The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015
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2015 No. 395
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Regulation 8(4) and 15(1)(a)
SCHEDULE 1SCONDITIONS FOR CERTIFICATION AND GRADING OF SCOTTISH SEED POTATOES
PART I SGeneral
1. On receipt of an application for certification of any crop of seed potatoes under regulation 8(1), an authorised officer must—S
(a)allocate to the applicant the producer's identification number ("producer's identification number");
(b)allocate an identification number to the crop to which the application relates ("crop identification number");
(c)conduct an official examination of the crop in order to determine—
(i)whether the seed potatoes may be certified as pre-basic seed potatoes, basic seed potatoes or test and trial seed potatoes; and
(ii)in respect of pre-basic seed potatoes and basic seed potatoes, the applicable Union grade; and
(d)subject to paragraphs 3 to 15, issue a crop inspection report complying with paragraph 2.
2. A crop inspection report must contain the following particulars—S
(a)the name and address of the applicant;
(b)the name of the agricultural unit on which the crop was grown;
(c)the producer's identification number;
(d)the crop identification number;
(e)whether the seed potatoes are certified as pre-basic seed potatoes, basic seed potatoes or, as the case may be, test and trial seed potatoes;
(f)the applicable Union grade and field generation;
(g)the date on which the crop inspection report was issued;
(h)the variety of the crop inspected;
(i)the area of the crop inspected; and
(j)the location (O.S. No. or F.I.D. No.) of the field on which the crop was grown.
3. An authorised officer may only issue a crop inspection report if the seed potatoes are of a variety—S
(a)for the time being listed in the National List or in the Common Catalogue; or
(b)for which an application has been submitted, but not withdrawn or finally determined, for acceptance on to the National List.
4. An authorised officer may only issue a crop inspection report if satisfied that the seed potatoes are or were grown on land which has not been demarcated as a contaminated plot or part of a safety zone for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (special measures for the control of Potato Wart Disease) F1.S
F1S.S.I. 2005/613, to which there are no relevant amendments.
5.—(1) An authorised officer may only issue a crop inspection report if satisfied that—S
(a)except where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the seed potatoes have not at any stage of their production come into contact with—
(i)potatoes other than seed potatoes; or
(ii)any plant, machinery, equipment, container, store or vehicle previously used in the production of potatoes other than seed potatoes;
(b)the seed potatoes have, at all stages of production, been kept separate from seed potatoes of any other grade or variety;
(c)the propagation, growing and storage of the seed potatoes, has been carried out effectively in accordance with any notice given, or guidance published, from time to time by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of the prevention of the occurrence, development or spread of pests and diseases;
(d)the seed potatoes are or were grown on an agricultural unit on which only pre-basic seed potatoes or basic seed potatoes permitted to be planted in accordance with article 39(3) of the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 F2, are or were grown in the same year;
(e)blanking in any of the growing crop of the seed potatoes is not or was not excessive;
(f)roguing of the growing crop of the seed potatoes has been carried out and the growing crop has not been over-rogued;
(g)the seed potatoes in any one crop are of a single variety; and
(h)the seed potatoes are taken from a crop which is free from all of the following diseases or pests—
(i)Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.);
(ii)Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes);
(iii)Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.);
(iv)Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) ;
(v)Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell);
(vi)Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid;
(vii)Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say); and
(viii)Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne).
(2) This sub-paragraph applies where—
(a)the seed potatoes and potatoes other than seed potatoes were produced on the same agricultural unit; or
(b)the production of the seed potatoes was in accordance with arrangements approved in writing by the Scottish Ministers, prior to the use of the relevant plant, machinery, equipment, container, store or vehicle.
F2S.S.I. 2005/613. Regulation 22 of these Regulations makes an amendment to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005, which affects the interpretation of article 39(3).
PART II SPre-basic seed potatoes
6. An authorised officer may only certify seed potatoes as pre-basic seed potatoes if, following an official examination, the officer is satisfied that the seed potatoes meet the requirements specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of Table I in Schedule 2 corresponding to at least one of the Union grades specified in column 1 of that Table.S
7. An authorised officer may not certify seed potatoes as pre-basic seed potatoes unless the officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are or were grown—S
(a)has, following an official examination performed prior to the planting of the crop, been found not to be contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes);
(b)is not land notified as infested with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) under paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005;
(c)has not been found to have been contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) for at least 6 years prior to the planting of the crop; and
(d)has not been used for growing potatoes at any time during the 7 years immediately preceding the planting of the crop.
