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L.N. 382 of 2020
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT
(CAP. 433)
Vegetable Propagation and Planting Material (Amendment No. 2) 
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. 433.13.1. (1) The title of these regulations is Vegetable Propagation
and Planting Material (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2020 and t hey
shall be read and construed as one with the Vegetable Propagation and
Planting Material Regulations, he reinafter referred to as "the principal
regulations". 
(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission
Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending
Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/
EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EECand 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/
98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant repro ductive
material.
Amends 
regulation 3 of 
the principal regulations.2. In regulation 3 of the princip al regulations, immediately
after the definition "propagation material", there shall be add ed the
following new definition:
" "regulated non-quarantine pests", hereafter referred to as
"RNQPs", means a pest that fulfils all the conditions set out
under Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European
Parliament and the Council as regards protective measures
against pests of plants, and is included in the list of Unionregulated non-quarantine pests under Annex IV of Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform
conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and
amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/
2019;".
Amends Part B 
of Schedule II to the principal regulations.3. Items 4 and 5 of Part B of Schedule II to the principal
regulations shall be substituted by the followi ng new items:
"(4) The vegetable propagating and planting material
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shall, at least on visual inspection, be found at the place of
production to be practically free from all pests listed in Schedule
III, with regard to the respective propagating and plantingmaterial. The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests
(RNQPs) on vegetable propagating and planting material that is
marketed shall, at least upon visual inspection, not exceed therespective thresholds set out in Schedule III. 
The vegetable propagating a nd planting mate rial shall upon
visual inspection be found to be practically free from any pest s,
other than the pests listed in Schedule III with regard to therespective propagating and planting material, which reduce theusefulness and quality of the vegetable propagating and plantin g
material. 
(5) The vegetable propagating and planting material shall
also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine
pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-
quarantine pests provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 andin the implementing acts adopted pursuant to that Regulation,
including with the measures adopted  pursuant to Article 30(1) o f
that Regulation.".
Substitutes 
Schedule III to the principal 
regulations.4. Schedule III to the princip al regulations, shall be
substituted by the following new Schedule:
"SCHEDULE III
RNQPs concerning vegetable propagating and planting material
Bacteria
RNQPs or symptoms
caused by RNQPsVegetable propagatingand planting material(genus or species)Threshold for the
presence of RNQPs on
the vegetable
propagating andplanting material
Clavibacter
michiganensis ssp.
michiganensis (Smith)
Davis et al .[CORBMI]Solanum lycopersicum  L. 0%
Xanthomonaseuvesicatoria Jones et al .
[XANTEU]Capsicum annuum  L.,
Solanum lycopersicum  L.0%
Xanthomonas gardneri
(ex Šutič 1957) Jones et
al.[XANTGA]Capsicum annuum  L.,
Solanum lycopersicum  L.0%
Xanthomonas perforans
Jones et al . [XANTPF]Capsicum annuum  L.,
Solanum lycopersicum  L.0%
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Xanthomonas vesicatoria
(ex Doidge) Vauterin etal. [XANTVE]Capsicum annuum L.,Solanum lycopersicum  L.0%
Fungi and oomycetes
RNQPs or symptoms
caused by RNQPsVegetable propagatingand planting material
(genus or species)Threshold for the
presence of RNQPs onthe vegetable
propagating and
planting material
Fusarium Link
(anamorphic genus)
[1FUSAG] other than
Fusarium oxysporum  f.
sp. albedinis  (Kill. &
Maire) W.L. Gordon[FUSAAL] and Fusariumcircinatum Nirenberg &
O’Donnell [GIBBCI]Asparagus officinalis L. 0%
Helicobasidiumbrebissonii (Desm.) Donk
[HLCBBR]Asparagus officinalis L. 0%
Stromatinia cepivora
Berk. [SCLOCE]Allium cepa L ., Allium
fistulosum L., Allium
porrum L., Allium sativum
L.0%
Verticillium dahliae Kleb.
[VERTDA]Cynara cardunculus L. 0%
Nematodes
RNQPs or symptoms 
caused by RNQPsVegetable propagating and planting material 
(genus or species)Threshold for the 
presence of RNQPs on 
the vegetable propagating and 
planting material
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev 
[DITYDI]Allium cepa L., Allium 
sativum L.0%
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".Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas
RNQPs or symptoms 
caused by RNQPsVegetable propagating and planting material 
(genus or species)Threshold for the 
presence of RNQPs on 
the vegetable propagating and planting material
Leek yellow stripe virus 
[LYSV00]Allium sativum L. 1%
Onion yellow dwarf virus 
[OYDV00]Allium cepa L.,  Allium 
sativum L.1%
Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]Capsicum annuum L.,
Solanum lycopersicum L.0%
Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus [TSWV00]Capsicum annuum L.,
Lactuca sativa L.,
Solanum lycopersicum L.,
Solanum melongena L.0%
Tomato yellow leaf curl 
virus [TYLCV0]Solanum lycopersicum L. 0%
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