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Paragraph 6 Official labels for pre-basic seed

Northern Ireland

(1)

The following must appear on an official label on pre-basic seed—

(a)

the name F1and country or country initials of the certification authority;

F2(b)

in the case of—

(i)

cereal seed, vegetable seed, beet seed or oil and fibre plant seed, the name or initials of the European Single Market State;

(ii)

seed certified in Northern Ireland “UK(NI)”;

(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 seeds);

(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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 51(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing and Fertilisers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/319), regs. 1, 3(g)(ii)