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Commission Implementing Directive 2013/57/EU of 20 November 2013 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out            implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC            respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for            examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Directive 2013/57/EU                     

# of 20 November 2013

# amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive                        2002/53/EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum                        by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable                        species                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species(1), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,                        

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed(2), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Commission Directives 2003/90/EC(3) and 2003/91/EC(4) were adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines                              established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the                              examination of the various species and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been                              established. For other varieties those Directives provide that guidelines of the International Union for Protection of new                              Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply.

(2)The CPVO and UPOV have since established further guidelines and have updated existing ones.

(3)Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating                              Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# Article 1U.K.

Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text in part A of the Annex to this Directive.

# Article 2U.K.

The Annexes to Directive 2003/91/EC are replaced by the text in part B of the Annex to this Directive.

# Article 3U.K.

For examinations started before 1 July 2014 Member States may apply Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC in the version applying                     before their amendment by this Directive.                  

# Article 4U.K.

Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2014 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions                     necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.                  

They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2014.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference                     on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.                  

# Article 5U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

# Article 6U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

## **PART A**U.K.

### “ANNEX I

#### **List of species referred to in Article 1(2)(a) which are to comply with CPVO test protocols**

### ANNEX II

#### **List of species referred to in Article 1(2)(b) which are to comply with UPOV test guidelines**

## **PART B**U.K.

### “ANNEX I

#### **List of species referred to in Article 1(2)(a) which are to comply with CPVO test protocols**

### ANNEX II

#### **List of species referred to in Article 1(2)(b) which are to comply with UPOV test guidelines**

1

OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33.                           

3

Commission Directive 2003/90/EC of 6 October 2003 setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council                              Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions                              for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7).                           

4

Commission Directive 2003/91/EC of 6 October 2003 setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council                              Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions                              for examining certain varieties of vegetable species (OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 11).