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Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (66/401/EEC)

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[F1I. Information required U.K.

(a)

For basic seed and certified seed:

1.

[F2EC] rules and standards,

2.

Certification authority and Member State or their initials,

2a.

[F3Officially assigned serial number,]

3.

Reference number of lot,]

3a.

[F4Month and year of sealing expressed thus: sealed … (month and year),

or

month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification expressed thus: sampled … (month and year),]

4.

[F1Species, [F5indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities' names, in roman characters.]

[F6In the case of x Festulolium the names of the species within the genus Festuca and Lolium shall be indicated]

5.

Variety [F5indicated at least in roman characters.]

6.

Category,

7.

Country of production,

8.

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds,

9.

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seeds and the total weight,

10.

For certified seed of the second generation and subsequent generations after basic seed: number of generations after basic seed,

11.

For seed of grass varieties which have not been subjected to tests for their cropping value and use in accordance with Article 4 (2) (a) of Council Directive No 70/457/EEC (1) of 29 September 1970 concerning the common catalogue of species of agricultural plants: Not intended for the production of fodder plants,]

12.

[F7Where at least germination has been retested, the words retested … (month and year) and the service responsible for such retesting may be indicated. Such information may be given on an official sticker attached to the official label.]

[F5In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, Member States may be released from the requirement to indicate the botanical name in respect of individual species and, where appropriate, for limited periods where it has been established that the disadvantages of its implementation outweigh the advantages expected for the marketing of seed.]

(b)

[F1For commercial seed:

1.

[F2EC] rules and standards,

2.

Commercial seed (not certified as to variety) ,

3.

Supervising authority and Member State or their initials,

3a.

[F3Officially assigned serial number,]

4.

Reference number of lot,]

4a.

[F4Month and year of sealing expressed thus: sealed … (month and year),

or

month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification expressed thus: sampled … (month and year),]

5.

[F1Species (2) [F5indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities' names, in roman characters.]

6.

Area of production,

7.

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds,

8.

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seed and the total weight,]

9.

[F7Where at least germination has been retested, the words retested … (month and year) ; and the service responsible for such retesting may be indicated. Such information may be given on an official sticker attached to the official label.]

[F5In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, Member States may be released from the requirement to indicate the botanical name in respect of individual species and, where appropriate, for limited periods where it has been established that the disadvantages of its implementation outweigh the advantages expected for the marketing of seed.]

(c)

[F1For mixtures of seed:

1.

Mixture of seed for … (intended use),

2.

Authority responsible for sealing and Member State or their initials,

2a.

[F3Officially assigned serial number,]

3.

Reference number of lot,]

3a.

[F4Month and year of sealing expressed thus: sealed … (month and year),]

4.

[F1Percentage by weight of the various components shown by species and, where appropriate, by variety [F5both indicated at least in roman characters] ; it is sufficient to give the name of the mixture if the percentage by weight has been notified in writing to the purchaser and officially recorded,

[F6In the case of x Festulolium the names of the species within the genus Festuca and Lolium shall be indicated,]

5.

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds,

6.

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seed and the total weight,]

7.

[F7Where at least germination of all the components of the mixture has been retested, the words retested … (month and year) and the service responsible for such retesting may be indicated. Such information may be given on an official sticker attached to the official label.]

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