The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011

Seed not finally certified, harvested in another member State U.K.

16.—(1) Seed—

(a) that has been produced—

(i) directly from basic seed or certified seed of the first generation officially certified either in another member State or in a third country that has been granted equivalence under the Directive relating to that seed specified in Schedule 2, or

(ii) from the crossing of basic seed certified in a member State with basic seed certified in such a third country, and

(b) that has been harvested in another member State,

may be certified if that seed has undergone field inspection for that category of seed and if official examination has shown that the conditions for seed of that category are satisfied.

(2) Where the seed has been produced directly from officially certified seed of generations prior to basic seed, it may be certified as basic seed if the conditions laid down for that category are satisfied.

(3) It must be labelled with a grey label bearing the following information—

(a) the authority responsible for field inspection and the name or initials of the member State;

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

(c) the variety (in the case of inbred lines and hybrids intended solely as components for hybrid varieties, the word ‘component’ must be added);

(d) the category;

(e) in the case of hybrid varieties, the word ‘hybrid’;

(f) the declared net or gross weight;

(g) the words ‘seed not finally certified’.

(4) It must be accompanied by an official document stating—

(a) the authority issuing the document;

(b) the species, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities’ names;

(c) the variety;

(d) the category;

(e) the reference number of the seed used to sow the field and name of the country that certified that seed;

(f) the reference number of the seed lot or field;

(g) the area cultivated for the production of the seed lot covered by the document;

(h) the quantity of seed harvested and number of packages;

(i) the number of generations after basic seed, in the case of certified seed;

(j) an attestation that the conditions to be satisfied by the crop from which the seed comes have been fulfilled;

(k) where appropriate, the results of a preliminary seed analysis.