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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,864, 3 ta’ Frar, 2012
L.N. 52 of 2012
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2012
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs has
made the following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Examination of Citation
Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, scope.
2012, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with
the Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species S.L. 433.22
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission
Directive 2011/68/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.
Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes
Schedule I to
by the following new Schedule
the 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
Cereals
Table 1.1
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
Avena nuda L.
Small naked oat, Hulless TP 20/1 of 6.11.2003
oat
Avena sativa L. (includes A. Oats and Red oat
TP 20/1 of 6.11.3003
Byzantina K. Koch)
Hordeum vulgare L.
Barley
TP 19/2 rev of 11.03.2010
Secale cereale L.
Rye
TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002
xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A. Hybrids resulting from TP 121/2 rev. 1 of
Camus
the crossing of a species 16.2.2011
of the genus Triticum and
a species of the genus
Secale
Triticum aestivum L.
Wheat
TP 3/4 rev. 2 of 16.2.2011
Triticum durum Desf.
Durum wheat
TP 120/2 of 6.11.2003
Zea mays L.
Maize
TP 2/3 of 11.3.2010
Fodder Plants
Table 1.2
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Pisum sativum L.
Field pea
TP 7/2 of 11.03.2010
Potatoes
Table 1.3
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
TP 23/2 of 1.12.2005 " .
Solanum tuberosum L.
Potato
Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be substituted
by the following new Schedule
"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
Cereals
Table 2.1
Scientific name
Common name
UPOV protocol
Sorghum
bicolor
(L.) Sorghum
TG/122/3 of 6.10.1989
Moench
Fodder Plants
Table 2.2
Scientific name
Common name
UPOV protocol
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Agrostis canina L.
Velvet bent
TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990
Agrostis capillaris L.
Brown top
TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990
Agrostis gigantea Roth.
Red top
TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990
Agrostis stolonifera L.
Creeping bent
TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990
Festuca filiformis Pourr.
Fine-leaved sheep’s
TG/67/5 of 05.04.2006
fescue
Festuca ovina L.
Sheep’s fescue
TG/67/5 of 05.04.2006
Festuca pratensis Huds.
Meadow fescue
TG/39/8 of 17.4.2002
Festuca rubra L.
Red fescue
TG/67/5 of 05.04.2006
Festuca
trachyphylla Hard fescue
TG/67/5 of 05.04.2006
(Hack.) Krajina
Lolium multiflorum Lam.
Italian ryegrass
TG/4/8 of 05.04.2006
Lolium perenne L.
Perennial ryegrass
TG/4/8 of 05.04.2006
Poa pratensis L.
Smooth-stalked meadow TG/33/6 of 12.10.1990
grass
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Medicago sativa L.
Lucerne
TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005
Trifolium pratense L.
Red clover
TG/5/7 of 4.4.2001
Vicia faba L.
Field Bean
TG/8/6/of 17.4.2002
TG/32/6 of 21.10.1988 " .
Vicia sativa L.
Common vetch
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