The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Schedule 3 (labelling and loose sales)

7.—(1) Schedule 3 is amended as follows.

(2) For “EC rules and standards” and “EC Rules and standards”, wherever they appear, substitute “EU rules and standards”.

(3) In paragraph 1(2), for “Part 3” substitute “Part 4”.

(4) In paragraph 25—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (2)(d);

(b) in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i) after “must appear on the label”, insert “on a package of standard seed (other than a mixture of different varieties of standard seed of the same species) and certified seed”;

(ii) in paragraph (j), for “of pure” substitute “or pure”;

(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (4), insert—

“(5) The following must appear on the label on a package of a mixture of different varieties of standard seed of the same species—

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

(b) the name, address and identification number of the person affixing the label;

(c) the year of sealing expressed as “sealed...[year]” or the year of the last sampling for the purposes of the last testing of germination expressed as “sampled...[year]” (the words “use before...[date]” may be added);

(d) the words “mixture of varieties of...[name of the species]”;

(e) the varieties;

(f) the proportion of the varieties, expressed as net weight or as the number of seeds;

(g) the reference number given by the person responsible for affixing the labels;

(h) the net or gross weight or the number of seeds;

(i) 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 clusters or pure seeds and the total weight.”.