{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-II/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-II/division-4.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/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The presence of fungus bodies on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:\nThe presence of five fungus bodies such as sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia, or ergots in a sample of the prescribed weight shall be deemed to be in conformity with the standards, where a second sample of the same weight contains no more than four fungus bodies.\nCategory\nMaximum number of fungus bodies, such as sclerotia, or ergots, in a sample of the weight specified in column 3 of Annex III\nCereals other than hybrids of Secale cereale :\nBasic seed\n1\nCertified seed\n3\nHybrids of Secale cereale :\nBasic seed\n1\nCertified seed\n4",
  "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": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The presence of five fungus bodies such as sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia, or ergots in a sample of the prescribed weight shall be deemed to be in conformity with the standards, where a second sample of the same weight contains no more than four fungus bodies."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/402/annex/II/division/4",
    "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."
}