The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1989
In addition to some minor and drafting amendments, these Regulations, which further amend the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1985, implement article 7.18 of Council Directive 88/380/EEC (OJ No. L187, 16.7.88, p.31) insofar as it amends article 31 of Council Directive 70/458/EEC (OJ No. L225, 12.10.70, p.7) (as amended) on the marketing of vegetable seed to the extent that seeds produced and packaged but not officially certified in another Member State may be imported into the United Kingdom but shall not be marketed in the United Kingdom until they have been officially certified in the United Kingdom (regulation 2(3)).