# 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), Article 1: Amendments to Directive 66/401/EEC

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:
1.. Article 2(1)(A) is amended as follows:
(a) Point (a) is amended as follows:
(i) in the title, the word ‘Gramineae’, is replaced by the words ‘Poaceae (Gramineae)’;
(ii) in the entry starting with ‘Agrostis gigantea’, the words ‘Agrostis gigantea’ are replaced by the words ‘Agrostis gigantea Roth’;
(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’;
(iv) after the entry starting with ‘Festuca arundinacea’, the following entry is inserted:
‘ Festuca filiformis Pourr.- Fine leaved sheep’s fescue’;
(v) in the entry starting with ‘Festuca pratensis’, the words ‘Festuca pratensis Hudson’ are replaced by the words ‘Festuca pratensis Huds.’;
(vi) after the entry starting with ‘Festuca rubra’, the following entry is inserted:
‘ Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina — Hard fescue’;
(vii) in the entry starting with ‘Phleum bertolonii’, the words ‘Phleum bertolonii DC — Timothy’ are replaced by the words ‘Phleum nodosum L. — Small timothy’;
(viii) the entry starting with ‘Festuca spp. x Lolium spp.’ is replaced by the following:
‘ xFestulolium Asch. & Graebn. — Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium ’.
(b) Point (b) is amended as follows:
(i) in the title, the word ‘Leguminosae’, is replaced by the words ‘Fabaceae (Leguminosae)’;
(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’;
(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’;
2.. Annexes II and III to Directive 66/401/EEC are amended in accordance with part A of the Annex to this Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/74/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-74/article-1
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