Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 31st December 2012.

Amendment of the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011

2.The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011( 5 ) are amended as follows.

Regulation 3 (interpretation of other terms)

3. In regulation 3(2)—

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

(b) after sub-paragraph (h), insert—

“ and

(i) Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries, ” ; and

(c) for “those Directives”, substitute “those instruments”.

Licences for temporary experiments

4. After regulation 21, insert—

“ Licences for temporary experiments

21A. The Secretary of State may by licence exempt any person or class of person from compliance with any provision of these Regulations for the purposes of a temporary experiment organised under—

(a) Article 19 of Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed ( 6 ) ;

(b) Article 13a of Council Directive 66/402/ EEC on the marketing of cereal seed ( 7 ) ;

(c) Article 13a of Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed ( 8 ) ;

(d) Article 16 of Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants ( 9 ) ; or

(e) Article 33 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed ( 10 ) . ” .

Schedule 2 (certification requirements)

5. In paragraph 24 of Schedule 2, after “peas,” insert “lucerne ( Medicago sativa ),”.

Schedule 3 (labelling and loose sales)

6. In paragraph 9(1)(g) of Schedule 3, after “granulated” insert “pesticides”.