1.Member States shall require that basic seed potatoes and certified seed potatoes be marketed only in sufficiently homogeneous lots and in closed packages or containers which must be sealed and bear, as prescribed in Articles 12 and 13, a sealing device and markings. The packages must be new; the containers must be clean.
2.Member States may, for the marketing of small quantities to the final consumer, provide for derogations from the provisions of paragraph 1 in respect of packaging, sealing and marking.