The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Wales) Regulations 2004

PART IV E+W Labelling of packages of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 and C3 seed

Official label for a package of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 or C3 seed E+W

8.  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;

(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 pure seeds and the total weight;

(k) in the case of basic seed which is a component of a hybrid variety, where the component has been officially accepted on a National List or the Common Catalogue, the name under which it has been officially accepted, with or without a reference to the hybrid variety, accompanied, in the case of a component intended solely as a component for a hybrid variety, by the word “component”;

(l) in the case of basic seed which is a component of a hybrid variety where the component has not been officially accepted on a National List or the Common Catalogue, the name of the component, which may be given in code form, accompanied by a reference to the hybrid variety, with or without reference to its function (male or female) and accompanied by the word “component”; and

(m) in the case of CS seed which is a hybrid, the name of the variety to which the seed belongs, accompanied by the word “hybrid”; and

(n) in the case of officially certified CS seed that is intended to be used as a component of a varietal association a reference to its function (male or female), accompanied by the word “component” and the name of the final varietal association.

9.  Where at least germination has been retested, the words “retested” followed by the month and year of retesting and the service responsible for such retesting may be indicated on the official label referred to in paragraph 8 or on an official sticker attached to the official label. E+W

10.  The minimum size of the label referred to in paragraph 8 shall be 110 mm x 67 mm. E+W

11.  The label referred to in paragraph 8 shall be coloured — E+W

(a) white for basic seed;

(b) blue for CS and C1 seed; and

(c) red for C2 and C3 seed.

12.  The label referred to in paragraph 8 — E+W

(a) shall be —

(i) an adhesive label, or

(ii) a label secured to the package by a sealing device approved by the National Assembly for Wales, the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers 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

Supplier's label for a small package of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 or C3 seed E+W

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

(a) subject to paragraph 14, on the outside;

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

(i) “EC rules and standards”;

(ii) the name and address of the supplier responsible for fixing the label or his or her registration number;

(iii) the reference number of the seed lot;

(iv) the species;

(v) the variety;

(vi) the category;

(vii) the declared weight or declared number of seeds except in the case of packages not exceeding 15 grams net weight.

14.  If the packaging material is transparent the label, notice or stamp referred to in paragraph 13 may be placed inside the package provided it can be read through the packaging. E+W

15.  The label, notice or stamp referred to in paragraph 13 shall be coloured — E+W

(a) white for basic seed;

(b) blue for CS and C1seed; and

(c) red for C2 and C3 seed.