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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 20,727, 29 ta’ Ottubru, 2021
L.N. 404 of 2021
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food 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.
2021 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) 2021/746 of 6 May 2021 amending
Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC as regards the protocols for
the examination of certain varieties of agricultural plant species and
vegetable species, and amending Directive 2003/90/EC as regards
certain botanical names of plants.
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 20/3 of 6.3.2020
oat
Avena sativa L. (includes A.
Oats and Red oat
TP 20/3 of 6.3.2020
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 bicolor (L.) Moench
Sorghum
TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
subsp. bicolor
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Sudan grass
TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
subsp. drummondii (Steud.)
de Wet ex Davidse
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Hybrids resulting from the
TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
subsp. bicolor x Sorghum
crossing of Sorghum
bicolor (L.) Moench subsp.
bicolor subsp. bicolor and
drummondii (Steud.) de Wet
Sorghum bicolor subsp.
ex Davidse
drummondii
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. subsp.
Wheat
TP 3/5 of 19.3.2019
aestivum
Triticum turgidum L. subsp.
Durum wheat
TP 120/3 of 19.3.2014
durum (Desf.)
van Slageren
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
Hard fescue
TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Festuca trachyphylla
(Hack.) Hack.
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. (partim)
Field pea
TP 7/2 Rev. 3 of 6.3.2020
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 L.
Potato
TP 23/3 of 15.3.2017.".
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)
Medicago doliata Carmign.
Straight-spined medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago italica (Mill.)
Disc medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Fiori
Medicago littoralis Rohde
Shore medic/Strand
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
ex 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.)
Snail medic/Shield
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Mill.
medic
Barrel medic
TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago truncatula
Gaertn.
Trifolium pratense L.
Red clover
TG/5/8 of 17.12.2020
Trifolium subterraneum L.
Subterranean clover
TG/170/3 of 4.4.2001".
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