Sealing of packages and containers12

1

Subject to regulation 16, a person shall not market a package or container of pre-basic seed potatoes, basic seed potatoes or test and trial seed potatoes unless the package or container is closed and—

a

in relation to seed potatoes produced in Northern Ireland, the package or container has been sealed with an unbroken sealing device by, or under the supervision of, an authorised officer;

b

in relation to seed potatoes produced outside Northern Ireland, the package or container has been sealed in F1accordance with—

i

in the case of seed potatoes produced elsewhere in the United Kingdom, the relevant seed potatoes regulations;

ii

in the case of seed potatoes produced in a Crown Dependency, legislation recognised by the Department as having equivalent effect to paragraph (a);

iii

in the case of seed potatoes produced in a member State or Switzerland, Article 12(1) of Council Directive 2002/56/EC.

2

Where a sealing device on a package or container is broken, the package or container shall not be re-sealed with a sealing device except by, or under the supervision of, an authorised officer.

3

In this regulation a “sealing device” means a device applied in such a manner to a package or container that when the package or container is opened the device will be broken.