8. An authorised officer may not determine the seed potatoes as meeting the requirements of Union grade PBTC, if the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes is likely to contain—S
(a)plants of another variety; or
(b)plants infected by virus.
9. An authorised officer may not determine the seed potatoes as meeting the requirements of Union grade PB, if, in relation to the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes, the number of growing plants which—S
(a)deviate from variety and type, is likely to exceed 0.01% of the total number of plants in that crop; or
(b)show symptoms of any virus attributable to infection in the mother crop, is likely to exceed 0.5% of that total number.
PART III SBasic seed potatoes
10. An authorised officer may only certify seed potatoes as basic seed potatoes if, following an official examination, the officer is satisfied that the seed potatoes meet the requirements specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of Table II in Schedule 2 corresponding to at least one of the grades specified in column 1 of that Table.S
11. An authorised officer may not certify seed potatoes as basic seed potatoes unless the officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are or were grown—S
12. An authorised officer may not determine the seed potatoes as meeting the requirements of Union grade S, SE or, as the case may be, E if, in relation to the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes, the number of growing plants which—S
(a)deviate from variety, is likely to exceed 0.1% of the total number of plants in that crop;
(b)deviate from variety and type, is likely to exceed 0.25% of that total number; or
(c)show symptoms of any virus attributable to infection in the mother crop, is likely to exceed 4% of that total number.
PART IV STest and trial seed potatoes
13. An authorised officer may only certify seed potatoes as test and trial seed potatoes if, following an official examination, the officer is satisfied that the seed potatoes meet the requirements specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of Table II in Schedule 2 corresponding to at least one of the Union grades specified in column 1 of that Table.S
14. An authorised officer may not certify seed potatoes as test and trial seed potatoes unless the officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are or were grown—S
15. An authorised officer may not certify any seed potatoes as test and trial seed potatoes if, in relation to the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes, the number of growing plants which—S
Regulations 2(1) and8(2) and (4)
SCHEDULE 2SCERTIFICATION AND GRADING: SOURCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS, OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND TOLERANCES
1. In this Schedule.—S
(a)Table I sets out the applicable requirements as regards source material, other requirements and tolerances in respect of the certification and grading of pre-basic seed potatoes; and
(b)Table II sets out the applicable requirements as regards source material, other requirements and tolerances in respect of—
(i)the certification and grading of basic seed potatoes; and
(ii)the certification of test and trial seed potatoes.
2. The percentages specified in column 4 of Tables I and II reflect the maximum permitted proportion, expressed as a percentage, which the number of growing plants affected by the disease or varietal impurity may bear against the total number of plants in the sample.S
PRE-BASIC SEED POTATOES
Column 1UnionGrade
Column 2Source Material
Column 3Other Requirements
Column 4Tolerances
PBTC Nuclear stock or a crop which has been approved in writing by the Scottish Ministers.
The seed potatoes are—
(a)grown in a unit officially approved for production of seed potatoes of the Union grade PBTC;
(b)kept free, as far as practicable, from diseases and aphids by appropriate husbandry measures; and
(c)the first generation of this stock.
A sample of the seed potatoes taken during an official examination must not exceed the following tolerances—
(a)deviations from variety and type – nil;
(b)Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) – nil;
(c)Potato Virus Y, Potato Virus A and Potato Leafroll Virus – nil;
(d)total virus (including those mentioned in paragraph (c)) - nil;
(e)Dickeya spp. – nil; and
(f)virus in direct progeny – nil.
(a)Stock of seed potatoes of the Union grade PBTC produced in the immediately preceding growing season which was either—
(i)certified and determined to meet the requirements of that grade; or
(ii)inspected by an authorised officer and found to have met the requirements of that grade and retained by the grower; or
(b)a crop which has been approved in writing by the Scottish Ministers.
The seed potatoes—
(a)are grown by a person whose facilities, test methods, planting arrangements and procedure for keeping records in relation to production of seed potatoes are acceptable to the Scottish Ministers;
(b)are grown in the year of application for certification on an agricultural unit on which are grown only—
(i)pre-basic seed potatoes; or
(ii)basic seed potatoes of Union grade S which are grown directly from pre-basic seed potatoes; and
(c)must not exceed the fourth field generation of the particular stock.
