{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-401/annex-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/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS",
  "text": "The maximum lot weight may be increased to 25 tonnes if the supplier has been authorised for this purpose by the competent authority.\nSpecies\nMaximum weight of a lot (tonnes)\nMinimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot (grams)\nWeight of the sample for the determination by number provided for in columns 12 to 14 of Annex II (I) (2) (A) and columns 3 to 7 of Annex II (II) (2) (A) (grams)\n1\n2\n3\n4\nPoaceae (Gramineae)\nAgrostis canina\n10\n50\n5\nAgrostis capillaris\n10\n50\n5\nAgrostis gigantea\n10\n50\n5\nAgrostis stolonifera\n10\n50\n5\nAlopecurus pratensis\n10\n100\n30\nArrhenatherum elatius\n10\n200\n80\nBromus catharticus\n10\n200\n200\nBromus sitchensis\n10\n200\n200\nCynodon dactylon\n10\n50\n5\nDactylis glomerata\n10\n100\n30\nFestuca arundinacea\n10\n100\n50\nFestuca filiformis\n10\n100\n30\nFestuca ovina\n10\n100\n30\nFestuca pratensis\n10\n100\n50\nFestuca rubra\n10\n100\n30\nFestuca trachyphylla\n10\n100\n30\n× Festulolium\n10\n100\n60\nLolium multiflorum\n10\n200\n60\nLolium perenne\n10\n200\n60\nLolium × hybridum\n10\n200\n60\nPhalaris aquatica\n10\n100\n50\nPhleum nodosum\n10\n50\n10\nPhleum pratense\n10\n50\n10\nPoa annua\n10\n50\n10\nPoa nemoralis\n10\n50\n5\nPoa palustris\n10\n50\n5\nPoa pratensis\n10\n50\n5\nPoa trivialis\n10\n50\n5\nTrisetum flavescens\n10\n50\n5\nFabaceae (Leguminosae)\nBiserrula pelecinus\n10\n30\n3\nGalega orientalis\n10\n250\n200\nHedysarum coronarium\n—\nfruit\n10\n1 000\n300\n—\nseed\n10\n400\n120\nLathyrus cicera\n25\n1 000\n140\nLotus corniculatus\n10\n200\n30\nLupinus albus\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nLupinus angustifolius\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nLupinus luteus\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nMedicago doliata\n10\n100\n10\nMedicago italica\n10\n100\n10\nMedicago littoralis\n10\n70\n7\nMedicago lupulina\n10\n300\n50\nMedicago murex\n10\n50\n5\nMedicago polymorpha\n10\n70\n7\nMedicago rugosa\n10\n180\n18\nMedicago sativa\n10\n300\n50\nMedicago scutellata\n10\n400\n40\nMedicago truncatula\n10\n100\n10\nMedicago × varia\n10\n300\n50\nOnobrychis viciifolia:\n—\nfruit\n10\n600\n600\n—\nseed\n10\n400\n400\nOrnithopus compressus\n10\n120\n12\nOrnithopus sativus\n10\n90\n9\nPisum sativum\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nTrifolium alexandrinum\n10\n400\n60\nTrifolium fragiferum\n10\n40\n4\nTrifolium glanduliferum\n10\n20\n2\nTrifolium hirtum\n10\n70\n7\nTrifolium hybridum\n10\n200\n20\nTrifolium incarnatum\n10\n500\n80\nTrifolium isthmocarpum\n10\n100\n3\nTrifolium michelianum\n10\n25\n2\nTrifolium pratense\n10\n300\n50\nTrifolium repens\n10\n200\n20\nTrifolium resupinatum\n10\n200\n20\nTrifolium squarrosum\n10\n150\n15\nTrifolium subterraneum\n10\n250\n25\nTrifolium vesiculosum\n10\n100\n3\nTrigonella foenum-graecum\n10\n500\n450\nVicia benghalensis\n20\n1 000\n120\nVicia faba\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nVicia pannonica\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nVicia sativa\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nVicia villosa\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nOther species\nBrassica napus var. napobrassica\n10\n200\n100\nBrassica oleracea convar. acephala\n10\n200\n100\nPhacelia tanacetifolia\n10\n300\n40\nPlantago lanceolata\n5\n20\n2\nRaphanus sativus var. oleiformis\n10\n300\n300\nThe maximum lot weight shall not be exceeded by more than 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/1028 of 19 July 2018 correcting Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2109 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": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/1028 of 19 July 2018 correcting Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2109 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": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The maximum lot weight may be increased to 25 tonnes if the supplier has been authorised for this purpose by the competent authority."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/401/annex/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."
}