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6.—(1) The following must appear on an official label on pre-basic seed—
(a)the name of the certification authority;
(b)the name or initials of the member State;
(c)the reference number of the seed lot;
(d)the country of production;
(e)the month and year of sealing expressed as “sealed …” (month and year);
(f)the species (this must be the botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors’ names, except that, in the case of beet or vegetable seed, the common name may be used);
(g)the variety;
(h)the description “pre-basic” or “PB”;
(i)the declared net or gross weight or number of seeds (or, in the case of beet, the declared number of clusters or pure seed);
(j)where granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of the seed and the total weight (or, in the case of beet, the ratio between the weight of pure seed and the total weight);
(k)the number of generations preceding the category “certified seed (CS) ” or “certified first generation (C1) seed”.
(2) The label must be white with a diagonal violet stripe.
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