B 4477
L.N. 507 of 2021
PLANT
 QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Seeds of Agricultural Plants a nd Vegetables (Amendment No. 2) 
Regulations, 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. 433.30.1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Seeds of
Agricultural Plants and Vegetabl es (Amendment No. 2) Regulation s,
2021 and these regulations shall b e read and construed as one w ith the
Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations, herein after
referred to as "the prin cipal regulations". 
(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission
Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/971 of 16 June 2021 amending
Annex I to Council Directive 66/ 401/EEC on the marketing of fod der
plant seed, Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing
of cereal seed, Annex I to C ouncil Directive 2002/54/EC on the
marketing of beet seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/55/EC  on
the marketing of vegetable seed and Annex I to Council Directiv e
2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as  regards
the use of biochemical and molecular techniques. 
Amends 
regulation 2 to 
the principal regulations.2. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 2 shall be substituted by
the following new sub-regulation:
"(2) These regulations also apply to the production, with a
view to marketing and to the mar keting of seeds of agricultural
plants and vegetables of the genera, species and their hybrids
listed in Schedule I of these r egulations, within the European
Union and shall apply without pre judice to the plant health rul es
laid down by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures
against pests of plants.".
Amends 
Schedule II to 
the principal regulations. 3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as
follows:
(a) the following point shall  be added between points 4
and A. 1. of Part 1 Agricultural Plants Section I. Cereals:
"4.a In the case where, following theSuppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru.  20,758, 28 ta’ Diċembru, 2021
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implementation of points 1., 4. and A.1, there is still doubt
as to the varietal identity of the seed, the certification
authority may use, for the examination of that identity, aninternationally recognised and reproducible biochemical or
molecular technique, in acc ordance with the applicable
international standards."; 
(b) the following point shall  be added between points 4
and 5 of Part 1 Agricu ltural Plants Section II. Fodder Plants:
"4.a In the case where, following the
implementation of points 1. and 4., there is still doubt as to
the varietal identity of the s eed, the certification authority
may use, for the examina tion of that identity, an
internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical ormolecular technique, in acc ordance with the applicable
international standards."; and
(c) the following point shall  be added between points 4
and 5 of Part 2 Vegetables. 
"4.a In the case where, following the
implementation of points 1. and 4., there is still doubt as tothe varietal identity of the seed, the certification authoritymay use, for the examina tion of that identity, an
internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical ormolecular technique, in acc ordance with the applicable
international standards.".
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