Commission Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU of 15 October 2014 on the requirements for the labelling, sealing and packaging of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production, falling within the scope of Council Directive 2008/90/EC (c. 96)

Article 4 U.K. Sealing and packaging requirements for pre-basic, basic or certified material

1. Member States shall ensure that, where pre-basic, basic or certified material is marketed in lots of two or more plants or parts of plants, those lots are sufficiently homogeneous.

Plants or parts of plants making up such lots shall fulfil the requirements of point (a) or point (b):

(a) plants or parts of plants are in a package or container sealed as defined in paragraph 2; or

(b) plants or parts of plants form part of a bundle sealed as defined in paragraph 2.

2. For the purposes of this Directive ‘sealing’ means: in the case of a package or container, closing in such a way that it cannot be opened without damaging the closure, in the case of a bundle, tying up in such a way that the plants or parts of plants forming part of the bundle cannot be separated without damaging the tie or ties. The package, the container or bundle shall be labelled in such a way that the removal of the label renders it invalid.