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These Regulations may be cited as the Cereal Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 30th June 1995.
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(1) The Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 3(3) (interpretation) in the definition of “Certified Seed” for the words “and spelt wheat” each time they appear there shall be substituted the words “, spelt wheat and rye”.
(3) In paragraph 5 (isolation distances) of Part I of Schedule 4 (conditions relating to crops from which seeds are obtained)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b) after the first occurrence of the word “rye” there shall be inserted the words “other than hybrids”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—“
(d) For hybrids of rye the minimum distance from neighbouring crops of other varieties of rye shall be—
(i) Crops to produce Basic Seed where male sterility is used1,000 metres
(ii) Crops to produce Basic Seed where male sterility is not used600 metres
(iii) Crops to produce Certified Seed500 metres.”.
(4) After paragraph 8 (special conditions for maize) of Part I of Schedule 4 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
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(a) The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility.
(b) In particular, the crop shall conform to the following standards—
(i) the number of plants of the crop species that are recognisable as obviously not being true to the component shall not exceed one per 30 square metres for the production of Basic Seed and, in respect of official field inspections of the female component, one per 10 square metres for the production of Certified Seed; and
(ii) in the case of Basic Seed where male sterility is used, the level of sterility of the male-sterile component shall be at least 98%.
(c) Where appropriate, Certified Seed shall be produced in mixed cultivation of a female male-sterile component with a male component which restores male fertility.”.
(5) In paragraph 3(a) of Part II of Schedule 4 (conditions relating to the seeds) for the words “and spelt wheat” there shall be substituted the words “, spelt wheat and triticale”.
(6) For paragraph 3(b) of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(b) Rye and hybrids of rye
 Germination (% by number) Basic and Certified Seed 85
 Analytical Purity (% by weight) Basic and Certified Seed 98


Category Seeds of Other Plant Species Ergot (Pieces)
 All other species Other cultivated cereal species All species other than cultivated cereals Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum Raphanus raphanistrum or Argrostemma githago 
Basic Seed 4 1 3 0 1 1
Certified Seed 10 7 7 0! 3 3(4)



Seed of hybrids of rye shall not be certified as Certified Seed unless due account has been taken of the results of an official post-control test on samples of Basic Seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as Certified Seed to ascertain whether the Basic Seed has met the requirements for Basic Seed laid down in these Regulations in respect of identity and purity as regards the characters of the components, including male sterility.”.
Howe
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th June 1995Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
30th May 1995Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
26th May 1995