S.L. 433.30 чл. 2Scope. 

(1) The scope of these regulations is to make provisions to assure that any seeds of agricultural plants and vegetables produced in Malta or placed on the market in Malta or intended to be marketed in another EU Member State meets specified standards of quality.

(2) These regulations also apply to the production, with a view to marketing and to the marketing of seeds of agricultural plants and vegetables of the genera, species and their hybrids listed in Schedule I of these regulations, within the European Union and shall apply without prejudice to the plant health rules laid down by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants.

(3) These regulations shall apply to seeds intended to be used only for the production of crops and shall not apply to seeds:

(a) marketed for delivery to third countries;

(b) used or to be used in the course of a process of selection; or

(c) marketed with a view to processing, treatment or cleaning, where their identity is stated by the person by whom they are marketed.

(4) These regulations shall not apply to seeds intended to be exported to third countries provided that they are identified as such and kept sufficiently isolated.

(5) These regulations transpose Council Directives 66/401/ EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/56/EC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, vegetable seed and seed potatoes and their amendments.