Member States shall require that packages of basic seed, certified seed of all categories and commercial seed, be sealed officially or under official supervision in such a manner that they cannot be opened without damaging the sealing system or leaving evidence of tampering on either the official label provided for in Article 12(1) or the package.
Države članice zahtevajo, da se pakiranja osnovnega semena, certificiranega semena vseh kategorij in trgovskega semena, pečatijo uradno ali pod uradnim nadzorom na tak način, da jih ni mogoče odpreti, ne da se pri tem uniči sistem pečatenja ali pustili sledi nedovoljenih sprememb na uradni etiketi, ki jo določa člen 12(1), ali na pakiranju.