{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-I/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-I/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1966/402",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (66/402/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402",
  "path": "annex/I/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination:\nIn the areas where the presence of S. halepense or S. sudanense is a particular cross-pollination issue, the following shall apply:\na)) crops to produce basic seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 800 m from any source of such contaminating pollen;\nb)) crops to produce certified seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 400 m from any source of such contaminating pollen.\nCrop\nMinimum distance\nPhalaris canariensis, Secale cereale other than hybrids:\n—\nfor the production of basic seed\n300 m\n—\nfor the production of certified seed\n250 m\nSorghum spp.\n—\nfor the production of basic seed\n400 m\n—\nfor the production of certified seed\n200 m\nxTriticosecale , self-pollinating varieties\n—\nfor the production of basic seed\n50 m\n—\nfor the production of certified seed\n20 m\nZea mays\n200 m\nThe minimum distances listed in the table above may be disregarded if there is sufficient protection from any undesirable foreign pollination.",
  "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) 2018/1027 of 19 July 2018 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards isolation distances for Sorghum spp. (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In the areas where the presence of S. halepense or S. sudanense is a particular cross-pollination issue, the following shall apply: a)) crops to produce basic seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 800 m from any source of such contaminating pollen; b)) crops to produce certified seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 400 m from any source of such contaminating pollen."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/402/annex/I/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:55.103697+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."
}