Labelling
Article 9
1. The seed packages shall bear an official label in one of the official languages of the Community. 2. The label provided for in paragraph 1 shall include the following information: (a) the certification authority and Member State or their distinguishing abbreviation; (b) the lot reference number; (c) the month and year of sealing; (d) the species; (e) the denomination of the variety under which the seed is to be marketed (the breeder’s reference, the proposed denomination or the approved denomination) and the official application number for listing the variety, if any; (f) the indication ‘variety not yet officially listed’; (g) the indication ‘for tests and trials only’; (h) where applicable, the words ‘genetically modified variety’; (i) size (only for seed potatoes); (j) declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds or, where applicable, clusters; (k) 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 pure seeds or, where applicable, clusters and the total weight. 3. The label provided for in paragraph 1 shall be orange.