{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/57",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57",
  "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 the determinations by number provided for in columns 5 to 11 of Annex II(I)(4)(A) and in column 5 of Annex II(I)(5)(A) (grams)\n1\n2\n3\n4\nArachis hypogaea\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nBrassica juncea\n10\n100\n40\nBrassica napus\n10\n200\n100\nBrassica nigra\n10\n100\n40\nBrassica rapa\n10\n200\n70\nCannabis sativa\n10\n600\n600\nCarthamus tinctorius\n25\n900\n900\nCarum carvi\n10\n200\n80\nGlycine max\n30\n1 000\n1 000\nGossypium spp.\n25\n1 000\n1 000\nHelianthus annuus\n25\n1 000\n1 000\nLinum usitatissimum\n10\n300\n150\nPapaver somniferum\n10\n50\n10\nSinapis alba\n10\n400\n200\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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/57/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:56.090987+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."
}