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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,769, 2 ta’ May, 2017
Taqsima B
L.N. 129 of 2017
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2017
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.
2017, 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
Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/1914 amending Commission
Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the
purposes Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the
minimum characteristics to be examined and the minimum conditions
for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant 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.
I.
Cereals
Table 1.1
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
Avena nuda L.
Small naked oat,
TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015
Hulless oat
Avena sativa L.
Oats and Red oat
TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015
(includes A. byzantina
K. Koch)
Hordeum vulgare L.
Barley
TP 19/4 of 1.10.2015
Secale cereale L.
Rye
TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002
xTriticosecale Wittm. ex
Hybrids resulting from TP 121/2 rev. 1 of
A. Camus
the crossing of a
2.2011
species 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 120/3 of 19.3.2014
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 Pourr.
Fine-leaved sheep’s
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
fescue
Festuca ovina L.
Sheep’s fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Festuca pratensis Huds.
Meadow fescue
TP 39/1 of 1.10.2015
Festuca rubra L.
Red fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Hard fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Festuca trachyphylla
(Hack.) Krajina
Italian ryegrass
TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011
Lolium multiflorum
Lam.
Lolium perenne L.
Perennial ryegrass
TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011
Fabaceae
(Leguminosae)
Pisum sativum L.
Field pea
TP 7/2 of 11.03.2015
Vicia sativa L.
Common vetch
TP 32/1 of 19.04.2016
III. Potatoes
Table 1.3
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
Solanum tuberosum L.
Potato
TP 23/2 of 1.12.2005
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3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be substituted
Substitutes
Schedule II to
by the following new Schedule
the 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
Scientific name
Common name
UPOV protocol
Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Sorghum
TG/122/4 of 25.3.2015
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
Poa pratensis L.
Smooth-stalked
TG/33/7 of 9.4.2014
meadow 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
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