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25.—(1) A supplier’s label may be used on—
(a)a package of standard vegetable seed, no matter what the weight, and
(b)a small package of certified (CS) seed.
(2) A small package of certified (CS) vegetable seed is a package of certified (CS) seed that weighs no more than—
(a)for legumes, 5 kg;
(b)for asparagus, beetroot, carrot, chard or spinach beet, gourd, marrow, onion, radish, spinach or turnip, 500 grams;
(c)for any other vegetable species, 100 grams;
F1(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The label must be coloured dark yellow for standard seed or blue for certified seed.
(4) The following must appear on the label [F2on a package of standard seed (other than a mixture of different varieties of standard seed of the same species) and certified seed] —
(a)the words “[F3EU rules and standards]”;
(b)the name, address and identification number of the person affixing the label;
(c)the marketing year of the sealing or of the last examination of germination (the end of the marketing year may be indicated);
(d)the species;
(e)the variety;
(f)the category: in the case of small packages, certified seed may be marked with the letter ‘C’ or ‘Z’ and standard seed with the letters ‘ST’;
(g)in the case of standard seed, the reference number given by the person responsible for affixing the labels;
(h)in the case of certified seed the reference number enabling the certified lot to be identified;
(i)the declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds, except for small packages of up to 500 grams;
(j)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 clusters [F4or pure] seeds and the total weight.
[F5(5) The following must appear on the label on a package of a mixture of different varieties of standard seed of the same species—
(a)the words “EU rules and standards”;
[F6(b)the name, and the address or identification number, of the person affixing the label;]
(c)the year of sealing expressed as “sealed...[year]” or the year of the last sampling for the purposes of the last testing of germination expressed as “sampled...[year]” (the words “use before...[date]” may be added);
(d)the words “mixture of varieties of...[name of the species]”;
(e)the varieties;
(f)the proportion of the varieties, expressed as net weight or as the number of seeds;
(g)the reference number given by the person responsible for affixing the labels;
(h)the net or gross weight or the number of seeds;
(i)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 clusters or pure seeds and the total weight.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 25(2)(d) omitted (6.1.2012) by virtue of The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2992), regs. 1, 7(4)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 3 para. 25(4) inserted (6.1.2012) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2992), regs. 1, 7(4)(b)(i)
F3Words in Sch. 3 substituted (6.1.2012) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2992), regs. 1, 7(2)
F4Words in Sch. 3 para. 25(4)(j) substituted (6.1.2012) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2992), regs. 1, 7(4)(b)(ii)
F5Sch. 3 para. 25(5) inserted (6.1.2012) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2992), regs. 1, 7(4)(c)
F6Sch. 3 para. 25(5)(b) substituted (30.6.2016) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/613), regs. 1(1), 6(3)
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