4. An official label must—E+W
(a)not have been previously used;
(b)contain the statement “ [F1GB] rules and Standards”;
(c)state the following particulars—
(i)the name of the responsible authority or its distinguishing abbreviation;
(ii)the name of the supplier or their supplier's registration number;
(iii)the crop inspection certificate number;
(iv)the botanical name of the plant material;
(v)the category of plant material (pre-basic material, basic material, certified material or CAC material) and, for basic material, the generation number;
(vi)the denomination of the variety, and where appropriate, the clone.
(vii)in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, the name of the species or the interspecific hybrid concerned;
(viii)in the case of grafted fruit plants, the denomination of the variety of the rootstock and of the top-graft;
(ix)for varieties for which an application for registration of plant variety right is pending, any information given in relation to sub-paragraphs (b)(vi) and (viii) must be prefaced with the words “proposed denomination” and “application pending”;
(x)where appropriate, the words “variety with an officially recognised description”;
(xi)the quantity of plant material;
(xii)where not England, the country of production and its respective code or abbreviation;
(xiii)the year of issue, or in the case of a replacement label, the year of issue of the original label;
(xiv)in the case of a genetically modified variety—
(aa)a statement that the variety has been genetically modified; and
(bb)a list of the genetically modified organisms.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 8(10)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 29(6)(e)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)