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Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,955, 8 ta’ Novembru, 2022
L.N. 270 of 2022
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
(Amendment) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister responsible for agriculture 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.
2022 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 Article 1 and
Part A of the Annex of Commission Implementing Directive (EU)
2022/905 of 9 June 2022 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.
Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes
by the following new Schedule
Schedule I to
the principal
regulations.
"SCHEDULE I
CPVO guidelines
The following tables list the genera and species for which CPVO
guidelines apply. These technical protocols may be accessed 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, TP 20/3 of 6.3.2020
Hulless oat
Avena sativa L. (includes Oats and Red oat
TP 20/3 of 6.3.2020
A. byzantina K. Koch)
Hordeum vulgare L.
Barley
TP 19/5 of 19.3.2019
Secale cereale L.
Rye
TP 58/1 Rev of 27.4.2022
Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Sorghum
TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Moench subsp. bicolor
Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Sudan grass
TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Moench subsp.
drummondii (Steud.) de
Wet ex Davidse
Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Hybrids resulting from
TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Moench subsp. bicolor x
the crossing of
Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Sorghum bicolor subsp.
Moench subsp.
bicolor and Sorghum
drummondii (Steud.) de
bicolor subsp.
Wet ex Davidse
drummondii
xTriticosecale Wittm. ex Hybrids resulting from TP 121/3 of 27.4.2022
A. Camus
the crossing of a
species of the genus
Triticum and a species
of the genus Secale
L. Wheat
TP 3/5 of 19.3.2019
Triticum
aestivum
subsp. aestivum
Triticum turgidum L. Durum wheat
TP 120/3 of 19.3.2014
subsp. 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)
Medicago sativa L.
Lucerne
TP/6/1 of 22.12.2021
Pisum sativum L. (partim)
Field pea
TP 7/2 Rev. 3 Corr of
3.2020
Trifolium pratense L.
Red clover
TP/5/1 of 22.12.2021
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.".
3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes
by the following new Schedule
Schedule II to
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 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 subterraneum L.
Subterranean clover
TG/170/3 of 4.4.2001.".
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