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L.N. 160 of 2020
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Examination of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species 
(Amendment) Regulations, 2020
 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant
Quarantine Act, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal
Rights has made the following regulations:-
Citation and 
scope.
S.L. 433.221. (1) The title of these regulations is the Examination of
Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (Amendment) Regulations ,
2020 and these regulations shall be 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) 2019/1985 amending CommissionDirective 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for thepurposes Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the
minimum characteristics to be examined and the minimum conditio ns
for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species.
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 techni cal 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 20/2 of 1.10.2015 
Avena sativa  L. 
(includes A. 
byzantina  K. Koch)Oats and Red oat TP 20/2 of 1.10.2015 
Hordeum vulgare  L. Barley TP 19/5 of 19.3.2019 
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II. Fodder Plants
Table 1.2:Secale cereale L. Rye TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002
Sorghum bicolor  
(L.) MoenchSorghum TP/122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum sudanense 
(Piper) Stapf.Sudan grass TP/122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x 
Sorghum sudanense 
(Piper) StapfHybrids resulting from the 
crossing of Sorghum  
bicolor  and Sorghum 
sudanenseTP/122/1 of 19.3.2019
xTriticosecale  
Wittm. ex A. CamusHybrids resulting from the
crossing of a species ofthe genus Triticum and a
species of the genusSecaleTP 121/2 rev. 1 of 16.2.2011
Triticum aestivum  L. Wheat TP 3/5 of 19.3.2019
Triticum durum  
Desf.Durum 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.)
KrajinaHard 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. Field pea TP 7/2 Rev. 2 of
15.03.2017
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 regulations 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
15.32.2017.
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
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".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/5/7 of 4.4.2001
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