Regulations 5(3) and (14) and 9(2), (3), 4), (5), (7) and (12)
SCHEDULE 6FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE REGULATIONS THE PARTICULARS PRESCRIBED IN THIS SCHEDULE AS TO THE KIND AND VARIETY OF SEED SHALL BE INDICATED ON THE LABEL IN ROMAN CHARACTERS. THE KIND OF SEED SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY ITS LATIN NAME, AS PRESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE 1
PART I
A. OFFICIAL LABEL FOR A PACKAGE OF BREEDER'S SEED
(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—110 mmx67 mm.
(c)The label shall be coloured violet.
B. OFFICIAL LABEL FOR A PACKAGE OF PRE-BASIC SEED
(a)Prescribed contents
1.Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark.
2.Reference number of the lot.
3.Kind.
4.Month and year when officially sealed.
5.Variety, or inbred line of maize.
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 additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seeds and the total weight.
10.Number of generations preceding seed of the categories “Certified Seed” or “Certified Seed 1st Generation”.
11.For hybrid varieties of maize: “hybrid”.
(b)Minimum size of label—110 mmx67 mm.
(c)The label shall be coloured white with a diagonal violet line.
C. OFFICIAL LABEL FOR A PACKAGE OF BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION OR CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION
(a)Prescribed contents
1.“EEC rules and standards”.
2.Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark.
3.Reference number of the lot.
4.Month and year when officially sealed.
5.Kind.
6.Variety, or inbred line of maize.
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 the approximate ratio between the weight of pure 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 of female), and accompanied by the word “component”;
(c)for Certified Seed, the name of the variety to which the seed belongs, accom-panied by the word “hybrid”.
(b)Minimum size of the label—110 mmx67 mm.
(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 Generation.
D. OFFICIAL LABEL FOR A PACKAGE OF A MIXTURE OF SEEDS
(a)Prescribed contents
1.“Mixture of ... ... ... ... ”
(kinds or varieties)
2.Proprietary name if applicable.
3.Service responsible for sealing and Member State or their mark.
4.Reference number of the lot.
5.Month and year when officially sealed.
6.Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds.
7.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 seeds and the total weight.
8.The words: “passed for marketing in United Kingdom only”.
(b)Minimum size of the label—110 mmx67 mm.
(c)The label shall be coloured green.
E. FURTHER PARTICULARS TO BE GIVEN IN RESPECT OF MIXTURES OF SEEDS
For each constituent:
1.Kind.
2.Category.
3.Variety, or inbred line of maize.
4.Country of production.
5.Proportion by weight of the mixture.
6.For hybrid varieties of maize: “hybrid”.
Mixtures of varieties:
Disease or pest the incidence of which is claimed to be reduced.
F. OFFICIAL LABEL FOR A PACKAGE OF SEED NOT FINALLY CERTIFIED
(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 (UK) or Reference Number (other than UK) 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.
PART II
A. SUPPLIER'S LABEL FOR A PACKAGE OF UNCERTIFIED PRE-BASIC SEED
(a)Prescribed contents
1.Name and address of the supplier responsible for affixing the labels or his identification mark.
2.Reference number of the lot.
3.“Maize”.
4.Variety, of inbred line of maize.
5.“Uncertified Pre-basic Seed”.
6.Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds.
7.For hybrid varieties of maize: “hybrid”.
(b)The label shall be coloured buff.
PART IIISMALL PACKAGES
A. SUPPLIER'S LABEL FOR A SMALL PACKAGE OF SEEDS OTHER THAN A MIXTURE OF SEEDS
(a)Prescribed contents
1.“EEC rules and standards”.
2.Name and address of the supplier responsible for affixing the label or his identification mark.
3.Reference number of the lot.
4.Kind.
5.Variety, or inbred line of maize.
6.Category.
7.Declared net weight or declared number of seeds.
8.For hybrid varieties of maize: “hybrid”.
9.“Passed for marketing in United Kingdom only”.
(b)The label shall be coloured white with a diagonal violet line for Pre-basic Seed, white for Basic Seed, blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation and red for Certified Seed of the Second Generation.
B. SUPPLIER'S LABEL FOR A SMALL PACKAGE OF A MIXTURE OF SEEDS
(a)Prescribed contents
1.“Mixture of ... ... ... ...”.
(kinds of varieties)
2.Name and address of person responsible for sealing package or his identification mark.
3.Reference number of the lot.
4.Proprietary name of the mixture or kinds or varieties of the constituents.
5.Declared net weight or declared number of seeds.
6.“Passed for marketing in United Kingdom only”.
(b)The label shall be coloured green.
PART IV
A. PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKETED SEEDS OTHER THAN MIXTURES OF SEEDS
1. “Complies with legal standards”.
2. Kind.
3. Variety, or inbred line of maize.
4. For hybrid varieties of maize: “hybrid”.
B. PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKETED MIXTURES OF SEEDS
1. “Complies with legal standards”.
2. Proprietary name of the mixture or kinds and proportion by weight of the constituents.
PART VPRINTING OF SPECIFIED MATTERS ON PACKAGES (whole-bag labelling)
Seeds which have not been imported
A.—1. The printing or stamping of the packages shall be under the supervision of the Minister.
2. The manner of printing or stamping shall have been approved by the Minister.
3. Each package shall have printed or stamped on it, or be perforated with, an individual serial number allocated by the Minister, which shall appear in the same panel as the particulars of the matters specified in Part I of this Schedule.
4. Arrangements shall be made with the printer for returns to be made to the Minister of the number of packages printed or stamped pursuant to regulation 9(5) and of the individual serial numbers of such packages.
5. The reference number of the seed lot and the month and year in which the package was officially sealed shall be printed or stamped under the supervision of the Minister at the time of sampling for official examination.
6. There shall be kept such records of seed packaged and marketed pursuant to regulation 9(5) as may be required by the Minister.
7. Each package of seed marketed in accordance with regulation 5(5) shall be capable of having affixed to it, in a manner approved by the Minister, a supplier’s label containing a statement pursuant to regulation 9(3).
B. Seeds imported from another Member State
Such requirements of the Member State from which the seeds have been imported as correspond to the requirements specified in this Part for seeds which have not been imported shall, in the opinion of the Minister, have been satisfied.