Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,062, 28 ta’ Settembru, 2018

L.N. 311 of 2018

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species

(Amendment) Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the

Plant Quarantine Act, the Minister for the Environment, Sustainable

Development and Climate Change has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Examination of Citation.

Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations,

2018, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with S.L. 433.22.

the Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Sub-regulations (2), (3) and (4) of regulation 1 of the Amends

regulation 1 of

principal regulations shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"(2) The scope of these regulations is

(a)

to ensure that varieties of species of agricultural

plants which shall be included in the national catalogue of such

varieties in Malta shall comply with internationally recognised

guidelines as regards the characteristics to be covered as a

minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for

examining such varieties;

(b)

to transpose the provisions of

(i)

Commission Directive 2003/90/EC as

regards the minimum characteristics and the minimum

conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural

plant species, as amended by Commission Directive 2007/

48/EC of 26 July 2007;

(ii) Commission Directive 2009/97/EC of 3

August 2009;

(iii) Commission Directive 2010/46/EU of 2 July

2010;

(iv) Commission Implementing Directive 2011/

68/EU of 1 July 2011;

(v) Commission Implementing Directive 2012/8/

EU of 2 March 2012;

(vi) Commission Implementing Directive 2012/

44/EU of 26 November 2012;

(vii) Commission Directive 2013/57/EU 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;

(viii) Commission Implementing Directive 2014/

105/EU 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;

(ix) Commission Implementing Directive (EU)

2015/1168 of 15 July 2015 amending Directives 2003/90/

EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for

the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC

and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC

respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as

a minimum by the examination and the minimum

conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural

plant species and vegetable species;

(x) Commission Implementing Directive (EU)

2016/1914 of 31 October 2016 amending Directives 2003/

90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures

for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/

EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC

respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as

a minimum by the examination and the minimum

conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural

plant species and vegetable species; and

(xi) Commission Implementing Directive (EU)

2018/100 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.”.

Regulation 2(1) of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 2(1)

substituted by the following

of the principal

regulations.

"2. (1) Varieties of agricultural plant species

shall be officially accepted in the national catalogue

within the meaning of regulation 6(1) of the Seeds of

Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations, after

fulfilling the requirements set out in the paragraph

below:"

Schedule I of the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes

Schedule I of

by the following

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

Common name

CPVO protocol

Small naked oat, Hulless

TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015

oat

Avena sativa L. (includes A.

Oats and Red oat

TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015

byzantina K. Koch)

Hordeum vulgare L.

Barley

TP 19/4 of 1.10.2015

Rye

TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002

xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A.

Hybrids resulting from the

TP 121/2 rev. 1 of 16.2.2011

crossing of a 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

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

Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.)

Hard fescue

TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011

Krajina

Lolium multiflorum Lam.

Italian ryegrass

TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011

Lolium perenne L.

Perennial ryegrass

TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011

Poa pratensis L.

Smooth-stalked meadow

TP 33/1 of 15.3.2017

grass

Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Pisum sativum L.

Field pea

TP 7/2 Rev.2 of 15.3.2017

Vicia sativa L.

Common vetch

TP 32/1 of 19.4.2016

III. Potatoes

Table 1.3

Scientific name

Common name

CPVO protocol

Solanum tuberosum L.

Potato

TP 23/3 of 15.3.2017

".

Schedule II of the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the following

"SCHEDULE II

UPOV guidelines

The following tables list the genera and species for which UPOV

guidelines apply. These guidelines can be found on the UPOV

website www.upov.int.

I.

Cereals

Table 2.1

Scientific name

Common name

UPOV protocol

Sorghum bicolor (L.)

TG/122/4 of 25.3.2015

Sorghum

Moench

Sorghum sudanese (Piper)

TG/122/4 of 25.3.2015

Sudan grass

Stapf.

Sorghum bicolor (L.)

Hybrids resulting from

TG 122/4 of 25.3.2015

Moench x S. sudanese (Piper)

the crossing of Sorghum

Stapf

bicolor and Sorghum

sudanese

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 grass

TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990

Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Medicago doliata Carmign.

Straight-spined medic

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori

Disc medic

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Medicago littoralis Rohde ex

Shore medic/ Strand

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Loisel.

medic

Medicago murex Willd.

Sphere medic

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Medicago polymorpha L.

Bur medic

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Medicago rugosa Desr.

Wringled medic/Gama

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

medic

Medicago sativa L.

Lucerne

TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005

Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill.

Snail medic/Shield medic

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Medicago truncatula Gaertn.

Barrel medic

TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006

Trifolium pratense L.

Red clover

TG/5/7 of 4.4.2001

Vicia faba L.

Field bean

TG/8/6/of 17.4.2002

III. Vegetables

Table 2.3

Scientific name

Common name

UPOV protocol

Beta vulgaris L.

Fodder beet

TG/150/3 of 4.11.1994

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