Regulations, 2011

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,702, 25 ta’ Jannar, 2011

Taqsima B

L.N. 20 of 2011

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Examination of Varieties of Vegetable Species (Amendment)

Regulations, 2011

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

Quarantine Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, after

consulting the Plant Health Directorate, has made the following

regulations:-

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

Varieties of Vegetable Species (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

and they shall be read and construed as one with the Examination

of Varieties of Vegetable Species Regulations, 2007, hereinafter L.N. 87 of 2007.

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose

Commission Directive 2010/46/EU amending Commission

Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC, as regards the minimum

characteristics and the minimum conditions for examining certain

varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species.

For Schedule I to the principal regulations, there shall be

substituted the following

“Schedule I

CPVO Guidelines

Regulation 3(1)(a)

Applicability of Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) guidelines to the

following list of the genera and species of vegetables

Scientific name

Common name

CPVO protocol

Allium cepa L. (Cepa

Onion and Echalion

TP 46/2 of 1.4.2009

group)

Allium

cepa

L.

Shallot

TP 46/2 of 1.4.2009

(Aggregatum group)

Allium fistulosum L.

Japanese

bunching

TG/161/1 of 11.3.2010

onion or Welsh onion

Allium porrum L.

Leek

TP 85/2 of 1.4.2009

Allium sativum L.

Garlic

TP 162/1 of 25.3.2004

Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

TP 198/1 of 1.4.2009

L.

Apium graveolens L.

Celery

TP 82/1 of 13.3.2008

Apium graveolens L.

Celeriac

TP 74/1 of 13.3.2008

Asparagus officinalis L.

Asparagus

TP 130/1 of 27.3.2002

Beta vulgaris L.

Beetroot including

TP 60/1 of 1.4.2009

Cheltenham beet

Brassica oleracea L.

Cauliflower

TP 45/2 of 11.3.2010

Brassica oleracea L.

Sprouting Broccoli or

TP 151/2 of 21.3.2007

Calabrese

Brassica oleracea L.

Brussels sprouts

TP 54/2 of 1.12.2005

Brassica oleracea L.

Kohlrabi

TP 65/1 of 25.3.2004

Brassica oleracea L.

Savoy cabbage, White

TP 48/2 of 1.12.2005

cabbage and Red

cabbage

Brassica rapa L.

Chinese cabbage

TP 105/1 of 13.3.2008

Capsicum annuum L.

Chilli or Pepper

TP 76/2 of 21.3.2007

Cichorium endivia L.

Curled-leaved endive

TP 118/2 of 1.12.2005

and Plain-leaved endive

Cichorium intybus L.

Industrial chicory

TP 172/2 of 1.12.2005

Cichorium intybus L.

Witloof chicory

TP 173/1 of 25.3.2004

Citrullus

lanatus

Watermelon

TP 142/1 of 21.3.2007

(Thunb.) Matsum. &

For Schedule II to the principal regulations, there shall be

Substitutes

Schedule II to

substituted the following

the principal

3. For Schedule II to the principal regulations, there shall be substituted

the following

regulations.

“Schedule II

UPOV “Schedule

II

Guidelines

UPOV Guidelines

Regulation 3(1)(b)

Regulation 3(1)(b)

Applicability of International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of

Plants Applicability

(UPOV) guidelines

to the

following

list of the of genera

and species

of

of International

Union

for the Protection

New Varieties

of Plants

(UPOV)

guidelines

to

the

following

list

of

the

genera

and

species

of

vegetables

vegetables

Table 2.1

Scientific name

Common name

UPOV guideline

Beta vulgaris L.

Spinach beet or

TG/106/4 of 31.3.2004

Chard

Brassica oleracea L.

Curly kale

TG/90/6 of 31.3.2004

Brassica rapa L.

Turnip

TG/37/10 of 4.4.2001

Cichorium intybus L.

Large-leaved

TG/154/3 of 18.10.1996

chicory or Italian

chicory

Cucurbita

Gourd

TG/155/4rev of 28.3.2007

maxima

+ 1.4.2009

Duchesne

Raphanus sativus L.

Black radish

TG/63/6 of 24.3.1999

Rheum rhabarbarum

Rhubarb

TG/62/6 of 24.3.1999

L.

Scorzonera hispanica

Scorzonera or Black

TG/116/4 of 24.3.2010

L.

salsify

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