5. The official label for a package of Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation shall–
(a)subject to sub-paragraph (b), contain the following information–
(i)the words “[F1GB] rules and standards”;
(ii)certifying authority and [F2country or country initials];
[F3(iia)officially assigned serial number;]
(iii)month and year of sealing or the month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification, expressed respectively as follows–
(aa)by the word “Sealed” followed by the month and year of sealing; or
(bb)by the word “Sampled” followed by the month and year of official sampling;
(iv)reference number of the seed lot;
(v)species (in the case of x Festulolium the names of the species within the genus Festuca and Lolium shall be indicated);
(vi)variety;
(vii)category;
(viii)country of production;
(ix)declared net or gross weight;
(x)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 pure seed and the total weight;
(xi)for Certified Seed of the Second Generation and subsequent generations from Basic Seed: number of generations from Basic Seed;
(xii)for seeds 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”; and
(xiii)where at least germination has been retested, the word “Retested” followed by the month and year of retesting and the service responsible for such retesting;
(b)not contain the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(xiii) if that information is given on an official sticker attached to the official label;
(c)be a minimum size of 110 millimetres by 67 millimetres; and
(d)be coloured–
(i)white for Basic Seed;
(ii)blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation; and
(iii)red for Certified Seed of the Second Generation.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in sch. 6 para. 5(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 14(26)(b)(i) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 15(24)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in sch. 6 para. 5(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 14(26)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Sch. 6 para. 5(a)(iia), inserted (31.3.2017) by The Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/434), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(a)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)