SCHEDULE 2Official labels and official documents
PART 1Official labels
1
1
An official label affixed to a package or container of seed potatoes—
a
in the case of basic seed potatoes, shall be white;
b
in the case of pre-basic seed potatoes, shall be white with a diagonal violet line;
c
in the case of test and trial seed potatoes, shall be orange.
2
An official label shall not measure less than 110 millimetres by 67 millimetres in size.
3
An official label affixed to a package or container of basic seed potatoes shall—
a
state the words “ F2UK Rules and Standards”; and
b
state the following particulars—
Certification authority and F1country or their initials;
F5Officially assigned serial number;
Country of production;
Producer's identification number or reference number of the lot;
Variety, indicated at least in Roman characters;
Genetically modified (if appropriate);
Basic seed potatoes;
Grade;
Size;
Declared net weight;
Month and year of sealing.
4
An official label affixed to a package or container of pre-basic seed potatoes shall state the following particulars—
Certification authority and F1country or their initials;
Producer's identification number or reference number of the lot;
Species, indicated at least in Roman characters, under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names, or under its common name, or both;
Variety, indicated at least in Roman characters;
Genetically modified (if appropriate);
Pre-basic seed potatoes;
Grade;
Month and year of sealing.
5
An official label affixed to a package or container of test and trial seed potatoes shall—
a
state the words “variety not yet officially listed” and “for test and trials only”; and
b
state the following particulars—
Certification authority and F1country or their distinguishing abbreviation;
Producer's identification number or reference number of the lot;
Month and year of sealing;
Species;
Denomination of the variety under which the seed potatoes are to be marketed (which may be the breeder's reference, the proposed denomination or the approved denomination);
Reference number in respect of any application submitted in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a) of the F6NI Variety Lists Regulations;
Genetically modified (if appropriate);
Size;
Declared net weight.
2
In the case of seed potatoes of a conservation variety, in addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, an official label shall include the words and particulars F4specified in Article 18 of Commission Directive 2008/62/ECF3read as if, in point (a), for “
EC
”
there were substituted “UK”.
3
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, an official label may contain a statement concerning the field generation to which the seed potatoes belong.
PART 2Official Documents
4
An official document used—
a
in the case of pre-basic seed potatoes, shall be coloured white with a diagonal violet line;
b
in the case of basic seed potatoes, shall be coloured white;
c
in the case of test and trial seed potatoes, shall be coloured orange.
5
An official document shall, in relation to the seed potatoes to which it relates, state—
a
the producer's identification number or reference number of the lot;
b
the month and year of sealing; and
c
the country of production.