(a)deviations from variety and type – 0.01%;
(b)Blackleg (Pectobacteriumspp.) – nil;
[F3(c) Potato Virus Y, Potato Virus A and Potato Leafroll Virus – nil,]
(d)total virus (including those mentioned in paragraph (c)) – 0.1%;
(e)Dickeya spp. –nil; and
(f)virus in direct progeny – 0.5%.
TABLE II
BASIC SEED POTATOES AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES
(a)Stock of seed potatoes of the Union grade PBTC or PB produced in the immediately preceding growing season which was either—
(i)certified and determined to be of the relevant grade; or
(ii)inspected by an authorised officer and found to have met the requirements of the relevant grade and retained by the grower; or
The seed potatoes must not exceed the fifth field generation of the particular stock.
(a)deviations from variety and type - 0.1%;
(b)Blackleg (Pectobacteriumspp.) - 0.1%;
(c)Potato Virus Y, Potato Virus A and Potato Leafroll Virus - 0.02%;
(d)total virus (including those mentioned in paragraph (c)) - 0.2%;
(a)Stock of seed potatoes of the Union grade PBTC, PB, or S produced in the immediately preceding growing season which was either—
The seed potatoes must not exceed the sixth field generation of the particular stock.
(c)Potato Virus Y, Potato Virus A and Potato Leafroll Virus - 0.1%;
(a)Stock of seed potatoes of the Union grade PBTC, PB, S or SE produced in the immediately preceding growing season which was either—
The seed potatoes must not exceed the seventh field generation of the particular stock.
A sample of the seed potatoes taking during an official examination must not exceed the following tolerances—
(a)deviations from variety and type -0.1%;
(e)Dickeya spp.- nil; and
(f)virus in direct progeny - 4.0%.
F3Words in sch. 2 para. 2 substituted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 22(3)
Regulation 4(2)(b) and10(9)(a) and (b)
SCHEDULE 3SREQUIREMENTS AS TO VARIETAL PURITY AND SIZE
Requirements as to varietal purity and sizeS
1. For the purposes of regulation 4(2)(b), the applicable requirements as regards varietal purity and size are as specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Union grade PBTCS
2.—(1) This paragraph applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade deternined under regulation 8(2)(a) is Union grade PBTC.
(2) In the case of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies, there must be no deviation from variety.
Union grade PBS
3.—(1) This paragraph applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is Union grade PB.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies—
(a)there must be no deviation from variety;
(b)the minimum size must be such that the seed potatoes do not pass through a square mesh of 25 millimetres by 25 millimetres; and
(c)the maximum variation in size between tubers in a lot must not exceed 25 millimetres.
(3) For the purposes of determining whether a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a), the variety of any seed potatoes is deemed to be as stated on the official label or official document in respect of the lot, if on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 17(3) and Schedule 8, the proportion of the weight of potatoes which deviate from the variety does not exceed 0.01% of the total weight of the sample.
(4) For the purposes of determining whether a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (c), the size of any seed potatoes is deemed to be as stated on the official label or official document in respect of the lot, if on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 17(3) and Schedule 8, the proportion of the weight of the potatoes which are smaller than the minimum size stated on the official label or official document and larger than the maximum size stated on the official label or official document does not exceed 3% of the total weight of the sample.
Union grade S, SE, E and test and trial seed potatoesS
4.—(1) This paragraph applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland—
(a)where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, regulation 15(2), is Union grade S, SE, or E; or
(b)which have been certified under these Regulations as test and trial seed potatoes.
(3) For the purposes of determining whether a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a), the variety of any seed potatoes is deemed to be as stated on the official label or official document in respect of the lot, if on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 17(3) and Schedule 8, the proportion of the weight of potatoes which deviate from the variety does not exceed 0.1% of the total weight of the sample.
(4) For the purposes of determining whether a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (c), the size of any seed potatoes is deemed to be as stated on the official label or official document in respect of the lot, if on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 17(3) and Schedule 8, the proportion of the weight of potatoes which are smaller than the minimum size stated on the official label or official document and larger than the maximum size stated on the official label or official document does not exceed 3% of the total weight of the sample.
Seed potatoes produced outside ScotlandS
5.—(1) This paragraph applies to seed potatoes produced outside Scotland.
(2) In the case of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies, the lot must—
(a)comply with the requirements relating to size in Article 10 of CouncilDirective 2002/56/EC; and
(b)be sufficiently homogeneous in accordance with the standards imposed by the relevant authority.
