The Beet Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/1310
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Beet Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

Section 2 Amendment

(1) The Beet Seeds Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 5 (marketing of seeds) after paragraph (10) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

(11) Seeds which have been produced and packaged in a Member State other than the United Kingdom, notwithstanding that they have not been officially certified as Certified Seed in that Member State, may be imported but shall not be marketed in the United Kingdom until they have been officially certified in the United Kingdom.

(3) In Schedule 4, Part I (conditions relating to crops from which seeds are obtained) for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

(6) The minimum distances from neighbouring pollen sources shall be:

The above distances can be disregarded if there is sufficient protection from any undesirable foreign pollinator. No isolation is necessary between seed crops using the same pollinator.

The ploidy of both seed-bearing and pollen-shedding components of seed-producing crops is to be established by reference to the Common Catalogue or National List.

If this information is not included for any variety, the ploidy is to be regarded as unknown, and a minimum isolation distance of 600 metres is required.

(1) For the production of Basic Seed:

(2) For the production of Certified Seed:

(a) of sugar beet:

(b) of fodder beet:

(4) In Schedule 4, Part II (conditions relating to the seeds) after sub-paragraph 3(c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –

(d) Additional requirements for monogerm and precision seed which is monogerm

In the case of pelleted seed the sample shall be drawn from processed seed which has undergone partial decortication but has not yet been pelleted.

(5) In Schedule 5, Part II (maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight for a submitted sample) at the end of paragraph 1. there shall be added the following words “which shall not be exceeded by more than 5%.”.

(6) In Schedule 6 (labelling) immediately after the heading “SCHEDULE 6” there shall be inserted –

For the purposes of these Regulations the particulars prescribed in this 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, or its common name, or both, as prescribed in Schedule 1.