S.L. 433.28 Art. 8Authorisation requirements for crop-grown preservation mixtures. S.L. 433.21

(1) As regards crop-grown preservation mixtures, the collected seed from which the crop-grown seed mixture is produced shall have been collected in its source area at a collection site which has not been sown in forty (40) years prior to the date of the application by the producer, referred to in regulation 9(1). The source area shall be located in the region of origin.

(2) The seed of the crop-grown preservation mixture shall be of species and, where relevant, sub-species which are typical for the habitat type of the collection site and which are, as components of the mixture, of importance for the preservation of the natural environment for the intended use of conservation of genetic resources.

(3) Components of a crop-grown preservation mixture which are seeds of fodder plants in terms of the Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations shall, before mixing, comply with the requirements for commercial seed set out in Section II of Schedule III to the Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations, as follows:

(a) as regards analytical purity, with the requirements set out in columns 3 to 9 of Table 1.4 and columns 9 and 10 of Table 1.15 of that Schedule; and

(b) as regards the maximum content of other plant species in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 (total per column) of Schedule IV to those regulations, with the requirements set out in columns 12, 13 and 14 of the Table 1.15 of that Schedule.

(4) Multiplication of seeds may take place for five generations.