1.Operators shall ensure that organic products are transported to other units, including wholesalers and retailers, only in appropriate packaging, containers or vehicles closed in such a manner that substitution of the content cannot be achieved without manipulation or damage of the seal and provided with a label stating, without prejudice to any other indications required by law:
(a)the name and address of the operator and, where different, of the owner or seller of the product;
(b)the name of the product or a description of the compound feedingstuff accompanied by a reference to the organic production method;
(c)the name and/or the code number of the control body or authority to which the operator is subject; and
(d)where relevant, the lot identification mark according to a marking system either approved at national level or agreed with the control body or authority and which permits to link the lot with the accounts referred to in Article 66.
The information referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph may also be presented on an accompanying document, if such a document can be undeniably linked with the packaging, container or vehicular transport of the product. This accompanying document shall include information on the supplier and/or the transporter.
2.The closing of packaging, containers or vehicles shall not be required where:
(a)transportation is direct between an operator and another operator who are both subject to the organic control system, and
(b)the products are accompanied by a document giving the information required under paragraph 1, and
(c)both the expediting and the receiving operators shall keep documentary records of such transport operations available for the control body or control authority of such transport operations.