The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017 No. 595

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Official labels and supplier's documents

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture, Animals, and Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Legislative Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1463), regs. 1(2)(b), 21(1) (with reg. 21(2))

PART 1 E+W Official labels

1.  An official label used in relation to pre-basic material must be white with a diagonal violet stripe. E+W

2.  An official label used in relation to basic material must be white. E+W

3.  An official label used in relation to certified material must be blue. E+W

4.  An official label must— E+W

(a) not have been previously used;

(b) contain the statement “ [F1 GB] 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

F1 Words 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)

5.  The information and particulars required on an official label must be [F2 — E+W

(a) easily visible and legible, and

(b) indelibly printed in English (but may also be printed in other languages)].

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 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)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

6.  An official label may contain such further particulars as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. E+W

7.  In this Part, the “ crop inspection certificate number” means the number allocated to the crop inspection certificate by the inspector at the time of issue. E+W