# Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (66/401/EEC), Division III: COMMERCIAL SEED

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Subject to the provisions below, the conditions laid down in Section I (2) and (3) of this Annex shall apply to commercial seed:
1.. 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 %.
2.. In Poa annua a maximum total of 10 % by weight of seeds of other Poa species shall not be regarded as an impurity.
3.. 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.
4.. In Hedysarum coronarium a maximum total of 1 % by weight of seeds of Melilotus spp. shall not be regarded as an impurity.
5.. The condition (d) laid down in Section I (2) of this Annex is not applicable to Lotus corniculatus .
6.. In Lupinus spp.:
(a) the minimum analytical purity shall be 97 % by weight;
(b) the percentage by number of seeds of Lupinus spp. of another colour shall not exceed:
— in bitter lupin 4 %
— in Lupinus spp. other than bitter lupin 2 %
7.. 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.
8.. In Vicia pannonica, Vicia sativa, Vicia villosa , Vicia benghalensis the minimum analytical purity shall be 97,0 % by the weight.
9.. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/401/annex/II/division/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-II/division-III
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