Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Official labels and supplier’s documents

PART 1 E+W Official labels

1.  An official label used in relation to pre-basic material must be white with a diagonal violet stripe. E+W

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

2.  An official label used in relation to basic material must be white. E+W

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

3.  An official label used in relation to certified material must be blue. E+W

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

4.  An official label must— E+W

(a) not have been previously used;

(b) contain the statement “EU rules and standards”;

(c) state the following particulars—

(i) the name of the responsible authority or its distinguishing abbreviation;

(ii) the name of the supplier or their supplier’s registration number;

(iii) the crop inspection certificate number;

(iv) the botanical name of the plant material;

(v) the category of plant material (pre-basic material, basic material, certified material or CAC material) and, for basic material, the generation number;

(vi) the denomination of the variety, and where appropriate, the clone;

(vii) in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, the name of the species or the interspecific hybrid concerned;

(viii) in the case of grafted fruit plants, the denomination of the variety of the rootstock and of the top-graft;

(ix) for varieties for which an application for registration of plant variety right is pending, any information given in relation to paragraphs (vi) and (viii) must be prefaced with the words “proposed denomination” and “application pending”;

(x) where appropriate, the words “variety with an officially recognised description”;

(xi) the quantity of plant material;

(xii) where not Wales, the country of production and its respective code or abbreviation;

(xiii) the year of issue, or in the case of a replacement label, the year of issue of the original label;

(xiv) in the case of a genetically modified variety—

(aa) a statement that the variety has been genetically modified; and

(bb) a list of the genetically modified organisms.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

5.  The information and particulars required on an official label must be indelibly printed in one of the official languages of the European Union, easily visible and legible. E+W

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

6.  An official label may contain such further particulars as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate. E+W

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

7.  In this Part, the “crop inspection certificate number” means the number allocated to the crop inspection certificate by the inspector at the time of issue. E+W

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

PART 2 E+W Supplier’s document: CAC material

8.  A supplier’s document accompanying CAC material must— E+W

(a) contain the statements “EU rules and standards” and “CAC material”; and

(b) state the following particulars—

(i) the names of the responsible authority and member State where the supplier’s document was prepared or their distinguishing abbreviations;

(ii) the supplier’s registration number;

(iii) the individual serial, week or batch number;

(iv) the botanical name of the plant material;

(v) the denomination of the variety and, where appropriate, the clone;

(vi) in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, the name of the species or the interspecific hybrid concerned;

(vii) in the case of grafted fruit plants, the denomination of the variety of the rootstock and of the top-graft;

(viii) for varieties for which an application for registration of plant variety right is pending, any information given in relation to paragraphs (v) and (vii) must be pre-fixed with the words “proposed denomination” and “application pending”;

F1 (ix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xi) the date the supplier’s document was issued.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(ix) omitted (10.4.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/311), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)

F2 Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(x) omitted (10.4.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/311), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

[F3 8A.   A supplier’s document affixed to CAC material in the form of a label must be yellow.] E+W

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 para. 8A inserted (10.4.2020) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/311), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)

9.  The information and particulars required in a supplier’s document must be indelibly printed in one of the official languages of the European Union, easily visible and legible. E+W

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)

10.  A supplier’s document accompanying CAC material produced in Wales may contain such further particulars as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate. E+W

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)