Closure for a container with - a base element, - a flip-top lid attached to said base element by a hinge such that the flip-top lid can be moved between an opened and a closed position, said base element having a skirt with attachment means for attaching the closure to the container, said flip-top lid having a top cover and a sidewall, wherein said sidewall of said flip-top lid comprises an actuating region with a latching element, said latching element being positioned at an inner surface of said actuating region, wherein said actuating region is tiltable and/or deformable relative to the remaining regions of said sidewall between a latching position and a release position, said actuating region is partly separated from the remaining regions of the sidewall of said flip-top lid by a slit (500, 500', 500", 500′′′, 500ʺʺ, 510, 510', 510", 510′′′, 510ʺʺ), said slit (500, 500', 500", 500′′′, 500ʺʺ, 510, 510', 510", 510′′′, 510ʺʺ) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction of the closure, characterized in that said actuating region is connected with the remaining regions of the sidewall of said flip-top lid by at least one deformable hinge section biasing said actuation region into its latching position, and said actuating region with said latching element is arranged such that said latching element is, when being in its latching position, engagable with a corresponding latching portion of the container, while the flip-top lid cannot be moved out of its closed position when said latching element of said actuating region is engaged with the corresponding latching portion of the container, and said actuating region has, at an outer surface thereof, an operating element (450, 450', 450", 450′′′, 450ʺʺ) extending outwardly from said actuating region for being operated by a user, said operating element (450, 450', 450", 450′′′, 450ʺʺ) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction of the closure. - a base element, - a flip-top lid attached to said base element by a hinge such that the flip-top lid can be moved between an opened and a closed position, said base element having a skirt with attachment means for attaching the closure to the container, said flip-top lid having a top cover and a sidewall, wherein said sidewall of said flip-top lid comprises an actuating region with a latching element, said latching element being positioned at an inner surface of said actuating region, wherein said actuating region is tiltable and/or deformable relative to the remaining regions of said sidewall between a latching position and a release position, said actuating region is partly separated from the remaining regions of the sidewall of said flip-top lid by a slit (500, 500', 500", 500′′′, 500ʺʺ, 510, 510', 510", 510′′′, 510ʺʺ), said slit (500, 500', 500", 500′′′, 500ʺʺ, 510, 510', 510", 510′′′, 510ʺʺ) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction of the closure, characterized in that said actuating region is connected with the remaining regions of the sidewall of said flip-top lid by at least one deformable hinge section biasing said actuation region into its latching position, and said actuating region with said latching element is arranged such that said latching element is, when being in its latching position, engagable with a corresponding latching portion of the container, while the flip-top lid cannot be moved out of its closed position when said latching element of said actuating region is engaged with the corresponding latching portion of the container, and said actuating region has, at an outer surface thereof, an operating element (450, 450', 450", 450′′′, 450ʺʺ) extending outwardly from said actuating region for being operated by a user, said operating element (450, 450', 450", 450′′′, 450ʺʺ) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction of the closure. said base element having a skirt with attachment means for attaching the closure to the container, said flip-top lid having a top cover and a sidewall, wherein said sidewall of said flip-top lid comprises an actuating region with a latching element, said latching element being positioned at an inner surface of said actuating region, wherein said actuating region is tiltable and/or deformable relative to the remaining regions of said sidewall between a latching position and a release position, said actuating region is partly separated from the remaining regions of the sidewall of said flip-top lid by a slit (500, 500', 500", 500′′′, 500ʺʺ, 510, 510', 510", 510′′′, 510ʺʺ), said slit (500, 500', 500", 500′′′, 500ʺʺ, 510, 510', 510", 510′′′, 510ʺʺ) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction of the closure, characterized in that said actuating region is connected with the remaining regions of the sidewall of said flip-top lid by at least one deformable hinge section biasing said actuation region into its latching position, and said actuating region with said latching element is arranged such that said latching element is, when being in its latching position, engagable with a corresponding latching portion of the container, while the flip-top lid cannot be moved out of its closed position when said latching element of said actuating region is engaged with the corresponding latching portion of the container, and said actuating region has, at an outer surface thereof, an operating element (450, 450', 450", 450′′′, 450ʺʺ) extending outwardly from said actuating region for being operated by a user, said operating element (450, 450', 450", 450′′′, 450ʺʺ) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction of the closure.