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Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed
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Name and address of the person responsible for affixing the labels or his identification mark.
Marketing year of the sealing or of the last examination of germination. The end of the marketing year may be indicated.
Species, indicated at least in roman characters.
Variety, indicated at least in roman characters.
Category: in the case of small packages, certified seed may be marked with the letter ‘C’ or ‘Z’ and standard seed with the letters ‘ST’.
Reference number given by the person responsible for affixing the labels — in the case of standard seed.
Reference number enabling the certified lot to be identified — in the case of certified seed.
Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds, except for small packages of up to 500 grams.
Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of clusters of pure seeds and the total weight.
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