The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993

PART I

Official Label for a Package of Breeder’s Seed

A.—(a) Prescribed contents

1.  Certifying Authority

2.  Reference number

3.  Month and year when officially sealed

4.  Kind

5.  Variety

6.  “Breeder’s Seed”

7.  Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

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

(b) Minimum size of label—110mm×67mm

(c) The label shall be coloured violet.

Official Label for a Package of Pre-Basic Seed

B.—(a) Prescribed contents

1.  Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark

2.  Month and year when officially sealed

3.  Reference number of the lot

4.  Kind

5.  Variety

6.  “Pre-Basic Seed”

7.  Country of production

8.  Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

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

10.  Number of generations preceding seed of the categories “Certified Seed” or “Certified First Generation Seed”.

(b) Minimum size of the label—110mm×67mm

(c) The label shall be coloured white with a diagonal violet line.

Official Label for a Package of Basic Seed, Certified Seed or Certified Seed of the First, Second and Third Generations

C.—(a) Prescribed contents

1.  “EEC rules and standards”

2.  Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark

3.  Month and year when officially sealed

4.  Reference number of the lot

5.  Kind

6.  Variety

7.  Category

8.  Country of production

9.  Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

10.  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 seeds and the total weight

11.  In the case of varieties which are hybrids or inbred lines—

(a) for Basic Seed where the hybrid or inbred line to which the seed belongs has been officially accepted on a National List or the Common Catalogue—

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”;

(b) 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 “components”;

(c) for Certified Seed—

the name of the variety to which the seed belongs, accompanied by the word “hybrid”.

(b) Minimum size of label—110mm×67mm

(c) The label shall be coloured white for Basic Seed, blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation and red for Certified Seed of the Second and Third Generations.

Official Label for a Package of Commercial Seed

D.—(a) Prescribed contents

1.  “EEC rules and standards”

2.  Service responsible for sealing and Member State or their mark

3.  Month and year when officially sealed

4.  Reference number of the lot

5.  Kind

6.  “Commercial Seed (not certified as to variety)”

7.  Country of production or region of production within a country

8.  Declared net or gross weight or declared number of 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 seed and the total weight

(b) Minimum size of the label—110mm×67mm

(c) The label shall be coloured brown.

Official Label for a Package of Seed not Finally Certified

E.—(a) Prescribed contents of the label

1.  Certifying authority

2.  Kind

3.  Variety. (In the case of varieties (inbred lines, hybrids), which are intended solely as components for hybrid varieties, the word “component” shall be added.)

4.  Category. (In the case of hybrid varieties the word “hybrid” shall be added.)

5.  Crop Identity Number

6.  Declared net or gross weight (Tonnes)

7.  The words “seed not finally certified”

• The label shall be coloured grey.

  (b)

  Information required for the document

1.  Certifying authority

2.  Kind

3.  Variety

4.  Category

5.  Seed Lot Reference Number (United Kingdom) or Reference Number (other than United Kingdom) of the seed used to sow the field and name of the country or countries which certified that seed

6.  Crop Identity Number

7.  Area cultivated for the production of the lot covered by the document (Hectares)

8.  Quantity of seed harvested and number of packages

9.  Number of generations after basic seed, in the case of certified seed

10.  Attestation that the conditions to be satisfied by the crop from which the seed comes have been fulfilled

11.  Where appropriate, results of a preliminary seed analysis.