Article 10a Format of the Single European CodeF1

The Single European Code referred to in Article 10(1) shall comply with the specifications set out in this Article and in Annex VII.

The Single European Code shall be in eye-readable format and shall be preceded by the acronym ‘ SEC ’ . The parallel use of other labelling and traceability systems is possible.

The Single European Code shall be printed with the Donation Identification Sequence and Product Identification Sequence separated by a single space or as two successive lines.