRIBED IN THE SCHEDULE AS TO THE KIND AND VARIETY OF SEED SHALL BE INDICATED ON THE LABEL IN ROMAN CHARACTERS. THE KIND OF SEED SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY ITS LATIN NAME, AS PRESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE 1

PART I

Official Label for a Package of Breeder’s Seed

A

• (a) Prescribed contents

1

Certifying Authority

2

Reference number

3

Month and year when officially sealed

4

Kind

5

Variety

6

“Breeder’s Seed”

7

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

8

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seed and the total weight

• (b) Minimum size of label—110mm×67mm

• (c) The label shall be coloured violet.

Official Label for a Package of Pre-Basic Seed

B

• (a) Prescribed contents

1

Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark

2

Month and year when officially sealed

3

Reference number of the lot

4

Kind

5

Variety

6

“Pre-Basic Seed”

7

Country of production

8

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

9

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additives and also the approximate ratio between the weight of seed and the total weight

10

Number of generations preceding seed of the categories “Certified Seed” or “Certified First Generation Seed”.

• (b) Minimum size of the label—110mm×67mm

• (c) The label shall be coloured white with a diagonal violet line.

Official Label for a Package of Basic Seed, Certified Seed or Certified Seed of the First, Second and Third Generations

C

• (a) Prescribed contents

1

“EEC rules and standards”

2

Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark

3

Month and year when officially sealed

4

Reference number of the lot

5

Kind

6

Variety

7

Category

8

Country of production

9

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

10

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of seeds and the total weight

11

In the case of varieties which are hybrids or inbred lines—

• (a) for Basic Seed where the hybrid or inbred line to which the seed belongs has been officially accepted on a National List or the Common Catalogue—

the name of this component, under which it has been officially accepted, with or without reference to the final variety, accompanied, in the case of hybrids or inbred lines which are intended solely as components for final varieties, by the word “component”;

• (b) for Basic Seed in other cases—

the name of the component to which the Basic Seed belongs, which may be given in code form, accompanied by a reference to the final variety, with or without reference to its function (male or female), and accompanied by the word “components”;

• (c) for Certified Seed—

the name of the variety to which the seed belongs, accompanied by the word “hybrid”.

• (b) Minimum size of label—110mm×67mm

• (c) The label shall be coloured white for Basic Seed, blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation and red for Certified Seed of the Second and Third Generations.

Official Label for a Package of Commercial Seed

D

• (a) Prescribed contents

1

“EEC rules and standards”

2

Service responsible for sealing and Member State or their mark

3

Month and year when officially sealed

4

Reference number of the lot

5

Kind

6

“Commercial Seed (not certified as to variety)”

7

Country of production or region of production within a country

8

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

9

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of seed and the total weight

• (b) Minimum size of the label—110mm×67mm

• (c) The label shall be coloured brown.

Official Label for a Package of Seed not Finally Certified

E

• (a) Prescribed contents of the label

1

Certifying authority

2

Kind

3

Variety. (In the case of varieties (inbred lines, hybrids), which are intended solely as components for hybrid varieties, the word “component” shall be added.)

4

Category. (In the case of hybrid varieties the word “hybrid” shall be added.)

5

Crop Identity Number

6

Declared net or gross weight (Tonnes)

7

The words “seed not finally certified”

• The label shall be coloured grey. Information required for the document

1

Certifying authority

2

Kind

3

Variety

4

Category

5

Seed Lot Reference Number (United Kingdom) or Reference Number (other than United Kingdom) of the seed used to sow the field and name of the country or countries which certified that seed

6

Crop Identity Number

7

Area cultivated for the production of the lot covered by the document (Hectares)

8

Quantity of seed harvested and number of packages

9

Number of generations after basic seed, in the case of certified seed

10

Attestation that the conditions to be satisfied by the crop from which the seed comes have been fulfilled

11

Where appropriate, results of a preliminary seed analysis.

PART II — SMALL PACKAGES

Supplier’s Label for a Small Package of Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seed, Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First, Second or Third Generations or Commercial Seed.

1

“EEC rules and standards”

2

Name and address of the supplier responsible for fixing the label or his identification mark

3

Reference number of the lot

4

Kind

5

Variety (if appropriate)

6

Category

7

Declared net weight or declared number of seeds except in the case of packages not exceeding 15 grams net weight

8

“Passed for marketing in the United Kingdom only”.

• (b) The label shall be coloured white with a diagonal violet line for Pre-basic Seed, white for Basic Seed, blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation, red for Certified Seed of the Second and Third Generations and brown for Commercial Seed.

PART III — PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKETED SEEDS

1

“Complies with legal standards”

2

Kind

3

Variety (if appropriate).

SCHEDULE 7 — LIMITS OF VARIATION

Minimum percentage of germination	Limit of variation
per cent	per cent
99—100	2
97—98	3
94—96	4
91—93	5
87—90	6
82—86	7
76—81	8
70—75	9
Minimum percentage of analytical purity	Limit of variation
---	---
per cent	per 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
Maximum seeds	Limit of variation
---	---
per cent	per cent
0.0	0.1
0.1—0.2	0.3
0.3—0.4	0.4
0.5	0.5
Maximum number of seeds	Limit of variation
---	---
Number	Number
0	1
1	3
2	4
3—4	5
5—6	6
7—8	7
9—11	8
12—14	9
15—17	10
18—21	11
22—25	12
26—29	13
30—34	14
35—40	15
41—45	16
46—50	17

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 30th July 1993.

Gillian Shephard — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Hector Monro — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 2nd August 1993

John Redwood — Secretary of State for Wales — 29th July 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the provisions of the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1985, as amended.

The Regulations, which come into force on 1st September 1993, continue to restrict the marketing in Great Britain of seeds of oil and fibre plants to specified categories meeting precribed standards (regulations 3(3), 5(1) and Schedule 4), to require such seeds to be sold in sealed packages labelled or marked with prescribed particulars (regulations 8 and 9 and Schedule 6) and to make tampering with labels prescribed by regulations an offence (regulation 9(14)). The Regulations also continue to make provision for the taking of samples for the verification of standards (regulation 7 and Schedule 5) and provide that certain particulars stated or implied on a package of seeds are deemed to constitute a statutory warranty by the seller for the protection of the purchaser for the purpose of section 17 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (regulation 10(1)).

The consolidation incorporates a provision, required under Council Directive 88/380/EEC (OJ No. L187, 16.7.88, p.31), and previously dealt with by a General Licence under Regulation 5(3)(d) of the 1985 Regulations. This relates to the marketing to other Member States of seed in respect of which an official certificate has not been issued (regulation 5(12) and Schedule 6 Part I G).

The Regulations implement Council Directive 69/208/EEC (OJ No. L169, 10.7.69, p.3) (OJ/SE 1969(ii), p.315) on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants as amended.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4. See section 38(1) for a definition of “the Ministers”.

[^f00002]: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1985/977.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/1097.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1989/1313.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1991/1602.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1992/1613.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1982/844 amended by S.I. 1985/1529, 1989/1314, 1990/1353, 1992/1615.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1993/2009.