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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 19, 150, 11 ta’ Ottubru, 2013
L.N. 320 of 2013
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2013
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the
Environment and Climate Change has made the following
regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Examination of Citation and
Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, scope.
2013, 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 2012/44/EU amending Commission Directive 2003/90/EC
as regards the minimum characteristics and the minimum conditions
for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species.
Schedule I of 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
I.
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. Oats and Red oat
TP 20/1 of 6.11.2003
(includes A. Byzantina
K. Koch)
Hordeum vulgare L.
Barley
TP 19/3 rev of 21.03.2012
Secale cereale L.
Rye
TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
xTriticosecale Wittm. Hybrids resulting from the
TP 121/2 rev. 1
of
ex A. Camus
crossing of a species of the
2.2011
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
II. Fodder Plants
Table 1.2
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Festuca
filiformis
Fine-leaved sheep’s
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Pourr.
fescue
Festuca ovina L.
Sheep’s fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Festuca rubra L.
Red fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Festuca trachyphylla
Hard fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
(Hack.) Krajina
Lolium multiflorum
Italian ryegrass
TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011
Lam.
Lolium perenne L.
Perennial ryegrass
TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011
Fabaceae
(Leguminosae)
Pisum sativum L.
Field pea
TP 7/2 of 11.03.2010
III. Potatoes
Table 1.3
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
TP 23/2 of 1.12.2005 ".
Solanum tuberosum L.
Potato
3. 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.
I. Cereals
Table 2.1
Scientific name
Common name
UPOV protocol
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Sorghum
TG/122/3 of 6.10.1989
Moench
II. 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
pratensis
Meadow fescue
TG/39/8 of 17.4.2002
Huds.
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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