Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 (L.N. 256 of 2016)

B 3011 Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 19,607, 12 ta’ Lulju, 2016 Taqsima B ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– B 3011 L.N. 256 of 2016 PLANT QUARANTINE ACT (CAP. 433) Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 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: Citation and scope. S.L. 433.21 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Seeds 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) 2015/1955 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed. Amends Schedule II to the principal regulations. 2. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as follows: (a) in Section 1 Part I Point C. thereof, for the words "C. Crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta and self-pollinating xTriticosecale:", there shall be substituted the words "C. Crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta and self-pollinating xTriticosecale and crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of Hordeum vulgare by means of a technique other than Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS):"; and (b) immediately after Section 1 Part I Point C.2. thereof, there shall be added the following: "3. Crops to produce basic and certified seed of hybrids of Hordeum vulgare by means of the technique of CMS: VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 3012 B 3012 (a) The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination: (b) The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and purity as regards the characteristics of the components. In particular, the crop shall conform to the following standards: (i) The percentage by number of plants which are obviously not being true to type shall not exceed: for the crops used to produce basic seed, 0.1% for the maintainer and the restorer line and 0.2% for the CMS female component, and for the crops used to produce certified seed, 0.3% for the restorer and the CMS female component and 0.5% in case the CMS female component is a single hybrid. (ii) The level of male sterility of the female component shall be at least: 99.7% for crops used to produce basic seed, and 99.5% for crops used to produce certified seed. (iii) The requirements of points (i) and (ii) shall be examined in official post-control test. (c) Certified seed may be produced in Crop Minimum distance 1 2 For the production of basic seed 100m For the production of certified seed 50m VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 3013 B 3013 mixed cultivation of female male-sterile component with a male component which restores fertility.". Amends Schedule III to the principal regulations. 3. Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be amended as follows: (a) Section 1 Part I Point 1.C. thereof shall be substituted by the following: "C. Hybrids of Avena nuda, Avena sativa, Avena strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta and self-pollinating x Triticosecale: The minimum varietal purity of the seed of the category certified seed shall be 90%. In case of Hordeum vulgare produced by means of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS), it shall be 85%. Impurities other than the restorer shall not exceed 2%. The minimum varietal purity shall be examined in official post-control test on an appropriate proportion of samples."; and (b) in Section 1 Part I Point 1.E. thereof, for the words "E. Hybrids of Secale cereale:", there shall be substituted the words "E. Hybrids of Secale cereale and CMS-hybrids of Hordeum vulgare:". VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 3014 Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta riċiklata — Printed at the Government Printing Press on recycled paper Prezz/Price €0.18 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA