European Communities (Beet Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Beet Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991, and shall come into operation on the 30th of April, 1991.
(2) The European Communities (Beet Seed) Regulations, 1981 and 1988, and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Beet Seed) Regulations, 1981 to 1991, and shall be construed together as one.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Beet Seed) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1981 ).
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paragraphs: Regulation 2 (2) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion after "19th December, 1977" of "Council Directive No. 88/380/EEC of 13 June, 1988."
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paragraphs: Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (d) of paragraph (1):
"(d) in case the seed is harvested in a third country, it is of a species to which the declaration contained in Article I of the Seventh Council Decision No. 85/355/EEC of 27 June, 1985(2), on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops relates".
(1)O.J. No. L187, 16 July, 1988, p.31.
(2)O.J. No. L195/1, 26 July, 1985.
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paragraphs: The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 5:
"5A .(1) Beet seed—
(a) which has been produced directly from pre-basic or basic seed officially certified in one or more Member States or in a third country to which the said Seventh Council Decision on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops, and
(b) which has been harvested in another Member State, shall, on request and without prejudice to the provisions of the European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 409 of 1981), be officially certified as basic seed or certified seed if that seed has undergone field inspection satisfying the conditions laid down in Annex 1.A for the relevant category and if official examination has shown that the conditions laid down in Annex 1.B for the same category are satisfied.
(2) Beet seed which has been harvested in another Member State and which is intended for certification in accordance with the provisions laid down in paragraph 1 shall—
(a) be packed in accordance with Regulation 7 of these Regulations and labelled with an official label complying with paragraphs A and B of Annex IV, and
(b) be accompanied by an official document complying with Annex IV.
(3) Beet seed—
(a) which has been produced directly from basic seed officially certified in one or more Member States or in a third country to which the said Seventh Council Decision on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops applies,
(b) which has been harvested in a third country, shall, on request and without prejudice to the provisions of the European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) Regulations, 1981, be officially certified as certified seed if the seed has undergone field inspection satisfying the conditions laid down in the Seventh Council Decision on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops for the relevant category and if official examination has shown the conditions laid down in Annex 1.B for that category are satisfied.".
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paragraphs: Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (b):
"(b) the label shall give the following information:
(i) the certification authority and the Member State by which the authority was designated or their distinguishing abbreviation,
(ii) the lot reference number,
(iii) the month and year of closing, or
(iv) the month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification,
(v) the species, indicated at least in roman characters under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities' names or under its common name, or both and an indication whether the seed is sugar beet or fodder beet,
(vi) the variety, indicated at least in roman characters,
(vii) the description pre-basic seed,
(viii) the number of generations preceding seed of the category certified seed".