The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2006

Made: 21th April 2006

Laid before Parliament: 25th April 2006

Coming into force: 16th May 2006

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Title, commencement, extent and application

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Interpretation

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Seed potatoes to which these Regulations do not apply

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Marketing of seed potatoes

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Marketing in the protected region

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Size of seed potatoes

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Marketing of seed potatoes for scientific purposes or selection work

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Marketing of seed potatoes for test and trial purposes

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Certification of seed potatoes

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Composition of lots of seed potatoes

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Packages and containers for seed potatoes

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Labelling of packages and containers of seed potatoes

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Sealing of packages and containers

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Identification of genetically modified seed potatoes

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Seed potatoes from outside the European Community: information

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Separate particulars

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Retail sales of seed potatoes

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Sampling of seed potatoes

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Keeping of records

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Enforcement – powers of examination and production

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Enforcement – power to withdraw official labels, official documents and growing crop certificates

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Service of notices

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Modification of provisions of the Act

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — GROWING CROP CERTIFICATES

PART I — General

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PART II — Pre-basic seed potatoes

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PART III — Basic seed potatoes

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PART IV — Certified seed potatoes

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SCHEDULE 2 — OFFICIAL LABEL AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENT

PART I — Official Label

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PART II — Official document

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SCHEDULE 3 — SPECIFIED DISEASES OR PESTS, DAMAGE AND DEFECTS AND TOLERANCES

PART I — Pre-basic seed potatoes of pre-basic TC class produced in England

Column 1Specified diseases or pests, damage and defects	Column 2Individual tolerances
GROUP I
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum(Schlib.) Perc.)	Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructorThorne)	Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)	Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis(Smith) Davis et al. spp. sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.)	Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum(Smith) Yabuuchi et al)	Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid	Nil
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata(Say))	Nil
GROUP II
Blight (Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary)	Nil
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora(Jones) Bergey et al.spp) atroseptica(Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemiBurkholder et al. or both	Nil
Soft Rots including: Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)	Nil
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit Rot	Nil
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)	Nil
Gangrene (Phoma species)	Nil
Frost damaged tubers	Nil
GROUP III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) M. B. Ellis	Nil
GROUP IV
Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solaniKuhn)	Nil
Common Scab (Streptomyces species)	Nil
GROUP V
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Legerh.)	Nil
GROUP VI
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety	3.0%
GROUP VII
Dirt or other extraneous matter	1.0%

PART II — Pre-basic seed potatoes of pre-basic 1, pre-basic 2, pre-basic 3 or pre-basic 4 class produced in England

Column 1Specified diseases or pests, damage and defects	Column 2Individual tolerances	Column 3Group tolerances	Column 4Collective group tolerances
GROUP I
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schlib.) Perc.)	Nil	-	-
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)	Nil	-	-
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)	Nil	-	-
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. spp. sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.)	Nil	-	-
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al)	Nil	-	-
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid	Nil	-	-
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata (Say))	Nil	-	-
GROUP II
Blight (Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary)	0.2%	)	)
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.spp) atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al. or both	Nil	)	)
Soft Rots including: Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)	0.2%	)	)
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit Rot	0.2%	) 0.2%	)
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)	0.2%	)	)
Gangrene (Phomaspecies)	0.2%	)	)
Frost damaged tubers	0.2%	)	)
GROUP III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield)) M. B. Ellis	0.2%	)	) 5.0%
GROUP IV
Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solaniKuhn)	1.0%	) 5.0%	)
Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-eighth of whose surface area has been affected shall be deemed to be unaffected by the disease.
Common Scab (Streptomyces species)	5.0%	)	)
Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-third of whose surface area has been affected shall be deemed to be unaffected by the disease.
GROUP V
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Legerh.)	1.0%	)	)
Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-eighth of whose surface area has been affected shall be deemed to be unaffected by the disease.
GROUP VI
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety	1.0%	-	-
Superficial necrosis caused by potato virus Y	Nil
GROUP VII
Dirt or other extraneous matter	1.0%	-	-

PART III — Basic seed potatoes and certified seed potatoes produced in England

Column 1Specified diseases or pests, damage and defects	Column 2Individual tolerances	Column 3Group tolerances	Column 4Collective group tolerances
GROUP I
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum(Schlib.) Perc.)	Nil	-	-
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructorThorne)	Nil	-	-
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)	Nil	-	-
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis(Smith) Davis et al. spp. sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.)	Nil	-	-
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum(Smith) Yabuuchi et al)	Nil	-	-
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid	Nil	-	-
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata(Say))	Nil	-	-
GROUP II
Blight (Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary)	1.0%	)	)
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora(Jones) Bergey et al.spp) atroseptica(Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemiBurkholder et al. or both	1.0%	)	)
Soft Rots including Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)	1.0%	) 1.0%	)
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit Rot	1.0%	)	)
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)	1.0%	)	)
Gangrene (Phoma species)	1.0%	)	)
Frost damaged tubers	1.0%	)	)
Provided that in respect of seed potatoes of a Community Grade the individual tolerances listed in column 2 and the group tolerances listed in column 3 shall not exceed 0.5%.
GROUP III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) M. B. Ellis)	0.5% except for A and CC classes; 2.0% for A and CC classes only	)	)
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Legerh.)	3.0%	) 5.0%	) 5.0%
Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-eighth of whose surface area has been affected shall be deemed to be unaffected by the disease (except where powdery scab takes its cankerous form).
GROUP IV
Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solaniKuhn)	3.0%	)	)
Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-quarter of whose surface area has been affected in respect of class A and class CC and one-eighth unaffected in respect of all other classes shall be deemed to be unaffected by the disease.
Common Scab (Streptomyces species)	5.0%	)	)
Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-third of whose surface area has been affected shall be deemed to be unaffected by the disease.
GROUP V
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety	2.0%	2.0%	)
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of potato virus Y	0.1%
GROUP VI
Dirt or other extraneous matter	1.0%	-	-

