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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,266, 17 ta’ Settembru, 2019
L.N. 231 of 2019
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2019
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:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Examination of Citation and
Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, scope.
2019 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species Regulations, S.L. 433.22.
hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission
Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/114 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 of the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes
Schedule I to
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.
I.
Cereals
Table 1.1
Scientific name
Common name
CPVO protocol
Avena nuda L.
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
Secale cereale L.
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
Camus
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
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
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. (partim)
Field pea
TP 7/2 Rev. 2 of 15.03.2017
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
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Schedule II to 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 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.) Moench
Sorghum
TG/122/4 of 25.3.2015
Sorghum sudanense (Piper)
Sudan grass
TG 122/4 of 25.3.2015
Stapf.
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Hybrids resulting from the
TG 122/4 of 25.3.2015
x Sorghum sudanense (Piper)
crossing of Sorghum
Stapf
bicolor and Sorghum
sudanense
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
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.
Wrinkled 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
Field Bean
TG/8/6/of 17.4.2002
Vicia faba L.
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