Seeds, England Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017. 2 They extend to England and Wales only. The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 2 In the table in Schedule 1 to the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 (plants to which the Regulations apply) , in the first column, for “ Lolium x boucheanum Kunth”, substitute “ Lolium x hybridum Hausskn”. The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 3 1 The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows. 2 In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (official labels), in paragraph 7— a omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a); b after sub-paragraph (a), insert— aa have a unique number; . 3 In Schedule 3 (specified diseases or pests, damage and defects and tolerances), for Parts 2 and 3, substitute— PART 2 Pre-basic seed potatoes of Union grade PB produced in England Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Specified diseases or pests, damage and defects Individual tolerances Group tolerances Collective group tolerances Group 1 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 0.2% ) ) 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 ( Phoma species) 0.2% ) ) Frost damaged tubers 0.2% ) ) Group III Skin spot ( Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wake-field)) M B Ellis 0.2% ) ) 6.0% Group IV Black Scurf ( Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn) Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease 1.0% ) 5.0% ) Common Scab ( Streptomyces species) 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 are deemed to be unaffected by the disease 5.0% ) ) Group V Powdery scab ( Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Legerh) Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease 1.0% ) ) Group VI External blemishes including damaged tubers or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 3.0% ) ) Superficial necrosis caused by potato virus Y Nil ) 3.0% ) Shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf ( Helminthosporium solani ) 0.5% ) ) Group VII Dirt or other extraneous matter 1.0% - - PART 3 Basic seed potatoes and certified seed potatoes produced in England Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Specified diseases or pests, damage and defects Individual tolerances Group tolerances Collective 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) 0.5% ) ) Blackleg ( Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al spp) atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al or both 0.5% ) ) Soft Rots including Watery Wound Rot ( Pythium ultimum Trow ) 0.5% ) ) Pink Rot ( Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethy-bridge ) and Pit Rot 0.5% ) 0.5% ) Dry Rot ( Fusarium species) 0.5% ) ) Gangrene ( Phoma species) 0.5% ) ) Frost damaged tubers 0.5% ) ) Any of these Group II defects that present as a wet rot symptom 0.2% ) ) 6.0% for basic seed potatoes and 8.0% for certified seed potatoes Group III Skin spot ( Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) M B Ellis) 0.5% except Union grade E, Union grade A and Union grade B grades; 2.0% for Union grade E, Union grade A and Union grade B grades only ) ) Powdery scab ( Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Legerh) Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease (except where powdery scab takes its cankerous form) 3.0% ) 5.0% ) Group IV Black Scurf ( Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn) Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease 5.0% ) ) Common Scab ( Streptomyces species) 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 are deemed to be unaffected by the disease 5.0% ) ) Group V External blemishes including damaged tubers or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 3.0% ) ) Shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf ( Helminthosporium solani ) 1.0% ) 3.0% ) Superficial necrosis caused by strains of potato virus Y 0.1% ) ) Group VI Dirt or other extraneous matter 1.0% - - George Eustice Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 6th March 2017