Labelling

1. Member States shall ensure that packages and containers of preservation mixtures bear a producer’s label or a printed or stamped notice including at least the following information:

the words ‘EU rules and standards’;

name and address of the person responsible for affixing the labels or his identification mark;

harvesting method: whether directly harvested or crop-grown;

year of the sealing expressed as: ‘sealed …’ (year);

region of origin;

source area;

collection site;

habitat type of the collection site;

the words ‘preservation fodder plant seed mixture, intended for use in an area of the same habitat type as the collection site, not considering the biotic conditions’;

reference number of the lot given by the person responsible for affixing the labels;

the percentage by weight of the components as species and, where relevant, subspecies;

declared net or gross weight;

where 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 or pure seeds and the total weight shall be indicated; and

in the case of crop-grown preservation mixtures, a specific germination rate for components of the mixture covered by Directive 66/401/EEC which do not comply with the germination requirements set out in Annex II to that Directive.

2. As regards paragraph 1(k), it shall suffice to indicate the components of directly harvested preservation mixtures as provided for Article 4(3).

3. As regards paragraph 1(n), it shall suffice to indicate an average of these required specific germination rates in case the number of required specific germination rates is more than five.

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2010/60/EU of 30 August 2010 providing for certain derogations for marketing of fodder plant seed mixtures intended for use in the preservation of the natural environment