The Fodder Plant Seed (England) Regulations 2002

PART IV Labelling of packages of officially certified basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed

Official label for a package of officially certified basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed

9.  The package shall be labelled, not later than the time of sealing, on the outside with an official label which has not previously been used containing the following particulars—

(a) the words “EC rules and standards”;

(b) the name of the certifying authority and member State or their commonly used initials;

(c) the reference number of the seed lot;

(d) the month and year of sealing or the month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification, expressed respectively as follows—

(i) by the word “Sealed” followed by the month and year of sealing, or

(ii) by the word “Sampled” followed by the month and year of last official sampling for the purposes of certification;

(e) the species, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the author’s name, in Roman characters;

(f) the variety, indicated at least in Roman characters;

(g) the category;

(h) the country of production;

(i) the declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seed;

(j) 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 pure seeds and the total weight;

(k) in the case of CS, C1 and C2 seed, the number of generations after basic seed; and

(l) in the case of seed of a grass variety for which an examination of its value for cultivation and use is not required in accordance with Article 4(2)(a) of the Common Catalogue Directive, the words “not intended for the production of fodder plants”.

10.  Where at least germination has been retested, the words "retested" followed by the month and year of retesting and the authority responsible for such retesting may be indicated on the official label referred to in paragraph 9 or on an official sticker attached to the official label.

11.  The minimum size of the label referred to in paragraph 9 shall be 110 mm x 67 mm.

12.  The label referred to in paragraph 9 shall be coloured—

(a) white for basic seed;

(b) blue for CS and C1 seed; and

(c) red for C2 seed.

13.  The label referred to in paragraph 9—

(a) shall be—

(i) an adhesive label, or

(ii) a label secured to the package by a sealing device approved by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and

(b) shall be fixed to the package by—

(i) an authorised officer or any person being supervised by such a person, or

(ii) a licensed seed sampler or any person being supervised by such a person.

Label for a small EC B package of officially certified basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed

14.  The package shall be labelled not later than the time of sealing—

(a) subject to paragraph 15, on the outside,

(b) with a label, a printed notice or stamp containing the following information—

(i) the words “small EC 'B' package”;

(ii) the name and address of the supplier responsible for marking or his registration number or identification mark;

(iii) the officially assigned serial number;

(iv) the authority which assigned the serial number and the name of the member State or their commonly used initials;

(v) the reference number of the seed lot from which the seed in the package has been taken if the serial number does not enable the lot to be identified;

(vi) the species, indicated at least in Roman characters;

(vii) the variety, indicated at least in Roman characters;

(viii) the category;

(ix) the net or gross weight or number of pure seeds;

(x) 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 pure seeds and the total weight; and

(xi) in the case of seed of a grass variety for which an examination of its value for cultivation and use is not required in accordance with Article 4(2)(a) of the Common Catalogue Directive, the words “not intended for the production of fodder plants”.

15.  If the packaging material is transparent the label, notice or stamp referred to in paragraph 14 may be placed inside the package provided it can be read through the packaging.

16.  The label, notice or stamp referred to in paragraph 14 shall be coloured—

(a) white for basic seed;

(b) blue for CS and C1 seed; and

(c) red for C2 seed.