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Seed Certification Information Letters

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2012

16/01/2012 - SC 1/12 - Vegetable Mixtures, Mixtures General, Chemical Treatment and Preservation Mixtures

2011

28/10/2011 - SC 5/11 - Official Seed Certification Label - Price Increase
25/07/2011 - SC 4/11 - Guidance on Plant Passports and Guidance on Changes to Reserve Portion Sample Selection 2011/12
04/07/2011 - SC 3/11 - Marketing of Mixtures of standard vegetable seed
19/01/2011 - SC 1/11 - Imports of Seed Weighing over 2kg from third countries

2010 - See list

22/11/2010 - SC 5/10 - Seed Marketing Regulations 2010 and revised arrangements for the distribution of Seed Certification Information Letters
15/09/2010 - SC 4/10 - Stakeholder workshops
06/08/2010 - SC 3/10 - Substitution of varieties in fodder plant seed mixtures, Mixture combinations, Seed Lot Reference Numbers for the seeds year 2010, Seed Certification On-Line (ESP)
28/04/2010 - SC 2/10 - Seed sampling, Crop Inspector Retests, ESP and Seed Certification forms
27/04/2010 - SC 1/10 - The Temporary increase in the Maximum Weight of Certain Fodder Plant Seed Lots

2009 - See list

09/11/2009 - SC 8/09 - Linseed disease testing (77 KB)
17/08/2009 - SC 7/09 - Future distribution of Seed Certification Letters (61KB)
04/08/2009 - SC 6/09 - Get Involved (32 KB)
01/05/2009 - SC 5/09 - Closing Dates for Crop Entries (25 KB)
09/02/2009 - SC 4/09 - UK Linseed Seed Derogation (37 KB)
09/02/2009 - SC 3/09 - Imports of seed weighing over 2kg from third countries (127 KB)
07/01/2009 - SC 1/09 - Official Seed Certification Forms - Cert 5 (Request for Sampling and Testing and to Enter a Seed Lot) - Electronic Form (219 KB)

2008 - See list

16/08/2008 - SC 3/08 - Refund of Seed Certification Fees (PDF 50 KB)
31/03/2008 - SC 2/08 - Instructions to Licensed and Official Crop Inspectors in England and Wales (PDF 31 KB)

2007 - See list

19/11/2007 - SC 7/07 - Official Labels and Forms (PDF 36 KB)
11/05/2007 - SC 4/07 - inspection of seed crops of oil and fibre, field pea and field bean reduction in number of quadrats in small crops (30 KB)
27/04/2007 - SC 3/07 - circulation of seed certification information letters, guidance on previous cropping, sample spear size for peas and ESP (40 KB)
28/03/2007 - SC 2/07 - REVISED new fees for seed certification (40 KB) Updated December 2007 by the addition of Hybrid Barley to Annex 2
05/01/2007 - SC 1/07 - information and updates on various issues (50 KB)

2006 - See list

20/12/2006 - SC 8/06 - Imports of seed weighing over 2kg from third countries including renewal of consent (54 KB)
27/09/2006 - SC 7/06 - The Seed (England) (Amendments for tests and trials etc.) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 2314) (48 KB)
08/09/2006 - SC 6/06 - Cereal crop inspector licences (32 KB)
10/07/2006 - SC 5/06 - Increase in the maximum size of cereal seed lots (25 KB)
08/5/2006 - SC 4/06 - DEROGATIONS - New Authorisation Procedure (50 KB)
08/5/2006 - SC 3/06 - Consent For Disclosure Of Seed Certificaton Data To The Central Science Laboratory (CSL) (50 KB)
31/03/2006 - SC 2/06 - Official Supervision Of Licensed Seed Testing Stations (100 KB)
01/02/2006 - SC 1/06 - Authorisations To Market Preservation Mixtures For The Restoration Of The Natural Environment (100 KB)

2005 - See list

16/12/2005 - SC 6/05 - Official Label Price List and Order Form (105KB)
24/11/2005 - SC 5/05 - Change of Official Label Supplier (27KB)
20/10/2005 - SC 4/05 - Amendments the the Seed Marketing Regulations, Points of General Information, Seed Certification On Line update, and New Licensing arrangements for Vegetable Seed. (40KB)

2004 - See list

06/10/04 - SC 09/04 - Amendments to the Seed Marketing Regulations (45kb)
30/06/04 - SC 07/04 - On-line seed certification service (35 kb)
22/03/04 - SC 04/04 - Guidance on Previous Cropping (53kb) (Letter updated 27 April 2007)
6/02/04 - SC 03/04 - Labelling of Seed and Registration of Mixtures (41kb)