The Seed Marketing and Seed Potatoes (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

• Citation: S.I. 2019/472
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Marketing and Seed Potatoes (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 28th March 2019.

Section 2 The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011

(1) Schedule 4 to the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 10, after sub-paragraph (6), insert—

(7) Seed of an unlisted variety which is the subject of an authorisation issued by another EEA State in accordance with Commission Decision 2004/842/EC may be marketed in England for the purpose of gaining knowledge and practical experience during cultivation.

(8) Seed marketed under sub-paragraph (7) must be labelled in accordance with Article 28 of Commission Decision 2004/842/EC .

(3) In paragraph 14, at the end insert “, except for vegetable seed of the species listed in Council Directive 2002/55/EC which has been produced in Switzerland”.

Section 3 The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015

(1) Schedule 2 to the Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1, in paragraph 8—

(a) omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a);

(b) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

(aa) have a unique number; and