The Cereals Co-responsibility Levy (Certified Seed Exemption) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1267
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Cereals Co-responsibility Levy (Certified Seed Exemption) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“cereals” means cereals referred to in Article 1(a) and (b) of the Council Regulation produced in the Community;

“cereals co-responsibility levy” means levy imposed by Articles 4 and 4b of the Council Regulation;

“cereals marketing year” means the marketing year specified in Article 2 of the Council Regulation;

“Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1432/88 laying down detailed rules for applying the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector ;

“Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2727/75 on the common organisation of the market in cereals as amended .

(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations have, in so far as the context admits, the same meanings as in the Council Regulation and the Commission Regulation.

Section 3 Exemptions for certified seed

(1) 84 per cent of cereals purchased by and delivered to a seed merchant under multiplication contracts shall be exempt from cereals co-responsibility levy where the proportion of cereals so purchased and delivered which is certified and sold as seed is 75 per cent or more of the total quantity of cereals delivered during the marketing year to that seed merchant under the terms of multiplication contracts.

(2) Where the proportion of cereals purchased by and delivered to a seed merchant under multiplication contracts which is certified and sold as seed is less than 75 per cent of the total quantity of cereals delivered during the marketing year to that seed merchant only that amount of cereal seed certified and sold as such shall be exempt from cereals co-responsibility levy.