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Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants

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ANNEX VU.K.LABEL AND DOCUMENT PROVIDED IN THE CASE OF SEED NOT FINALLY CERTIFIED, HARVESTED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE

A.Information required for the labelU.K.

  • authority responsible for field inspection and Member State or their initials,

  • [F1officially assigned serial number,]

  • species, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names, in roman characters,

  • variety, indicated at least in roman characters; in the case of varieties (inbred lines, hybrids), which are intended solely as components for hybrid varieties, the word ‘component’ shall be added,

  • category,

  • in the case of hybrid varieties, the word ‘hybrid’,

  • field or lot reference number,

  • declared net or gross weight,

  • the words ‘seed not finally certified’.

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2), Member States may be released from the requirement to indicate the botanical name in respect of individual species and, where appropriate, for limited periods where it has been established that the disadvantages of its implementation outweigh the advantages expected for the marketing of seed.

B.Colour of the labelU.K.

The label shall be grey.

C.Information required for the documentU.K.

  • authority issuing the document,

  • [F1officially assigned serial number,]

  • species, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names, in roman characters,

  • variety, indicated at least in roman characters,

  • category,

  • reference number of the seed used to sow the field and name of the country or countries which certified that seed,

  • field lot or reference number,

  • area cultivated for the production of the lot covered by the document,

  • quantity of seed harvested and number of packages,

  • number of generations after basic seed, in the case of certified seed,

  • attestation that the conditions to be satisfied by the crop from which the seed comes have been fulfilled,

  • where appropriate, results of a preliminary seed analysis.

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