(3) For the purposes of determining whether a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a), the size of any seed potatoes is deemed to be as stated on the official label or official document in respect of the lot, if on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 17(3) and Schedule 8, the proportion of the weight of potatoes which are smaller than the minimum size stated on the official label or official document and larger than the maximum size stated on the official label or official document does not exceed 3% of the total weight of the sample.
SCHEDULE 4SPARTICULARS TO BE PROVIDED IN RESPECT OF SEED POTATOES PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION
1. SpeciesS
2. VarietyS
3. CategoryS
4. Country of production and inspection authorityS
5. Country of despatchS
6. ImporterS
7. Quantity of seed potatoesS
Regulations 2(1) and 10(1)and (9)
SCHEDULE 5SOFFICIAL LABELS
Pre-basic seed potatoesS
1.—(1) The requirements set out in this paragraph apply to an official label attached to a package or container of pre-basic seed potatoes.
(2) An official label to which this paragraph applies must—
(a)be white with a diagonal violet line;
(b)measure not less than 110 millimetres by 67 millimetres;
(c)state the following particulars—
Certification authority and member State or their initials;
Country of production;
Pre-basic seed potatoes;
Species indicated at least in Roman characters, under its botanical name which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names or under its common name or both;
Crop identification number including producer's identification number F4 (or equivalent);
Variety indicated at least in Roman characters;
Genetically modified (if appropriate);
Grade;
Field generation (unless otherwise requested by the applicant);
Size;
Month and year when officially sealed;
Declared net weight;
Conservation Variety (if appropriate); and
Region of origin (if appropriate).
F4These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).
Basic seed potatoesS
2.—(1) The requirements set out in this paragraph apply to an official label attached to a package or container of basic seed potatoes.
(a)be predominately white;
(b)measure not less than 110 millimetres by 67 millimetres and unless the package or container is intended for export to countries outside the European Union, have printed on it the words "EU Rules and Standards"; and
[F5Officially assigned serial number;]
Basic seed potatoes;
F5Words in sch. 5 para. 2(2)(c) inserted (31.3.2017) by The Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/434), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(a)
Test and trial seed potatoesS
3.—(1) The requirements set out in this paragraph apply to an official label attached to a package or container of test and trial seed potatoes.
(a)be orange;
(b)measure not less than 110 millimetres by 67 millimetres and, unless the package or container is intended for export to countries outside the European Union, have printed on it the words "EU Rules and Standards";
(c)contain the words "variety not yet officially listed" and "for tests and trials only"; and
(d)state the following particulars—
Species indicated at least in Roman characters, under its botanical name which may be given in abridged form and without the authors names or under its common name or both;
Variety and official application number, indicated at least in Roman characters;
Month and year when officially sealed; and
Declared net weight.
F7Words in sch. 5 para. 3(2)(d) inserted (31.3.2017) by The Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/434), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(b)
4. The size stated in accordance with paragraphs 1(2)(c), 2(2)(c) and 3(2)(d) must, in the case of sizes over 35 millimetres, be stated in multiples of 5 millimetres.S
Regulations 9, 10(3)(c) and 16(1) and (3)(a)
SCHEDULE 6STOLERANCES FOR DISEASES, PESTS, DAMAGE AND DEFECTS
TolerancesS
1.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 9 and 16—
(a)Table I applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is Union grade PBTC;
(b)Table II applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is Union grade PB; and
(c)Table III (a) applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is Union grade S;
(d)Table III (b) applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is Union grade SE; and
(e)Table III (c) applies to—
(i)seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable Union grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is Union grade E; and
(ii)seed potatoes produced in Scotland and certified under these Regulations as being of test and trial seed potatoes; and
(f)Table IV applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland, certified as basic seed potatoes and intended for markets outside the European Union.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), any tolerance in column 2, or, as the case may be, column 3 or 4 of any of the Tables in this Schedule which is expressed as a percentage, is a reference to the maximum proportion which the weight of potatoes affected by the disease, pest, damage or defect may bear to the total weight of the sample taken, expressed as a percentage.
(3) In the case of dirt or other extraneous matter, any tolerance in column 2 or, as the case may be, column 3 or 4 of any of the Tables in this Schedule which is expressed as a percentage is a reference to the maximum proportion which the weight of such matter may bear to the total weight of the sample taken, expressed as a percentage.
Individual tolerancesS
2. The individual tolerance set out in the entry in column 2 of Table I, II, III (a), (b) or (c), or IV is specified, in relation to the disease, pest, damage or defect specified in column 1 of the Table to which the entry corresponds.
