PART 3Additional requirements for official labels for specific species
Additional requirements for beet seed
10. An official label for beet seed must specify—
(a)“monogerm” or “precision” as appropriate;
(b)“fodder beet” or “sugar beet” as appropriate.
Additional requirements for cereal seed
11.—(1) An official label for C1 and C2 naked barley must include the words “minimum germination capacity 75%”.
(2) An official label for basic cereal seed of varieties that are hybrids or inbred lines must include—
(a)for basic seed where the hybrid or inbred line to which the seed belongs has been accepted on to the National List or the Common Catalogue, the name under which it has been officially accepted, with or without reference to the final variety, and if the seed is intended solely as a component for final varieties the word “component”;
(b)for basic seed in other cases the name of the component to which the basic seed belongs, which may be given in code form, accompanied by a reference to the final variety, with or without reference to its function (male or female) by the word “component”.
(3) An official label for certified cereal seed (CS, C1 or C2) of varieties that are hybrids or inbred lines must include the word “hybrid” after the variety.
(4) Where seed is marketed as being of the higher voluntary standard the label must contain the letters HVS.
Additional requirements for fodder seed
12. An official label for fodder seed must include—
(a)for certified seed, second and subsequent generations, the number of generations after basic seed;
(b)in the case of seed of grass varieties in respect of which no official examination of their value for cultivation and use has been carried out the words “Not intended for fodder production”;
(c)where seed is marketed as being of the higher voluntary standard the letters HVS.
Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
13.—(1) An official label for basic oil and fibre seed of varieties that are hybrids or inbred lines must include—
(a)for basic seed where the hybrid or inbred line to which the seed belongs has been officially accepted on to the National List or the Common Catalogue, the name under which it has been officially accepted, with or without reference to the final variety, and if the seed is intended solely as a component for final varieties the word “component”;
(b)for basic seed in other cases the name of the component to which the basic seed belongs, which may be given in code form, accompanied by a reference to the final variety, with or without reference to its function (male or female) by the word “component”.
(2) An official label for certified oil and fibre seed (CS, C1 or C2) of varieties that are hybrids or inbred lines must include the word “hybrid” after the variety.
(3) An official label for certified seed of a varietal association must be blue with a diagonal green line.