{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-74/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-74/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/74",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-74",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Amendments to Directive 66/401/EEC",
  "text": "Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:\n1.. Article 2(1)(A) is amended as follows:\n(a) Point (a) is amended as follows:\n(i) in the title, the word ‘Gramineae’, is replaced by the words ‘Poaceae (Gramineae)’;\n(ii) in the entry starting with ‘Agrostis gigantea’, the words ‘Agrostis gigantea’ are replaced by the words ‘Agrostis gigantea Roth’;\n(iii) in the entry starting with ‘Arrhenatherum elatius’, the words ‘Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. S et K.B Presl.’ are replaced by the words ‘Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl’;\n(iv) after the entry starting with ‘Festuca arundinacea’, the following entry is inserted:\n‘ Festuca filiformis Pourr.- Fine leaved sheep’s fescue’;\n(v) in the entry starting with ‘Festuca pratensis’, the words ‘Festuca pratensis Hudson’ are replaced by the words ‘Festuca pratensis Huds.’;\n(vi) after the entry starting with ‘Festuca rubra’, the following entry is inserted:\n‘ Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina — Hard fescue’;\n(vii) in the entry starting with ‘Phleum bertolonii’, the words ‘Phleum bertolonii DC — Timothy’ are replaced by the words ‘Phleum nodosum L. — Small timothy’;\n(viii) the entry starting with ‘Festuca spp. x Lolium spp.’ is replaced by the following:\n‘ xFestulolium Asch. & Graebn. — Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium ’.\n(b) Point (b) is amended as follows:\n(i) in the title, the word ‘Leguminosae’, is replaced by the words ‘Fabaceae (Leguminosae)’;\n(ii) in the entry starting with ‘Lupinus angustifolius’ the words ‘Lupinus angustifolius L. — Blue lupin’ are replaced by the words ‘Lupinus angustifolius L. — Narrow leaved lupin’;\n(iii) in the entry starting with ‘Medicago x varia’ the words ‘Medicago x varia T. Martyn — Lucerne’ are replaced by the words ‘Medicago x varia T. Martyn — Sand lucerne’;\n2.. Annexes II and III to Directive 66/401/EEC are amended in accordance with part A of the Annex to this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/74/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:09.058958+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."
}