{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-II/division-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-II/division-III.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/III",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "COMMERCIAL SEED",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions below, the conditions laid down in Section I (2) and (3) of this Annex shall apply to commercial seed:\n1.. The percentages by weight laid down in columns 5 and 6 of the table under Section I (2) (A) of this Annex are increased by 1 %.\n2.. In Poa annua a maximum total of 10 % by weight of seeds of other Poa species shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n3.. In Poa spp. other than Poa annua a maximum total of 3 % by weight of seeds of other Poa species shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n4.. In Hedysarum coronarium a maximum total of 1 % by weight of seeds of Melilotus spp. shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n5.. The condition (d) laid down in Section I (2) of this Annex is not applicable to Lotus corniculatus .\n6.. In Lupinus spp.:\n(a) the minimum analytical purity shall be 97 % by weight;\n(b) the percentage by number of seeds of Lupinus spp. of another colour shall not exceed:\n— in bitter lupin 4 %\n— in Lupinus spp. other than bitter lupin 2 %\n7.. In Vicia spp. a maximum total of 6 % by weight of seeds of Vicia pannonica, Vicia villosa , Vicia benghalensis or related cultivated species in another relevant species shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n8.. In Vicia pannonica, Vicia sativa, Vicia villosa , Vicia benghalensis the minimum analytical purity shall be 97,0 % by the weight.\n9.. For Lathyrus cicera the minimum analytical purity shall be 90 % by the weight. A maximum total of 5 % by the weight of seeds of similar cultivated species shall not be regarded as an impurity.",
  "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted 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/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:55.382893+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}