Regulations, 2020

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,492, 2 ta’ Ottubru, 2020 B 2533

L.N. 382 of 2020

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Vegetable Propagation and Planting Material (Amendment No. 2)

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 Vegetable Propagation Citation and

and Planting Material (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2020 and they scope.

shall be read and construed as one with the Vegetable Propagation and S.L. 433.13.

Planting Material Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission

Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending

Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/

EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC

and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/

98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive

material.

In regulation 3 of the principal regulations, immediately Amends

after the definition "propagation material", there shall be added the regulation

the principal

following new definition

regulations.

" "regulated non-quarantine pests", hereafter referred to as

"RNQPs", means a pest that fulfils all the conditions set out

under Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European

Parliament and the Council as regards protective measures

against pests of plants, and is included in the list of Union

regulated non-quarantine pests under Annex IV of Commission

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform

conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031

and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and

amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/

2019;".

Items 4 and 5 of Part B of Schedule II to the principal Amends Part B

of Schedule II to

regulations shall be substituted by the following new items

the principal

regulations.

"(4) The vegetable propagating and planting material

shall, at least on visual inspection, be found at the place of

production to be practically free from all pests listed in Schedule

III, with regard to the respective propagating and planting

material. The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests

(RNQPs) on vegetable propagating and planting material that is

marketed shall, at least upon visual inspection, not exceed the

respective thresholds set out in Schedule III.

The vegetable propagating and planting material shall upon

visual inspection be found to be practically free from any pests,

other than the pests listed in Schedule III with regard to the

respective propagating and planting material, which reduce the

usefulness and quality of the vegetable propagating and planting

material.

(5) The vegetable propagating and planting material shall

also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine

pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-

quarantine pests provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and

in the implementing acts adopted pursuant to that Regulation,

including with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of

that Regulation.".

Schedule III to the principal regulations, shall be

substituted by the following new Schedule

"SCHEDULE III

RNQPs concerning vegetable propagating and planting material

Bacteria

RNQPs or symptoms

Vegetable propagating

Threshold

for

the

caused by RNQPs

and planting material

presence of RNQPs on

(genus or species)

the

vegetable

propagating

and

planting material

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

Clavibacter

ssp.

michiganensis

(Smith)

michiganensis

Davis et al. [CORBMI]

Capsicum annuum L.,

0%

Xanthomonas

euvesicatoria Jones et al.

Solanum lycopersicum L.

[XANTEU]

Capsicum annuum L.,

0%

Xanthomonas

gardneri

(ex Šutič 1957) Jones et

Solanum lycopersicum L.

al. [XANTGA]

Capsicum annuum L.,

0%

Xanthomonas perforans

Jones et al. [XANTPF]

Solanum lycopersicum L.

Capsicum annuum L.,

0%

Xanthomonas vesicatoria

(ex Doidge) Vauterin et

Solanum lycopersicum L.

al. [XANTVE]

Fungi and oomycetes

RNQPs or symptoms

Vegetable propagating

Threshold

for

the

caused by RNQPs

and planting material

presence of RNQPs on

(genus or species)

the

vegetable

propagating

and

planting material

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Asparagus officinalis L.

0%

Fusarium

(anamorphic

genus)

[1FUSAG] other than

Fusarium oxysporum f.

sp. albedinis (Kill. &

Maire) W.L. Gordon

[FUSAAL] and Fusarium

circinatum Nirenberg &

O’Donnell [GIBBCI]

Asparagus officinalis L.

0%

Helicobasidium

brebissonii (Desm.) Donk

[HLCBBR]

Allium cepa L., Allium

0%

Stromatinia

cepivora

Berk. [SCLOCE]

fistulosum L., Allium

porrum L., Allium sativum

L.

Verticillium dahliae Kleb.

0%

Cynara cardunculus L.

[VERTDA]

Nematodes

RNQPs or symptoms

Vegetable propagating

Threshold for the

caused by RNQPs

and planting material

presence of RNQPs on

(genus or species)

the vegetable

propagating and

planting material

Allium cepa L., Allium

0%

Ditylenchus dipsaci

(Kuehn) Filipjev

sativum L.

[DITYDI]

Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas

RNQPs or symptoms

Vegetable propagating

Threshold for the

caused by RNQPs

and planting material

presence of RNQPs on

(genus or species)

the vegetable

propagating and

planting material

Leek yellow stripe virus

Allium sativum L.

1%

[LYSV00]

Onion yellow dwarf virus

Allium cepa L., Allium

1%

[OYDV00]

sativum L.

Potato spindle tuber

Capsicum annuum L.,

0%

viroid [PSTVD0]

Solanum lycopersicum L.

Tomato spotted wilt

Capsicum annuum L.,

0%

tospovirus [TSWV00]

Lactuca sativa L.,

Solanum lycopersicum L.,

Solanum melongena L.

Tomato yellow leaf curl

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

virus [TYLCV0]

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