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L.N. 127 of 2022
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) 
Regulations, 2022
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. 433.30.1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Seeds of
Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Seeds
of Agricultural Plants and Veget ables Regulations, hereinafter referred
to as "the principal regulations". 
 (2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission
Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/1927 of 5 November 2021
amending Annexes I and II to C ouncil Directive 66/402/EEC as
regards the requirements for seeds of hybrid wheat produced by means
of cytoplasmic male sterility.
Amends 
Schedule II to the principal 
regulations.2. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as
follows:
(a) point C of Section 1, Part I, Cereals, thereof shall be
substituted by the following new Point:
"C. Crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of
Avena nuda , Avena sativa , Avena  strigosa  and self-
pollinating xTriticosecale and crops to produce certified
seed of hybrids of Hordeum  vulgare , Triticum  aestivum
subsp. aestivum , Triticum  aestivum subsp. spelta  and
Triticum turgidum  subsp. durum , by means of a technique
other than Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS):"; and
(b) immediately after point 3 of Point C of Part I of
Section 1 thereof there shall be added the following new point:
"4. Crops to produce basic and certified seed of
hybrids of Triticum  aestivum subsp. aestivum, Triticum
aestivum subsp. spelta  and Triticum turgidum  subsp. durum
by means of CMS:
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(a) The crop shall conform to the following
standards as regards distances from neighbouring
sources of pollen, which may result in undesirableforeign pollination:
(b) The crop shall have sufficient varietal
identity and purity as regar ds 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 true to type, shall notexceed:
— for the crops used to produce basic
seed, 0.1% for the maintainer and the restorerline and 0.3% for the CMS female component,
and
— for the crops used to produce certified
seed, 0.3% for the restorer and 0.6% for theCMS female component and 1% 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% for crops used to produce
certified seed;
(iii) The conformity with the
requirements of points (i) and (ii) shall beexamined by official post-control test.Crop Minimum distance
12
For the CMS female
component for the
production of basic seed300m
For the production of certified seed25m
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(c) Certified seed may be produced in mixed
cultivation of a female male-sterile component with a male
component, which restores fertility.
The Directorate shall report by 28 February of each year to the
Commission and the other Member States the results of the prece ding
year concerning the quantity of produced hybrid seeds, complian ce of
the field inspections with the respective requirements, the percentage
of seed lots, which have been rejected due to insufficient quality
parameters, and any further info rmation justifying that rejection This
reporting obligation shall be applicable until 28 February 2030 .".
Amends 
Schedule III to 
the principal 
regulations.3. Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) point C of Part I of Section 1 thereof shall be
substituted by the following new Point:
"C. Hybrids of Avena nuda , Avena sativa, Avena
strigosa, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum subsp.
aestivum, Triticum aestivum  subsp. spelta , Triticum
turgidum  subsp. durum  and self-pollinating xTriticosecale:
The minimum varietal purity of the seed of the
category certified seed shall be 90%.
In case of Hordeum vulgare , Triticum aestivum
subsp. aestivum, Triticum aestivum  subsp. spelta  and
Triticum turgidum  subsp. durum  produced by means
of 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.
The Directorate shall report by 28 February of
each year to the Commission and the other Member
States the results of the preceding year concerning thequantity of produced hybrid seeds of Triticum
aestivum  subsp. aestivum, Triticum aestivum  subsp.
spelta  and Triticum turgidum  subsp. durum , and the
percentage of seed lots which have been rejected due
to insufficient quality parameters, results of the post-
control test and any furthe r information justifying
that rejection. This reporting obligation shall be
applicable until 28 February 2030."; and
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(b) the heading of Point E of Part I of Section 1 thereof
shall be substituted by the following new heading: 
"E. Hybrids of Secale cereale  and CMS-hybrids of
Hordeum  vulgare , Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum,
Triticum aestivum  subsp. spelta  and Triticum turgidum
subsp. durum:".
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