{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-639/annex-iii/division-3/division-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-639/annex-iii/division-3/division-3.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/639",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-639",
  "path": "annex/iii/division/3/division/3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": "Preparation of the test sample",
  "text": "Stems and seeds over 2 mm in size shall be removed from the dried samples.\nThe dried samples shall be grinded to obtain a semi-fine powder (passing through a 1 mm mesh sieve).\nThe powder may be stored for 10 weeks at below 25 °C in a dark, dry place.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1155 of 15 February 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the control measures relating to the cultivation of hemp, certain provisions on the greening payment, the payment for young farmers in control of a legal person, the calculation of the per unit amount in the framework of voluntary coupled support, the fractions of payment entitlements and certain notification requirements relating to the single area payment scheme and the voluntary coupled support, and amending Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Annex 3 omitted (N.I.) (24.2.2025) by virtue of The Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/33), regs. 1, 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/639/annex/iii/division/3/division/3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:34.513983+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."
}