Group tolerancesS
3. The group tolerance set out in the entry in column 3 of Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV is specified, in relation to the Group of diseases, pests, damage or defects specified in column 1 of the Table to which the entry corresponds.
Collective group tolerancesS
4. The collective group tolerance set out in the entry in column 4 of Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV is specified, in relation to the diseases, pests, damage or defects specified in Groups II, III and IV specified in column 1 of those Tables.
Allowable surface area coverS
5.—(1) This paragraph applies, for the purposes of regulation 16(1) and (3), to seed potatoes to which Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV applies.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an authorised officer may deem a potato in any sample of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies not to be affected by a disease in Group III, specified in column 1 of the Table in relation to a potato of that grade when, in the officer's opinion—
(a)the surface area of the potato affected by the disease is less than the percentage surface area in the entry corresponding to the disease in column 5 of the Table; and
(b)the potato has at least two eyes at the rose end wholly unaffected by the disease.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply when the disease Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh) takes its cankerous form.
UNION GRADE PBTC PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
Column 1 Diseases, pests, damage and defects
Column 2 Individual Tolerances
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) Nil
Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) Nil
Dickeyaspp. Nil
Rots including Wet Rot but other than rots specified in Group I Nil
Frost damaged tubers Nil
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) Nil
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) Nil
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) Nil
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) Nil
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety Nil
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y Nil
Shrivelled tubers Nil
Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter 1.0%
UNION GRADE PB PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
Column 3 Group Tolerances
Column 4 Collective Group Tolerances
Column 5 Allowable % surface area cover
Potato Tuber Nil
Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)
Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) Nil 0.2% }
Dickeyaspp. Nil }
Rots, other than rots specified in Group I 0.2% }
Frost damaged tubers 0.2% }
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) 0.2% 5.0% }
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) 1.0% } 6.0% 10.0%
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) 5.0% } 33.3%
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) 1.0% } 10.0%
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 3.0% 3.0% }
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y Nil }
Shrivelled tubers 0.5% }
Dirt or extraneous matter 1% 1%
TABLE III
UNION GRADE S, SE AND E AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES
a) UNION GRADE S PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell) Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) Nil
Rots, other than rots specified in Group I 0.5% 0.5% }
(of which Wet Rot) (0.2%) }
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) 0.5% 5.0% } 12.5%
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y 0.1% }
Dirt or extraneous matter 1.0% 1.0%
b) UNION GRADE SE PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
c) UNION GRADE E AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus(Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella(Zell)) Nil
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) 5.0% } 10.0%
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) 5.0% } 6.0% 33.3%
TABLE IV
BASIC SEED POTATOES INTENDED FOR MARKETS OUTSIDE THE EU
Rots including Wet Rot but other than rots specified in Group I 0.2% 0.2% }
External necrosis (caused by viruses other than Potato Virus Y) 2.0% }
Regulations 12 and 13
SCHEDULE 7SPARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN A SALE NOTE, DELIVERY NOTE, INVOICE, ETC.
Pre basic seed potatoesS
Name and address of the seller
Declared net weight
Genetically modified (if appropriate)
Pre basic seed potatoes
Field generation (if shown on official label)
Crop identification number including producer's identification number
Particulars of any chemical treatment
Basic seed potatoes
Regulation 17(3)
SCHEDULE 8SSAMPLING
1. Where the bulk consists of seed potatoes comprising more than one consignment, or associated with more than one crop inspection report, the bulk must be divided so that each consignment or, as the case may be, the quantity of potatoes associated with each report, constitutes a separate lot and a separate sample of seed potatoes must be taken from each lot.S
2. Where the total quantity of seed potatoes being sampled separately does not exceed 50 kilograms, all the seed potatoes must be examined.S
3. Where the total quantity of seed potatoes being sampled separately exceeds 50 kilograms, but does not exceed 5 tonnes, a sample of the greater of at least 5 per cent of the weight of the quantity or 50 kilograms must be selected at random.S
4. Where the total quantity of seed potatoes being sampled separately exceeds 5 tonnes, a sample of at least 250 kilograms must be selected at random.S
SCHEDULE 9SREVOCATIONS
Column 1 Regulations
Column 2 Citation
Column 3 Extent to which revoked
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S.S.I. 2000/201 The whole Regulations
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/3510 Regulation 25(6)(b)
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 S.S.I. 2005/280 The whole Regulations
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 S.S.I. 2010/71 The whole Regulations
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