European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations, 1981.

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.