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L.N. 404 of 2021
PLANT  QUARANTINE
 ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species 
(Amendment) Reg ulations, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers confer red by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food a nd
Animal Rights has made t he following regulations:-
Citation and 
scope. 
S.L. 433. 22.1. (1) The title of these regulat ions is the Examination of
Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations ,
2021 and these regulations shall b e read and construed as one w ith the
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species Regulations,
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 amendingDirectives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC as regards the protocols forthe examination of certain varieties of agricultural plant spec ies and
vegetable species, and amending Directive 2003/90/EC as regards
certain botanical names of plants.
Substitutes 
Schedule I to 
the principal regulations.2. Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be substituted
by the following new Schedule:
"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
oatTP 20/3 of 6.3.2020 
Avena sativa  L. (includes A.
byzantina  K. Koch)Oats and Red oat TP 20/3 of 6.3.2020
Hordeum vulgare  L. Barley TP 19/5 of 19.3.2019 
Secale cereale  L. Rye TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 20,727, 29 ta’ Ottubru, 2021
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II. Fodder Plants
Table 1.2:Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 
subsp. bicolorSorghum TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 
subsp.  drummondii (Steud.) 
de Wet ex DavidseSudan grass TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor  (L.) Moench 
subsp. bicolor  x Sorghum 
bicolor (L.) Moench subsp.  
drummondii (Steud.) de Wet 
ex Davidse Hybrids resulting from the 
crossing of Sorghum  
bicolor  subsp. bicolor  and 
Sorghum bicolor subsp.  
drummondiiTP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
xTriticosecale  Wittm. ex A.
CamusHybrids resulting from the
crossing of a species of
the genus Triticum  a n d  a
species of the genusSecaleTP 121/2 Rev. 1 of 16.2.2011
Triticum aestivum L .  s u b s p .aestivumWheat TP 3/5 of 19.3.2019
Triticum turgidum  L .  s u b s p .
durum  (Desf.) 
van SlagerenDurum wheat TP 120/3 of 19.3.2014
Zea mays  L. (partim) Maize TP 2/3 of 11.3.2010
Scientific name Common name CPVO protocol
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Festuca filiformis Pourr. Fine-leaved sheep’s 
fescueTP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
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
Festuca trachyphylla 
(Hack.)  Hack. Hard fescue TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
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 
meadow grassTP 33/1 of 15.3.2017
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 
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III. Potatoes
Table 1.3:
Substitutes 
Schedule II to 
the principal regulations.3. Schedule II to the principal re gulations shall be substituted
by the following new Schedule:
"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 CPVO protocol
Solanum tuberosum  L. Potato TP 23/3 of 15.3.2017.". 
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.) 
FioriDisc medic TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
Medicago littoralis Rohde 
ex Loisel.Shore medic/Strand 
medicTG 228/1 of 5.4.2006
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 
medicTG 228/1 of 5.4.2006 
Medicago sativa L. Lucerne TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005
Medicago scutellata (L.) 
Mill.Snail medic/Shield medicTG 228/1 of 5.4.2006 
Medicago truncatula Gaertn.Barrel medic TG 228/1 of 5.4.2006 
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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