Beet Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 3658 (W.295) of 2001).

These Regulations amend the Beet Seeds Regulations 1993 but apply to Wales only. The amendments give effect to the Council Directives 98/95/EC and 98/96/EC which amended Directives in respect of the marketing of seeds and the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species. These Regulations: (a) amend definitions in regulation 3, including the definitions of "marketing" and "official examination", and omit the definition of "small package" (reg. 3); (b) amend regulation 5 in relation to marketing (including the marketing of genetically modified beet seeds) and marketing authorizations, tests and trials, seed as grown, selection work and other scientific purposes; and make consequential amendments to regulation 4 (regs. 4 and 5); (c) amend regulations 8 and 9 to remove provisions in respect of small packages and amend regulation 9 to make provision in relation to clear indications for genetically modified varieties (regs. 6 and 7); and (d) amend Schedule 6 to make provision for the supply of information about imported seeds and remove provisions in respect of small packages (reg. 8).