{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-II/division-I/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-II/division-I/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1966/401",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (66/401/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401",
  "path": "annex/II/division/I/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The seed shall conform to the following standards or other conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and content of seeds of other plant species, including the presence of bitter seed in sweet varieties of Lupinus spp.:\nA.. Table:\nSpecies\nGermination\nAnalytical purity\nMaximum content of seeds of other plant species in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of Annex III (total per column)\nConditions as regards content of seeds of Lupinus spp. of another colour and of bitter lupin seeds\nMinimum germination (% of pure seed)\nMaximum content of hard seed (% of pure seed)\nMinimum analytical purity (% by weight)\nMaximum content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)\nAvena fatua , Avena sterilis\nCuscuta spp.\nRumex spp. other than Rumex acetosella and Rumex maritimus\nTotal\nA single species\nElytrigia repens\nAlopecurus myosuroides\nMelilotus spp.\nRaphanus raphanistrum\nSinapis arvensis\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\nPoaceae (Gramineae)\nAgrostis canina\n75 (a)\n90\n2,0\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nAgrostis capillaris\n75 (a)\n90\n2,0\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nAgrostis gigantea\n80 (a)\n90\n2,0\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2(n)\nAgrostis stolonifera\n75 (a)\n90\n2,0\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nAlopecurus pratensis\n70 (a)\n75\n2,5\n1,0 (f)\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nArrhenatherum elatius\n75 (a)\n90\n3,0\n1,0 (f)\n0,5\n0,3\n0 (g)\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nBromus catharticus\n75 (a)\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0 (g)\n0 (j) (k)\n10 (n)\nBromus sitchensis\n75 (a)\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0 (g)\n0 (j) (k)\n10 (n)\nCynodon dactylon\n70 (a)\n90\n2,0\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2\nDactylis glomerata\n80 (a)\n90\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nFestuca arundinacea\n80 (a)\n95\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nFestuca filiformis\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nFestuca ovina\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nFestuca pratensis\n80 (a)\n95\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nFestuca rubra\n75 (a)\n90\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nFestuca trachyphylla\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\n× Festulolium\n75 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nLolium multiflorum\n75 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nLolium perenne\n80 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nLolium × hybridum\n75 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nPhalaris aquatica\n75 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5\nPhleum nodosum\n80 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (k)\n5\nPhleum pratense\n80 (a)\n96\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (k)\n5\nPoa annua\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0 (c)\n1,0 (c)\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5 (n)\nPoa nemoralis\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0 (c)\n1,0 (c)\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nPoa palustris\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0 (c)\n1,0 (c)\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nPoa pratensis\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0 (c)\n1,0 (c)\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nPoa trivialis\n75 (a)\n85\n2,0 (c)\n1,0 (c)\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nTrisetum flavescens\n70 (a)\n75\n3,0\n1,0 (f)\n0,3\n0,3\n0 (h)\n0 (j) (k)\n2 (n)\nFabaceae (Leguminosae)\nBiserrula pelecinus\n70\n98\n0,5\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nGalega orientalis\n60 (a) (b)\n40\n97\n2,0\n1,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10 (n)\nHedysarum coronarium\n75 (a) (b)\n30\n95\n2,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (k)\n5\nLathyrus cicera\n80\n95\n1\n0,5\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n20\nLotus corniculatus\n75 (a) (b)\n40\n95\n1,8 (d)\n1,0 (d)\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nLupinus albus\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n98\n0,5 (e)\n0,3 (e)\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\n(o) (p)\nLupinus angustifolius\n75 (a) (b)\n20\n98\n0,5 (e)\n0,3 (e)\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\n(o) (p)\nLupinus luteus\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n98\n0,5 (e)\n0,3 (e)\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\n(o) (p)\nMedicago doliata\n70\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago italica\n70 (b)\n20\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago littoralis\n70\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago lupulina\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nMedicago murex\n70 (b)\n30\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago polymorpha\n70 (b)\n30\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago rugosa\n70 (b)\n20\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago sativa\n80 (a) (b)\n40\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nMedicago scutellata\n70\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j)(k)\n10\nMedicago truncatula\n70 (b)\n20\n98\n2\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nMedicago × varia\n80 (a) (b)\n40\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nOnobrychis viciifolia\n75 (a) (b)\n20\n95\n2,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (j)\n5\nOrnithopus compressus\n75\n90\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nOrnithopus sativus\n75\n90\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nPisum sativum\n80 (a)\n98\n0,5\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\nTrifolium alexandrinum\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium fragiferum\n70\n98\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrifolium glanduliferum\n70 (b)\n30\n98\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrifolium hirtum\n70\n98\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrifolium hybridum\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium incarnatum\n75 (a) (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium isthmocarpum\n70\n98\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrifolium michelianum\n75 (b)\n30\n98\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrifolium pratense\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium repens\n80 (a) (b)\n40\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium resupinatum\n80 (a) (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n1,0\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium squarrosum\n75 (b)\n20\n97\n1,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (l) (m)\n10\nTrifolium subterraneum\n80 (b)\n40\n97\n0,5\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrifolium vesiculosum\n70\n98\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nTrigonella foenum-graecum\n80 (a)\n95\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0\n0 (j)\n5\nVicia benghalensis\n80 (b)\n20\n97 (e)\n1\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nVicia faba\n80 (a) (b)\n5\n98\n0,5\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\nVicia pannonica\n85 (a) (b)\n20\n98\n1,0 (e)\n0,5 (e)\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\nVicia sativa\n85 (a) (b)\n20\n98\n1,0 (e)\n0,5 (e)\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\nVicia villosa\n85 (a) (b)\n20\n98\n1,0 (e)\n0,5 (e)\n0,3\n0 (i)\n0 (j)\n5 (n)\nOther species\nBrassica napus var. napobrassica\n80 (a)\n98\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n5\nBrassica oleracea convar. acephala ( acephala var. medullosa + var. viridis )\n75 (a)\n98\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nPhacelia tanacetifolia\n80 (a)\n96\n1,0\n0,5\n0\n0 (j) (k)\nPlantago lanceolata\n75\n85\n1,5\n0 (i)\n0 (j) (k)\n10\nRaphanus sativus var. oleiformis\n80 (a)\n97\n1,0\n0,5\n0,3\n0,3\n0\n0 (j)\n5\nB.. Other standards or conditions applicable where reference is made to them in the table under Section I (2) (A) of this Annex:\n(a) all fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be regarded as seeds which have germinated;\n(b) up to the maximum quantity indicated, hard seed present shall be regarded as seed capable of germination;\n(c) a maximum total of 0,8 % by weight of seeds of other Poa species shall not be regarded as an impurity;\n(d) a maximum of 1 % by weight of seeds of Trifolium pratense shall not be regarded as an impurity;\n(e) a maximum total of 0,5 % by weight of seeds of Lupinus albus , Lupinus angustifolius , Lupinus luteus , Pisum sativum , Vicia faba , Vicia spp. in another relevant species shall not be regarded as an impurity;\n(f) the prescribed maximum percentage by weight of seeds of a single species shall not apply to seeds of Poa spp;\n(g) a maximum total of two seeds of Avena fatua , and Avena sterilis in a sample of the prescribed weight shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of the same weight is free from any seeds of these species;\n(h) the presence of one seed of Avena fatua , and Avena sterilis in a sample of the prescribed weight shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of twice the prescribed weight is free from any seeds of these species;\n(i) the determination of seeds of Avena fatua , and Avena sterilis by number need not be carried out unless there is doubt whether the conditions laid down in column 12 have been satisfied;\n(j) the determination of seeds of Cuscuta spp. by number need not be carried out unless there is doubt whether the conditions laid down in column 13 have been satisfied;\n(k) the presence of one seed of Cuscuta spp. in a sample of the prescribed weight shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of the same weight is free from any seeds of Cuscuta spp;\n(l) the weight of the sample for the determination of seeds of Cuscuta spp. by number shall be twice the weight specified in column 4 of Annex III for the relevant species;\n(m) the presence of one seed of Cuscuta spp. in a sample of the prescribed weight shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of twice the prescribed weight is free from any seeds of Cuscuta spp;\n(n) the determination of seeds of Rumex spp. other than Rumex acetosella and Rumex maritimus by number need not be carried out unless there is doubt whether the conditions laid down in column 14 have been satisfied;\n(o) the percentage by number of seeds of Lupinus spp. of another colour shall not exceed:\n— in bitter lupin, 2 %\n— in Lupinus spp. other than bitter lupin, 1 %\n(p) the percentage by number of bitter seeds in varieties of Lupinus spp. shall not exceed 2,5 %.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2109 of 1 December 2016 amending Council Directive 66/401/EEC as regards the inclusion of new species and the botanical name of the species Lolium x boucheanum Kunth (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/401/annex/II/division/I/division/2",
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