SCHEDULE 8E+WLABELLING

[F1PART IXE+WLabelling of Packages of Seed of a Conservation Variety

Textual Amendments

Supplier’s label or notice for a package of seed of a conservation varietyE+W

39.—(1) The package must be labelled, not later than the time of sealing, on the outside with a supplier’s label, or a printed or stamped notice, containing the following particulars—

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

(b)the name and address, or the registration number, of the person responsible for affixing the label or notice;

(c)the year of sealing, or the year of last sampling for the purposes of the last testing of germination, expressed by the word “sealed” or “sampled” (as the case may be), followed by the year in question;

(d)the species;

(e)the denomination of the conservation variety;

(f)the words “conservation variety”;

(g)the region of origin;

(h)where the region of seed production is different from the region of origin, the indication of the region of seed production;

(i)the reference number of the lot given by the person responsible for affixing the label;

(j)the declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds; and

(k)where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the chemical treatment or additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of clusters of pure seeds and the total weight.

(2) The label or notice must be coloured brown.]