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.
1.Member States shall ensure that CAC material is marketed with a document prepared by the supplier in compliance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 (‘the supplier’s document’).Member States shall ensure that the supplier’s document does not resemble the accompanying document referred to in Article 3, so as to avoid any possible confusion between those two documents.
2.The supplier’s document shall contain at least the following information:
(a)the indication ‘EU rules and standards’;
(b)the name of the Member State where the document has been prepared, or the respective code;
(c)the responsible official body or the respective code;
(d)the name of the supplier or its registration number/code issued by the responsible official body;
(e)the individual serial number, week number or batch number;
(f)the botanical name;
(g)the indication ‘CAC material’;
(h)the denomination of the variety and, where appropriate, the clone. In the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety: the name of the species or the interspecific hybrid concerned. For grafted fruit plants, such information shall be given for the rootstock and the top-graft. For varieties for which an application for official registration or for a plant variety right is pending, such information shall indicate: ‘proposed denomination’ and ‘application pending’;
(i)the date of issue of the document.
3.Where it is affixed to the CAC material, the colour of the supplier’s document shall be yellow.
4.The supplier’s document shall be indelibly printed in one of the official languages of the Union, clearly visible and legible.