Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,139, 26 ta’ Ottubru, 2007

L.N. 323 of 2007

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species

(Amendment) Regulations, 2007

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant

Quarantine Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the

Environment has made the following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Examination of Title.

Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

and they shall be construed as one with the Examination of Varieties of

Agricultural Plant Species Regulations, 2006, hereinafter referred to as L.N. 246 of 2006.

“the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations transpose the amendments included

in Commission Directive 2007#48#EC.

Substitutes

For Schedule I to the principal regulations, there shall be

Schedule I to the

substituted the following>

principal

regulations.

“SCHEDULE I

CPVO guidelines

The following tables list the genera and species for which CPVO guidelines apply. These technical

protocols can be found on the CPVO website www.cpvo.europa.eu

I. Cereals

Table 1.1

Species listed in the Common Catalogue

CPVO protocol

Oats

Oats, TP 20/1 of 6.11.2003

Barley

Barley, TP 19/2 of 6.11.2003

Rye

Rye, TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002

Triticale

Triticale, TP 121/2 of 22.1.2007

Wheat

Wheat, TP 3/3 of 6.11.2003

Durum wheat

Durum wheat, TP 120/2 of 6.11.2003

Maize

Maize, TP 2/2 of 15.11.2001

II. Fodder Plants

Table 1.2

Species listed in the Common Catalogue

CPVO protocol

Leguminosae (Legumes)

Field pea

Pea, TP 7/1 of 6.11.2003

III. Potatoes

Table 1.3

Species listed in the Common Catalogue

CPVO protocol

Potato

Potato, TP 23/2 of 1.12.2005

For Schedule II to the principal regulations, there shall be Substitutes

Schedule II to the

substituted the following>

principal

regulations.

“SCHEDULE II

UPOV guidelines

The following tables list the genera and species for which UPOV guidelines apply. These technical

protocols can be found on the UPOV website www.upov.int

I. Cereals

Table 2.1

Species listed in the Common Catalogue

UPOV protocol

Sorghum

Sorghum, guideline TG/122/3 of 6.10.1989

II. Fodder Plants

Table 2.2

Species listed in the Common Catalogue

UPOV protocol

Gramineae (Grasses)

Velvet bent

Bent, guideline TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990

Brown top

Bent, guideline TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990

Red top

Bent, guideline TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990

Creeping bent

Bent, guideline TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990

Sheep’s fescue

Sheep’s fescue, guideline TG/67/5 of 05.04.2006

Meadow fescue

Meadow fescue, guideline TG/39/8 of 17.4.2002

Red fescue

Red fescue, guideline TG/67/5 of 05.04.2006

Italian ryegrass

Ryegrass, guideline TG/4/8 of 05.04.2006

Perennial ryegrass

Ryegrass, guideline TG/4/8 of 05.04.2006

Smooth-stalked meadow grass

Kentucky bluegrass, guideline TG/33/6 of

10.1990

Leguminosae (Legumes)

Lucerne

Lucerne, guideline TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005

Red clover

Red clover, guideline TG/5/7 of 4.4.2001

Field bean

Field bean, guideline TG/8/6 of 17.4.2002

Common vetch

Common vetch, guideline TG/32/6

of

10.1988

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