Regulations, 2020

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,370, 20 ta’ Marzu, 2020

Taqsima B

L.N. 88 of 2020

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (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 Seeds of Citation and

Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 scope.

and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Seeds S.L. 433.30.

of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations, hereinafter referred

to as "the principal regulations".

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

Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the

list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/

55/EC.

Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 4 of the principal Amends

regulation 4 of

regulations, shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"(3) The professional operators and the non-professional

final users being supplied with seeds from a third country shall

also inform the Directorate by means of the Third Countries

Notification Form available on the Directorate’s website forty-

eight (48) hours prior to the arrival, of the plant material in Malta

of each lot received by them.".

Regulation 24 of the principal regulations, shall be Substitutes

regulation 24 of

substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"24. (1) Seeds harvested in a third country must afford

the same assurances as seeds harvested within the European

Union with respect to their characteristics and the arrangements

for its examination, for ensuring identity, for marking and for

control. In such case, the seeds shall be equivalent in these

respects to seeds harvested within the European Union and

complying with the provisions of these regulations.

(2) The provisions contained in Council Decision 2003/

17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third

countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of

seed produced in third countries and in Council Decision 2005/

834/EC on the equivalence of checks on practices for the

maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries and

amending Decision 2003/17/EC shall apply in case of third

countries referred to in such Decisions.".

Table 1.5 of Schedule I to the principal regulations, shall be

substituted by the following

"Table 1.5

Genus or species

Common name

Allium cepa L.

-Cepa group

Onion

Echalion

-Aggregatum group

Shallot

Allium fistulosum L.

Japanese bunching onion or Welsh

onion

-all varieties

Allium porrum L.

Leek

-all varieties

Allium sativum L.

Garlic

-all varieties

Allium schoenoprasum L.

Chives

-all varieties

Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm.

Chervil

-all varieties

Apium graveolens L.

-Celery Group

-

-Celeriac Group

-

Asparagus officinalis L.

Asparagus

-all varieties

Beta vulgaris L.

-Garden Beet Group

Beetroot including Cheltenham beet

-Leaf Beet Group

Spinach beet or Chard

Brassica oleracea L.

-

-Kale Group

-Cauliflower Group

-

-Capitata Group

Red cabbage and White cabbage

-Brussel Sprouts Group

-

-Kohlrabi Group

-

-

-Savoy Cabbage Group

-Broccoli Group

Calabrese type and sprouting type

-

-Palm Kale Group

-Tronchuda Group

Portuguese cabbage

Brassica rapa L.

-Chinese Cabbage Group

-

-Vegetable Turnip Group

-

Capsicum annuum L.

Chilli or Pepper

-all varieties

Cichorium endivia L.

Endive

-all varieties

Cichorium intybus L.

-Witloof Chicory Group

-

-Leaf Chicory Group

Large-leaved chicory or Italian chicory

-Industrial (Root) Chicory Group

-

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et

Watermelon

Nakai

-all varieties

Cucumis melo L.

Melon

-all varieties

Cucumis sativus L.

-Cucumber Group

-

-

-Gherkin Group

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Gourd

-all varieties

Cucurbita pepo L.

Marrow, including mature pumpkin and

scallop squash or Courgette, including

-all varieties

immature scallop squash

Cynara cardunculus L.

-Globe Artichoke Group

-

-Cardoon Group

-

Daucus carota L.

Carrot

-all varieties

Fodder carrot

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Fennel

-Azoricum Group

Lactuca sativa L.

Lettuce

-all varieties

Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex

A.W. Hill

-Leaf Parsley Group

-

-Root Parsley Group

-

Phaseolus coccineus L.

Runner bean

-all varieties

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

-Dwarf French Bean Group

-

-Climbing French Bean Group

-

Pisum sativum L. (partim)

-Round Pea Group

-

-Wrinkled Pea Group

-

-Sugar Pea Group

-

Raphanus sativus L.

-Radish Group

-

-Black Radish Group

-

Rheum rhabarbarum L.

Rhubarb

-all varieties

Scorzonera hispanica L.

Scorzonera or Black salsify

-all varieties

Solanum lycopersicum L.

Tomato

-all varieties

Solanum melongena L.

Aubergine or Eggplant

-all varieties

Spinacia oleracea L.

Spinach

-all varieties

Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr.

Corn salad or Lamb’s lettuce

-all varieties

Vicia faba L.

Broad bean

-all varieties

Zea mays L.

-Sweet Corn Group

-

-

-Popcorn Group

".

Table 1.16 of Schedule III to the principal regulations, shall Amends

Schedule III to

be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"Table 1.16

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

germination

Species

analytical

content of

purity (%

seeds of other

(% clusters of

pure seed)

by weight)

plant species

(% by weight)

0.5

Allium cepa

0.5

Allium fistulosum

0.5

Allium porrum

0.5

Allium sativum

0.5

Allium schoenoprasum

1.0

Anthriscus cerefolium

1.0

Apium graveolens

0.5

Asparagus officinalis

0.5

50 (clusters)

Beta vulgaris

(Garden Beet Group)

0.5

70 (clusters)

Beta vulgaris

(other than Garden

Beet

Group)

1.0

Brassica oleracea

(Cauliflower Group)

1.0

Brassica oleracea

(other than Cauliflower Group)

1.0

Brassica rapa

(Chinese Cabbage Group)

1.0

Brassica rapa

(Vegetable Turnip Group)

0.5

Capsicum annuum

1.0

Cichorium endivia

1.5

Cichorium intybus

(Witloof Chicory Group,

Leaf Chicory Group)

1.0

Cichorium intybus

(Industrial (Root) Chicory

Group)

0.1

Citrullus lanatus

0.1

Cucumis melo

0.1

Cucumis sativus

0.1

Cucurbita maxima

0.1

Cucurbita pepo

0.5

Cynara cardunculus

1.0

Daucus carota

1.0

Foeniculum vulgare

0.5

Lactuca sativa

1.0

Petroselinum crispum

0.1

Phaseolus coccineus

0.1

Phaseolus vulgaris

0.1

Pisum sativum

1.0

Raphanus sativus

1.0

Rheum rhabarbarum

0.5

Scorzonera hispanica

0.5

Solanum lycopersicum

0.5

Solanum melongena

1.0

Spinacia oleracea

1.0

Valerianella locusta

0.1

Vicia faba

0.1

Zea mays

".

Table 1.20 of Schedule IV to the principal regulations, shall

Amends

Schedule IV to

be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"Table 1.20

Species

Weight (grams)

Allium cepa

Allium fistulosum

Allium porrum

Allium sativum

Allium schoenoprasum

Anthriscus cerefolium

Apium graveolens

Asparagus officinalis

Beta vulgaris

Brassica oleracea (all kinds)

Brassica rapa

Capsicum annuum

Cichorium endivia

Cichorium intybus

(Witloof Chicory Group, Leaf Chicory Group)

Cichorium intybus

(Industrial (Root) Chicory Group)

Citrullus lanatus

Cucumis melo

Cucumis sativus

Cucurbita maxima

Cucurbita pepo

Cynara cardunculus

Daucus carota

Foeniculum vulgare

Lactuca sativa

Petroselinum crispum

Phaseolus coccineus

Phaseolus vulgaris

Pisum sativum

Raphanus sativus

Rheum rhabarbarum

Scorzonera hispanica

Solanum lycopersicum

Solanum melongena

Spinacia oleracea

Valerianella locusta

Vicia faba

Zea mays

".

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