European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations, 1981. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1981 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Planting material/seeds Cereals/grains/rice Certification Registration Packaging/labelling Crops/grasses Agricultural commodities Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations: (a) provide that cereal (defined in reg. 2) seed, including cereal seed in the form of a mixture, may not be marketed unless it has been certified, closed and labelled in accordance with EEC directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed; (b) provide that cereal seed may not be marketed unless it is of a variety registered in the National Catalogue or in the EEC Common Catalogue; (c) contain provisions on freedom from Avena fatua (spring Wild Oat); (d) provide that any person who carries on the business of processing or importing cereal seed must be registered for either or both purposes by the Minister for Agriculture. They contain mainly the provisions of the 1976 Regulations, together with various amendments made in the relevant EEC Directives since 1976. Cereal seed shall not be placed on the market unless unless requirements laid down in regulation 5 are met. The Minister may derogation from certification and marketing provisions pursuant to regulation 6. Regulation 8 provides for packing of seed, whereas regulation 9 concerns labelling of seed. Full text English Website www.bailii.org References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed. Legislation | European Union | 1966 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Standards, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990. Legislation | Ireland | 1990 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Certification, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995. Legislation | Ireland | 1995 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Standards, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 640 of 2001). Legislation | Ireland | 2001 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Certification, Registration, Packaging/labelling, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 (S.I. No. 204 of 2002). Legislation | Ireland | 2002 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Certification, Registration, Packaging/labelling, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX