{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177/annex-II", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177/annex-II.json", "legislation": "eudr/2020/177", "legislation_title": "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)", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177", "path": "annex/II", "kind": "annex", "number": "II", "heading": "Amendment of Directive 66/402/EEC", "text": "Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:\n(1) Annex I is amended as follows:\n(a) part A of point 3 is replaced by the following:\n‘A.\nOryza sativa :\nThe number of plants which are recognisable as obviously being wild or red-grain plants shall not exceed:\n0 for the production of basic seed,\n1 per 100 m2 for the production of certified seed, first and second generation.’;\n(b) point 6 is replaced by the following:\n6.. ‘The crop shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.\nThe crop shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests (“RNQPs”) provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.\nThe presence of RNQPs on the crops shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:\nFungi and oomycetes\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nPlants for planting (genus or species)\nThresholds for the production of pre-basic seed\nThresholds for the production of basic seed\nThresholds for the production of certified seed\nGibberella fujikuroi Sawada [GIBBFU]\nOryza sativa L.\nNot more than 2 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop.\nNot more than 2 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop.\nCertified seed of the first generation (C1):\nNot more than 4 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop.\nCertified seed of the second generation (C2):\nNot more than 8 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop.\nNematodes\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nPlants for planting(genus or species)\nThresholds for the production of pre-basic seed\nThresholds for the production of basic seed\nThresholds for the production of certified seed\nAphelenchoides besseyi Christie [APLOBE]\nOryza sativa L.\n0 %\n0 %\n0 %\n’\n(2) Annex II is amended as follows:\n(a) point 3 is replaced by the following:\n3.. ‘The seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.\nThe seed shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.\nThe presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:\nNematodes\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nPlants for planting\n(genus or species)\nThresholds for pre-basic seed\nThresholds for basic seed\nThresholds for certified seed\nAphelenchoides besseyi Christie [APLOBE]\nOryza sativa L.\n0 %\n0 %\n0 %\nFungi\nGibberella fujikuroi Sawada [GIBBFU]\nOryza sativa L.\nPractically free\nPractically free\nPractically free\n’\n(b) the following point 4 is added:\n4.. ‘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\n’", "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.", "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "footnote", "label": "f1", "text": "Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’" }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f2", "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/2020/177/annex/II", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:23.883940+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." }