Device for attaching a label (11, 12) identifying a bale to an elongate flexible object, the device comprising: - storage means storing labels (11, 12), and the labels have an edge and are provided with a first opening and a second opening on the edge of the label, such that an edge of the first opening and the second opening coincides with a part of the edge of the label (11, 12), and wherein the first opening and the second opening are adapted to attach the label to the elongate flexible object, and wherein the labels (11, 12) are bendable and adapted to clamp the elongate flexible object in the first opening and the second opening under bending stress of the label; > - attachment means; characterized in that < - >, and in that the attachment means comprises bending means (41-43, 45-47, 49) adapted to bend the label (11, 12) so that the label can be pushed over the elongate flexible object, and wherein the attachment means is adapted to bend the label (11, 12) with the bending means (41-43, 45-47, 49) and push the label (11, 12), in a direction towards the elongate flexible object, over the elongate flexible object or push the elongate flexible object, in a direction (56, 57) towards the label (11, 12), into the label (11, 12), to attach the label to the elongate flexible object in such a way that the first opening and the second opening come into contact with the elongate flexible object, such that, when the label (11, 12) has been attached to the elongate flexible object via the first opening and the second opening, the label (11, 12) remains tensioned, under bending stress. - storage means storing labels (11, 12), and the labels have an edge and are provided with a first opening and a second opening on the edge of the label, such that an edge of the first opening and the second opening coincides with a part of the edge of the label (11, 12), and wherein the first opening and the second opening are adapted to attach the label to the elongate flexible object, and wherein the labels (11, 12) are bendable and adapted to clamp the elongate flexible object in the first opening and the second opening under bending stress of the label; > - attachment means; characterized in that < - >, and in that the attachment means comprises bending means (41-43, 45-47, 49) adapted to bend the label (11, 12) so that the label can be pushed over the elongate flexible object, and wherein the attachment means is adapted to bend the label (11, 12) with the bending means (41-43, 45-47, 49) and push the label (11, 12), in a direction towards the elongate flexible object, over the elongate flexible object or push the elongate flexible object, in a direction (56, 57) towards the label (11, 12), into the label (11, 12), to attach the label to the elongate flexible object in such a way that the first opening and the second opening come into contact with the elongate flexible object, such that, when the label (11, 12) has been attached to the elongate flexible object via the first opening and the second opening, the label (11, 12) remains tensioned, under bending stress. < - >, and in that the attachment means comprises bending means (41-43, 45-47, 49) adapted to bend the label (11, 12) so that the label can be pushed over the elongate flexible object, and wherein the attachment means is adapted to bend the label (11, 12) with the bending means (41-43, 45-47, 49) and push the label (11, 12), in a direction towards the elongate flexible object, over the elongate flexible object or push the elongate flexible object, in a direction (56, 57) towards the label (11, 12), into the label (11, 12), to attach the label to the elongate flexible object in such a way that the first opening and the second opening come into contact with the elongate flexible object, such that, when the label (11, 12) has been attached to the elongate flexible object via the first opening and the second opening, the label (11, 12) remains tensioned, under bending stress.