Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (66/402/EEC)

ANNEX IVU.K.Label

A. Required information U.K.

(a)

For basic seed and certified seed:

1.

[F1 [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.

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

5.

[F5Variety, indicated at least in roman characters].

6.

Category.

7.

Country of production.

8.

[F6Declared net or gross weight or declared number of [X1seeds] .]

8a.

[F7Where 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.]

9.

[F5In the case of varieties which are hybrids or inbred lines:

  • for basic seed where the hybrid or inbred line to which the seed belongs has been officially accepted under Directive 70/457/EEC:

    the name of this component, under which it has been officially accepted, with or without reference to the final variety, accompanied, in the case of hybrids or inbred lines which are intended solely as components for final varieties, by the word ‘ component ’ ;

  • for basic seed in other cases:

    the name of the component to which the basic seed belongs, which may be given in code form, accompanied by a reference to the final variety, with or without reference to its function (male or female), and accompanied by the word ‘ component ’ ;

  • for certified seed:

    the name of the variety to which the seed belongs, accompanied by the word ‘ hybrid ’ .]

10.

[F8Where 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)

[X2For seed mixtures:]

1.

‘[X2Mixture …’ (species) [F5or varieties] .]

2.

Authority responsible for sealing and Member State.

2a.

[F3Officially assigned serial number.]

3.

Reference number of lot.

3a.

[F4Month and year of sealing expressed thus: ‘ sealed … ’ (year and month).]

4.

Species, category, variety, country of production and proportion by weight of each of the components; [F5the names of the species and of the varieties shall be indicted at least in roman characters].

5.

[F6Declared net or gross weight or declared number of [X1seeds] .]

6.

[F7Where 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.]

7.

[F8Where 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.]

8.

[F9‘ Marketing permitted exclusively in … ’ (Member State concerned).]

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B. Minimum dimensions U.K.

110 mm × 67 mm.