Labelling a package
- Attach or print supplier's label indelibly on seed packages
Welsh Statutory Instrument
2012
United Kingdom
The Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012
At a glance
What's here
8 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements
- Label small fodder seed packages correctly
Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements
- Label fodder seed mixtures correctly on small packages
Official labels: general requirements
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Must use official labels on seed packages that meet specific requirements Crown / Minister / Government department
Marketing preservation mixtures which include uncertified fodder seed
- Apply for authorisation to market preservation mixtures with uncertified fodder seed
Browse 92 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Plants to which the Regulations apply Common name (for...
Scope of Part 1
Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids)
Meaning of “basic seed”
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
Crop and seed requirements
Higher voluntary standards for cereals
Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat
Seed from other plants
Ergot and sclerotia
Interpretation
Scope of Part 3
Permitted types of fodder seed
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Meaning of “basic seed”
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
Meaning of “commercial seed”
Crop and seed requirements
Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
Permitted types of beet seed
Minimum standards for purity and other species of seed in the sample
Scope of Part 4
Permitted types of oil and fibre seed
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties
Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines
Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, third generation”
Meaning of “commercial seed”
Crop and seed requirements
Requirements for a varietal association
Scope of Part 5
Permitted types of vegetable seed
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Meaning of “basic seed”
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “standard seed”
Meaning of “basic seed”
Crop and seed requirements
Meaning of “certified seed”
Crop and seed requirements
Scope of Part 2
Permitted types of cereal seed
Interpretation
Types of label
Introduction
Additional requirements for beet seed
Additional requirements for cereal seed
Additional requirements for fodder seed
Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
Meaning of “supplier's label”
References to weights in this Part
Breeder's seed: supplier's labels
Beet seed: supplier's labels
Time of labelling
Cereal seed: supplier's labels
Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier's label
Oil and fibre seed: supplier's labels
Vegetable seed: supplier's labels
Sales of loose seed
Genetically modified varieties
Chemical treatment of seed
Official labels for pre-basic seed
Official labels for basic seed and certified seed
Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety
Labelling mixtures
Early multiplication of seed
Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed
Marketing for scientific or selection purposes
Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed
Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS
Marketing seed certified in another European Single Market State
Marketing seed of amateur vegetable varieties
Seed not finally certified, harvested in another European Single Market State
Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country granted equivalence
Marketing extensions
Seed as grown
Farm saved seed
Seed with a declared lower germination
Early movement of seed
Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed
Marketing seed of conservation varieties
Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials
Seed of other species
Detailed requirements for certification
- Follow the certification process for seed crops in Wales
Crop inspections
- Licensed crop inspector must carry out certification inspections
Packaging and sealing
- Package and seal seed correctly using licensed sampler
Browse 36 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Title, application and commencement
Meaning of “marketing”
Interpretation of other terms
Seed to which these Regulations apply
Categories of seed
Breeder's seed
Maintainers for pre-basic and basic seed
Marketing seed
Exceptions
Overriding requirements for certification
Standard of seed at the time of marketing
Re-grading a crop or seed
Control plots and tests
Labelling
Mixtures of seed
Records
Operations requiring a licence from the Welsh Ministers
Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations
Licences for temporary experiments
General provisions relating to licences
Withdrawing certification
Sampling for enforcement purposes
Forms of certificates used for enforcement
Certification for export
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Appeals
Arrangements for official measures
Fees
Marketing seed under a specific derogation
Confidentiality
Licensing and certifying in another part of the United Kingdom
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
Transitional provision for official labels on implementation period completion day
Transitional provisions
Revocation
Permitted mixtures
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