Article 21
The conditions under which bred seed of generations prior to basic seed may be placed on the market under the first indent of Article 4 shall be as follows: (a) it must have been officially inspected by the competent certification authority in accordance with the provisions applicable to the certification of basic seed; (b) it must be packed in accordance with this Directive, and (c) the packages must bear an official label giving at least the following particulars: - certification authority and Member State or their distinguishing abbreviation, - lot reference number, - month and year of sealing, or - month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification, - species, indicated at least in roman characters, under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names, or under its common name, or both; indication whether sugar beet or fodder beet, - variety, indicated at least in roman characters, - the description "pre-basic seed", - number of generations preceding seed of the category "certified seed". The label shall be white with a diagonal violet line.