Certification in a Crown Dependency33A

Any seed certified and labelled in a Crown Dependency under legislation recognised by the Department to have equivalent effect to these Regulations may be marketed in Northern Ireland.

Transitional provision for official labels on exit day33B

For the purposes of regulation 17 and paragraphs 7(1)(a) and 8(1)(a) of Schedule 3, an official label, pre-printed before exit day, containing the statement “EU rules and standards” may be used as an official label before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day after the day on which exit day falls.