Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. 129 of 2017)

VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA B 987 Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta Nru.19,769, 2 ta' May, 2017 Taqsima B L.N. 129 of2017 PLANT QUARANTINE ACT (CAP. 433) Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant Quarantine Act, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change has made the following regulations: 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Examination of Citation and Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations, scope. 2017, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species SL. 433 22 Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations". (2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/1914 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. 2. Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be substituted substitutes Schedule I to by the following new Schedule: the principal "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, TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015 Hulless 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 19/4 of 1.10.2015 regulations. B 988 Substitutes Sc.hedule II to the princ.ipal regulations. VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA Secale cereale L. xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus Triticum aestivum L. Triticum durum Desf. Zea mays L. II. Fodder Plants Table 1.2: Scientific name Poaceae (Gramineae) Festuca fil iformis Pourr. Festuca ovina L. Festuca pratensis Huds. Festuca rubra L. Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina Lolium multiflorum Lam. Lolium perenne L. Fabaceae (Leg uminosae) Pisum sativum L. Vicia sativa L. III. Potatoes Table 1.3: Scientific name Solanum tuberosum L. Rye Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale Wheat Dumm wheat Maize Common name Fine-leaved sheep's fescue Sheep's fescue Meadow f escue Red fescue Hard fescue Italian ryegrass Perennial ryegrass Field pea Common vetch Common name Potato TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002 TP 121/2 rev. 1 of 16.2.2011 TP 3/4 rev. 2 of 16.2.2011 TP 120/3 of 19.3.2014 TP 2/3 of 11.3.2010 CPVO protocol TP 67/1 of23.6.20 11 TP 67/1 of23.6.20 11 TP 39/1 of 1.1 0.2015 TP 67/1 of23 .6.20 11 TP 67/1 of23.6.20 11 TP4/1 of23.6.201 1 TP4/ l of 23.6.201 1 TP 7/2 of 11.03.2015 TP 32/1 of 19.04.2016 CPVO protocol TP 23/2 of 1.12.2005 11 3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following new Schedule: "SCHEDULE II VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA B 989 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. Cereals Table 2.1: Scientific name Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench II. Fodder Plants Table 2.2: Scientific name Poaceae (Gramineae) Agrostis canina L. Agrostis capillaris L. Agrostis gigantea Roth. Agrostis stolonifera L. Poa pratensis L. Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Medicago sativa L. Trifo lium pratense L. Viciafaba L. Common name UPOV protocol Sorghum TG/122/4 of 25.3.2015 Common name UPOV protocol Velvet bent TG/30/6 of 12.10. 1990 Brown top TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990 Red top TG/30/6 of 12.10. 1990 Creeping bent TG/30/6 of 12.10. 1990 Smooth-stalked TG/33/7 of 9.4.2014 meadow grass Lucerne TG/6/5 of 6.4 .2005 Red clover TG/5/7 of 4.4 .2001 Field Bean TG/8/6/ of 17.4.2002 II VERZJON I ELETTRONIKA Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Infoml!IZZjoui (doi.go,•mt) - Va!Mta - Published by ihe Departme,u. ()j fnj()rmaJi()n ( d()i.g()v.mt) - Vall.etta Mitbugh 11-Istamperija tal-Gveru fuq karta riciklata - PriJtted at ihe Gm:ernmentPri1uing Press 01t recycled paper n ~, Prexz/Price €0.18