CHAPTER III

SEED PRODUCTION AND MARKETING

Labelling
Article 18
Member States shall ensure that packages or containers of seed of conservation varieties bear a supplier’s label or a printed or stamped notice including the following information:
1. the words ‘EC rules and standards’;
2. the name and address of the person responsible for affixing the labels or his identification mark;
3. the year of sealing expressed as: ‘sealed…’ (year), or, except for seed potatoes, the year of the last sampling for the purposes of the last testing of germination expressed as: ‘sampled…’ (year);
4. the species;
5. the denomination of the conservation variety;
6. the words ‘conservation variety’;
7. the region of origin;
8. where the region of seed production is different from the region of origin, the indication of the region of seed production;
9. the reference number of the lot given by the person responsible for affixing the labels;
10. the declared net or gross weight, or, except for seed potato, declared number of seeds;
11. 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, except for seed potatoes.