PART IV — Test and trial seed potatoes

Column 1Specified diseases or pests, damage and defects	Column 2Individual tolerances	Column 3Collective tolerances
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)	Nil	-
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globoderaspecies infesting potatoes)	Nil	-
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. spp. sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.)	Nil	-
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al)	Nil	-
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid	Nil	-
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata (Say))	Nil	-
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schlib.) Perc.)	Nil	-
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)	Nil	-
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. spp. sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.)	Nil	-
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al)	Nil	-
Earth or other extraneous matter	2.0%	-
Dry and wet rot, except if caused by Synchytrium endobioticum, Clavibacter michiganensis(Smith) Davis et al. ssp. Sepedonicus(Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.) or Ralstonia solanacearum(Smith) Yabuuchi et al)	1.0%	)
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety	3.0%	) 6.0%
Common scab: tubers affected over more than one-third of their surface	5.0%	)

SCHEDULE 4 — CLASSIFICATION OF SEED POTATOES

PART I — Seed potatoes capable of being marketed as pre-basic seed potatoes

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PART II — Seed potatoes capable of being marketed as basic seed potatoes

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PART III — Seed potatoes capable of being marketed as certified seed potatoes

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SCHEDULE 5 — AUTHORISATION FOR MARKETING SEED POTATOES FOR TEST AND TRIAL PURPOSES

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SCHEDULE 6 — INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF SEED POTATOES OF MORE THAN TWO KILOGRAMS PRODUCED IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN A MEMBER STATE

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SCHEDULE 7 — PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN A SALE NOTE, ETC

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SCHEDULE 8 — REVOCATIONS

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Regulations revoked	References
The Seed Potatoes Regulations 1991	SI 1991/2206
The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations 1992	SI 1992/1031
The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations 1993	SI 1993/1878
The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations 1994	SI 1994/2592
The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations 1997	SI 1997/1474
The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000	SI 2000/1788

Signed

Bach — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), S.I. 1977/1112, and section 2 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49); see section 38(1) for a definition of “the Minister”.

[^f00002]: Under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794) the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 which remained vested in that Minister at the date of the Order were transferred to the Secretary of State.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1991/2206; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/1031, S.I. 1993/1878, S.I. 1994/2592, S.I. 1997/1474 and S.I. 2000/1788.

[^f00004]: OJ L106, 30.4.1993, p7. The grades of EEC grade 1, EEC grade 2 and EEC grade 3 stated in Commission Directive 93/17/EEC are now referred to as EC grade 1, EC grade 2 and EC grade 3 respectively: see references in Article 1 of Commission Decision of 19 December 2003 authorising, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 2002/56/EC (OJ L2, 6.1.2004, p47).

[^f00005]: OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p1.

[^f00006]: OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p24.

[^f00007]: OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p60.

[^f00008]: OJ L 25, 30.1.2003, p42.

[^f00009]: OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p23.

[^f00010]: OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p1.

[^f00011]: S.I. 2001/3510.

[^f00012]: OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p1.

[^f00013]: OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p21.

[^f00014]: OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p166. This, together with six other Agreements with the Swiss Confederation, was approved by the Council and the Commission by way of Council and Commission Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom, OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p1.

[^f00015]: OJ L 301, 28.9.2004, p55.

[^f00016]: 1947 c. 48.

[^f00017]: OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p47.

[^f00018]: 1967 c. 8.

[^f00019]: Section 25 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 3, Part III and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(2) and by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), Schedule 6, paragraph 16.

[^f00020]: S.I. 2005/2530.

[^f00021]: OJ L106, 30.4.1993, p7.

Editorial notes

[^key-005203186193f3a2dbfc70eb0f0a6a1f]: Regulations revoked (1.1.2016) by The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1953), regs. 1(1), 25(2)(a) (with reg. 1(3))

Marketing of conservation varieties

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Marketing in the protected region

Size of seed potatoes

Marketing of seed potatoes for scientific purposes or selection work

Marketing of seed potatoes for test and trial purposes

Certification of seed potatoes

Composition of lots of seed potatoes

Packages and containers for seed potatoes

Labelling of packages and containers of seed potatoes

Sealing of packages and containers

Identification of genetically modified seed potatoes

Seed potatoes from outside the European Community: information

Separate particulars

Retail sales of seed potatoes

Sampling of seed potatoes

Keeping of records

Enforcement – powers of examination and production

Enforcement – power to withdraw official labels, official documents and growing crop certificates

Service of notices

Modification of provisions of the Act

Revocations

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