
2022 No. 1276 (W. 259)
Seeds, Wales
The Seed (Equivalence) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Made 5 December 2022
Laid before Senedd Cymru 7 December 2022
Coming into force 30 December 2022

The Welsh Ministers in whom the powers conferred by section 16(1) to (4) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 are now vested, make the following Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers have consulted with representatives of such interests as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be concerned with these Regulations in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act.
Title, application and commencement
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The title of these Regulations is the Seed (Equivalence) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022, they apply in relation to Wales and they come into force on 30 December 2022.
Amendment of Council Decision 2003/17/EC
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(1) Council Decision 2003/17 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countriesis amended as follows.
(2) In Article 6, for “31 December 2022” substitute “31 December 2029”.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers
5 December 2022