# Commission Directive 2008/62/EC of 20 June 2008 providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties (Text with EEA relevance), Article 17: Sealing of packages and containers

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States shall ensure that seed of conservation varieties may be marketed only in closed packages or containers bearing a sealing device.
2. Seed packages and containers shall be sealed by the supplier in such a manner that they cannot be opened without damaging the sealing system or leaving evidence of tampering on the supplier’s label, or on the package or container.
3. In order to ensure sealing in accordance with paragraph 2, the sealing system shall comprise at least the label or the affixing of a seal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/62/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-62/article-17
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