The label of the packages or containers containing the seeds shall include the following:
the words ‘Temporary experiment under EU rules and standards’;
seed certification authority and the Member State, or their initials;
the name and address of the producer responsible for affixing the label, or its registration code;
region of production;
the reference number of the lot;
month and year of sealing expressed thus: ‘sealed …’ (month and year) or month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of control expressed thus: ‘sampled …’ (month and year);
species, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors names, in roman characters;
denomination of the population;
Member State of production, if different to point 2;
declared net or gross weight, or declared number of seeds;
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;
where at least germination has been retested, declaration of the germination level on the label. Such information may be given on a sticker attached to the label.
The following sampling and examination shall be carried out:
Production fields shall be inspected and seed samples shall be taken, at random every year, of at least of 5 % of all the lots of seeds of populations and production fields under the experiment by official seed samplers.
Each production field shall be officially checked during the temporary experiment at least twice.
These samples shall be used for controlling compliance with Article 5, as regards the identity, and with Article 9, as regards the quality of the seed.
Comparative field trials shall be carried out on each of the authorised populations marketed under the experiment.
The field trials shall be carried out by competent authorities, research institutions or by breeders or producers. In case of breeders and producers, the Member States shall supervise the trials.
The following information shall be recorded:
name of the species and denomination used for each authorised population under the experiment;
type of populations as referred to in Article 2(c);
the quantities produced and marketed per population and species and the Member State for which the seed was intended;
modalities of authorisation of populations by the Member States and related costs for the applicant;
description and results of the tests carried out in accordance with Annex II point (1);
comparative field trial results as referred to in Annex II point (2);
size of the participating breeders and producers: micro-enterprise, small enterprise, medium enterprise or large enterprise;
valuation of the populations by users as regards characteristics pursuant to Article 7(2)(f).