S.L. 433.25 Art. 15Quantitative restrictions.

(1) For each conservation variety, the quantity of seed marketed shall not exceed 0.5% of the seed of the same species used in Malta in one growing season, or a quantity necessary to sow 100 ha, whichever is the greater quantity.

(2) For the species Hordeum vulgare, Pisum sativum, Triticum spp., Solanum tuberosum and Zea mays, that percentage shall not exceed 0.3%, or a quantity necessary to sow 100 ha, whichever is the greater quantity.

(3) However, the total quantity of seed of conservation varieties marketed in Malta shall not exceed 10% of the seed of the species concerned used yearly in Malta. In cases where this leads to a quantity lower than necessary to sow 100 ha, the maximum amount of seed of the species concerned used yearly in Malta may be increased so as to reach the quantity necessary to sow 100 ha.