
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 30th June 2009.
2 
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), insert at the appropriate place–“
 “additional region” means the region for seed production approved by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of the second paragraph of article 11(1) of the Commission Directive 2008/62;”;“
 “conservation variety” means a variety which is listed as such in accordance with the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (the National List);”;“
 “region of origin” means the region forming a part or the whole of the United Kingdom identified by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of article 8.1 of Commission Directive 2008/62;”; and“
 “Commission Directive 2008/62” means Commission Directive 2008/62/EC providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties;”.
4 
After regulation 8(4) insert–“
(5) No person shall market seed potatoes of a conservation variety unless–
(a) it has been produced in its region of origin or additional region; and
(b) marketing takes place in its region of origin.
(6) For the purposes of Article 14 of Commission Directive 2008/62, the Scottish Ministers may specify the maximum amount of seed potatoes of a conservation variety which may be marketed in any given production season and different maxima for different persons or classes of persons may be specified.”.
5 
In Schedule 6 (official labels)–
(a) in paragraph 1(2)(c) (pre-basic seed potatoes) insert at the end–“Conservation Variety (if appropriate)Region of Origin (if appropriate)”.
(b) in paragraph 2(2)(c) (basic seed potatoes) insert at the end–“Conservation Variety (if appropriate)Region of Origin (if appropriate)”.
RICHARD LOCHHEAD
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
3rd June 2009