{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-III.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/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS\nSpecies\nMaximum weight of a lot (tonnes)\nMinimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot (grams)\nWeight of the sample for determinations by number provided for in columns 4 to 10 of Annex II (2) (A) and Annex II (3) (grams)\n1\n2\n3\n4\nAvena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta, Secale cereale, xTriticosecale\n30\n1 000\n500\nPhalaris canariensis\n10\n400\n200\nOryza sativa\n30\n500\n500\nSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench\n30\n900\n900\nSorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf\n10\n250\n250\nHybrids of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf\n30\n300\n300\nZea mays , basic seed of inbred lines\n40\n250\n250\nZea mays , basic seed other than of inbred lines; certified seed\n40\n1 000\n1 000\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 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012 amending certain Annexes of Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of Galega orientalis Lam., the maximum weight of a seed lot of certain fodder plant species and the sample size of Sorghum spp. (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012 amending certain Annexes of Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of Galega orientalis Lam., the maximum weight of a seed lot of certain fodder plant species and the sample size of Sorghum spp. (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/402/annex/III",
    "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."
}