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Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed
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authority responsible for field inspection and Member State or their initials,
[F1officially assigned serial number,]
species, indicated at least in roman characters, under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities' names, or under its common name, or both,
variety, indicated at least in roman characters,
category,
field or lot reference number,
declared net or gross weight,
the words ‘seed not finally certified’.
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The label shall be grey.
authority issuing the document,
[F1officially assigned serial number,]
species, indicated at least in roman characters, under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities' names, or under its common name, or both,
variety, indicated at least in roman characters,
category,
reference number of the seed used to sow the field and name of the country or countries which certified that seed,
field lot or reference number,
area cultivated for the production of the lot covered by the document,
quantity of seed harvested and number of packages,
attestation that the conditions to be satisfied by the crop from which the seed comes have been fulfilled,
where appropriate, results of a preliminary seed analysis.
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