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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,394, 24 ta’ April, 2020 B 1021
L.N. 160 of 2020
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal
Rights 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.
2020 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) 2019/1985 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, Hulless
TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015
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 19/5 of 19.3.2019
Secale cereale L.
Rye
TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002
Sorghum
TP/122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor
(L.) Moench
Sudan grass
TP/122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum sudanense
(Piper) Stapf.
Hybrids resulting from the
TP/122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor
(L.) Moench x
crossing of Sorghum
bicolor and Sorghum
Sorghum sudanense
(Piper) Stapf
sudanense
Hybrids resulting from the
TP 121/2 rev. 1 of 16.2.2011
xTriticosecale
Wittm. ex A. Camus
crossing of a species of
the genus Triticum and a
species of the genus
Secale
Triticum aestivum L.
Wheat
TP 3/5 of 19.3.2019
Durum wheat
TP 120/3 of 19.3.2014
Triticum durum
Desf.
Zea mays L. (partim)
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 4/2 of 19.3.2019
Lolium perenne L.
Perennial ryegrass
TP 4/2 of 19.3.2019
Poa pratensis L.
Smooth-stalked
TP/33/1 of 15.3.2017
meadow grass
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Pisum sativum L.
Field pea
TP 7/2 Rev. 2 of
03.2017
Vicia faba L.
Field Bean
TP/8/1 of 19.3.2019
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 Potato
TP
23/3
of
L.
15.32.2017.
".
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.
Fodder Plants
Table 2.1
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)
Straight-spined medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago doliata
Carmign.
Disc medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago italica
(Mill.) Fiori
Shore medic/Strand
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago littoralis
Rohde ex Loisel.
medic
Sphere medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago murex
Willd.
Bur medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago polymorpha
L.
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
Snail medic/Shield
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago scutellata
(L.) Mill.
medic
Barrel medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago truncatula
Gaertn.
Trifolium pratense L.
Red clover
TG/5/7 of 4.4.2001
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