{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-II/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-II/division-1.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/II/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The seed shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity or, in the case of seed of an inbred line, sufficient identity and purity as regards its characteristics. For the seed of hybrid varieties, the abovementioned provisions shall also apply to the characteristics of the components.\nIn particular, the seed of the species listed below shall conform to the following other standards or conditions:\nA.. Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta other than hybrids in each case:\nCategory\nMinimum varietal purity (%)\nBasic seed\n99,9\nCertified seed, 1st generation\n99,7\nCertified seed, 2nd generation\n99,0\nThe minimum varietal purity shall be examined mainly in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.\nB.. Self-pollinating varieties of xTriticosecale other than hybrids\nCategory\nMinimum varietal purity (%)\nBasic seed\n99,7\nCertified seed, 1st generation\n99,0\nCertified seed, 2nd generation\n98,0\nThe minimum varietal purity shall be examined mainly in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.\nC.. Hybrids of Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta , and self-pollinating xTriticosecale\nThe minimum varietal purity of the seed of the category certified seed shall be 90 %.\nIn case of Hordeum vulgare produced by means of CMS, it shall be 85 %. Impurities other than the restorer shall not exceed 2 %.\nThe minimum varietal purity shall be examined in official post-control test on an appropriate proportion of samples.\nD.. Sorghum spp. and Zea mays :\nWhere for the production of certified seed of hybrid varieties a female male-sterile component and a male component which does not restore male fertility have been used, the seed shall be produced:\neither by blending seed lots in a proportion appropriate to the variety where, on the one hand, a female male-sterile component has been used and, on the other, a female male-fertile component has been used,\nor by growing the female male-sterile component and the female male-fertile component in a proportion appropriate to the variety. The proportion of these components shall be examined in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.\nE.. Hybrids of Secale cereale and CMS-hybrids of Hordeum vulgare\nSeed shall not be certified as certified seed unless due account has been taken of the results of an official post-control test, on samples of basic seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as certified seed to ascertain whether the basic seed met the requirements for basic seed laid down in this Directive in respect of identity and purity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility.",
  "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) 2015/1955 of 29 October 2015 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/402/annex/II/division/1",
    "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."
}