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Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,735, 3 ta’ Marzu, 2017
L.N. 72 of 2017
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables
(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 Seeds of Citation and
Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, scope.
and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the
Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 433.21
referred to as "the principal regulations".
(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission
Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 amending Council Directives
66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/56/EC as regards
the official label of seed packages.
Schedule V to the principal regulations shall be amended Amends
Schedule V to
as follows
the principal
regulations.
(a)
in Section 1, Part I, Cereals, Point B, paragraph (a),
immediately after the indent -
"
Certification authority and Member State or their
distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
"
Officially assigned serial number,";
(b) in Section 1, Part I, Cereals, Point C, paragraph (a),
immediately after the indent -
"
Authority responsible for sealing and Member State
or their distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
"
Officially assigned serial number,";
(c)
in Section 1, Part I, Cereals, Point D shall be
substituted by the following
"D. Seed not finally certified or harvested in
another Member State
(1) (a) Information required for the label
Authority responsible for field inspection and
Member State or their distinguishing
abbreviations,
Officially assigned serial number,
Species, indicated at least under its botanical
name, which may be given in an abridged
form and without the authors’ names, in Latin
characters,
Variety, indicated at least in Latin characters
(in the case of inbred lines and hybrids which
are intended solely as components for hybrid
varieties, the word “component” shall be
added),
Category,
In the case of hybrid varieties, the word
"hybrid" shall be added,
Declared net or gross weight,
The words "seed not finally certified".
In certain circumstances, the requirement to
indicate the botanical name in respect of individual species
may be disregarded and, where appropriate, for limited
periods where it has been established that the
disadvantages of its implementation outweigh the
advantages expected for the marketing of seed.
(b) The label shall be coloured grey.
(2) Information required for the document
Authority issuing the document,
Officially assigned serial number,
Species, indicated at least under its botanical
name, which may be given in an abridged
form and without the authors’ names, in Latin
characters,
Variety, indicated at least in Latin characters,
Category,
Reference number of the seed used to sow the
field and name of the country or countries
which certified that seed,
Field or lot reference number,
Area cultivated for the production of the lot
covered by the document,
Quantity of seed harvested and number of
packages,
Number of generations after basic seed, in the
case of certified seed,
Attestation that the conditions to be satisfied
by the crop from which the seed comes have
been fulfilled,
Where appropriate, results of a preliminary
seed analysis.";
(d) in Section 1, Part II, Fodder Plants, Point B,
paragraph (a), immediately after the indent -
Certifying authority and Member State and their
distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
Officially assigned serial number,";
(e)
in Section 1, Part II, Fodder Plants, Point C,
paragraph (a), immediately after the indent -
Supervising authority and Member State or their
distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
Officially assigned serial number,";
(f)
in Section 1, Part II, Fodder Plants, Point D,
paragraph (a), immediately after the indent -
"
Authority responsible for sealing and Member State
or their distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
"
Officially assigned serial number,";
(g) in Section 1, Part II, Fodder Plants, Point E shall be
substituted by the following
"E. Seed not finally certified or harvested in
another Member State
(1) (a) Required information for the label
Authority responsible for field inspection and
Member State or their distinguishing
abbreviations,
Officially assigned serial number,
Species, indicated at least under its botanical
name, which may be given in an abridged
form and without the authors’ names, in Latin
characters,
Variety, indicated at least in Latin characters,
Category,
Field or lot reference number,
Declared net or gross weight,
The words "seed not finally certified".
In certain circumstances, the requirement to
indicate the botanical name in respect of individual species
may be disregarded and, where appropriate, for limited
periods where it has been established that the
disadvantages of its implementation outweigh the
advantages expected for the marketing of seed.
(b) The label shall be coloured grey.
(2)
Information required for the document
Authority issuing the document,
Officially assigned serial number,
Species, indicated at least under its botanical
name, which may be given in an abridged
form and without the authors’ name, in Latin
characters,
Variety, indicated at least in Latin characters,
Category,
Reference number of the seed used to sow the
field and name of the country or countries
which certified the seed,
Field or lot reference number,
Area cultivated for the production of the lot
covered by the document,
Quantity of seed harvested and number of
packages,
Number of generations after basic seed, in the
case of certified seed,
Attestation that the conditions to be satisfied
by the crop from which the seed comes have
been fulfilled,
Where appropriate results of a preliminary
seed analysis.";
(h) in Section 1, Part III, Seed Potatoes, Point B,
paragraph (a), immediately after the indent -
Certification authority and Member State or their
distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
Officially assigned serial number,";
(i)
in Section 2, Vegetables, Point B, paragraph (a),
immediately after the indent -
Certification authority and Member State or their
distinguishing abbreviations,"
there shall be added the following new indent
Officially assigned serial number,";
(j)
in Section 2, Vegetables, Point C shall be substituted
by the following
"C. Seeds not finally certified or harvested in
another Member State
(1) (a) Information required for the label
Authority responsible for field inspection and
Member State or their distinguishing
abbreviations,
Officially assigned serial number,
Species, indicated at least under its botanical
name, which may be given in an abridged
form and without the authors’ names, or under
its common name, or both, in Latin
characters,
Variety, indicated at least in Latin characters,
Category,
Field or lot reference number,
Declared net or gross weight,
The words "seed not finally certified".
(b) The label shall be coloured grey.
(2) Information required for the document
Authority issuing the document,
Officially assigned serial number,
Species, indicated at least under its botanical
name, which may be given in an abridged
form and without the authors’ names, or under
its common name, or both, in Latin
characters,
Variety, indicated at least in Latin characters,
Category,
Reference number of the seed used to sow the
field and name of the country or countries
which certified the seed,
Field or lot reference number,
Area cultivated for the production of the lot
covered by the document,
Quantity of seed harvested and number of
packages,
Attestation that the conditions to be satisfied
by the crop from which the seed comes have
been fulfilled,
Where appropriate, results of a preliminary
seed analysis.".
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