Commission Implementing Directive 2012/8/EU of 2 March 2012 amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community Plant Variety Office, cataloguing, crop production








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3.3.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2012/8/EU
of 2 March 2012
         
amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), and in particular Article 7(2) (a) and (b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Directive 2003/90/EC (2) was adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination of the various species and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been established. For other varieties this Directive provides that guidelines of the International Union for Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply.












(2)


The CPVO has since established further guidelines for a number of other species, and has updated existing ones.












(3)


Directive 2003/90/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:



Article 1
Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.


Article 2
For examinations started before 1 October 2012 Member States may apply Directive 2003/90/EC in the version applying before its amendment by this Directive.


Article 3
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 September 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 October 2012.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.


Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.


Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 2 March 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7.




ANNEX



‘ANNEX I

List of species referred to in Article 1(2)(a) which are to comply with CPVO test protocols








Scientific name


Common name


CPVO protocol





Festuca filiformis Pourr.


Fine-leaved sheep's fescue


TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011





Festuca ovina L.


Sheep's fescue


TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011





Festuca rubra L.


Red fescue


TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011





Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina


Hard fescue


TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011





Lolium multiflorum Lam.


Italian ryegrass


TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011





Lolium perenne L.


Perennial ryegrass


TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011





Lolium x boucheanum Kunth


Hybrid ryegrass


TP 4/1 of 23.6.2011





Pisum sativum L.


Field pea


TP 7/2 of 11.3.2010





Brassica napus L.


Swede rape


TP 36/2 of 16.11.2011





Helianthus annuus L.


Sunflower


TP 81/1 of 31.10.2002





Linum usitatissimum L.


Flax/Linseed


TP 57/1 of 21.3.2007





Avena nuda L.


Small naked oat, Hulless oat


TP 20/1 of 6.11.2003





Avena sativa L. (includes A. byzantina K. Koch)


Oats and Red oat


TP 20/1 of 6.11.2003





Hordeum vulgare L.


Barley


TP 19/2rev. of 11.3.2010





Oryza sativa L.


Rice


TP 16/1 of 18.11.2004





Secale cereale L.


Rye


TP 58/1 of 31.10.2002





xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus


Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale



TP 121/2 rev. 1 of 16.2.2011





Triticum aestivum L.


Wheat


TP 3/4 rev. 2 of 16.2.2011





Triticum durum Desf.


Durum wheat


TP 120/2 of 6.11.2003





Zea mays L.


Maize


TP 2/3 of 11.3.2010





Solanum tuberosum L.


Potato


TP 23/2 of 1.12.2005




The text of these protocols can be found on the CPVO web site (www.cpvo.europa.eu).




‘ANNEX II

List of species referred to in Article 1(2)(b) which are to comply with UPOV test guidelines








Scientific name


Common name


UPOV guideline





Beta vulgaris L.


Fodder beet


TG/150/3 of 4.11.1994





Agrostis canina L.


Velvet bent


TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990





Agrostis gigantea Roth.


Red top


TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990





Agrostis stolonifera L.


Creeping bent


TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990





Agrostis capillaris L.


Brown top


TG/30/6 of 12.10.1990





Bromus catharticus Vahl


Rescue grass


TG/180/3 of 4.4.2001





Bromus sitchensis Trin.


Alaska brome grass


TG/180/3 of 4.4.2001





Dactylis glomerata L.


Cocksfoot


TG/31/8 of 17.4.2002





Festuca arundinacea Schreber


Tall fescue


TG/39/8 of 17.4.2002





Festuca pratensis Huds.


Meadow fescue


TG/39/8 of 17.4.2002





xFestulolium Asch. et Graebn.


Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species fo the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium



TG/243/1 of 9.4.2008





Phleum nodosum L.


Small timothy


TG/34/6 of 7.11.1984





Phleum pratense L.


Timothy


TG/34/6 of 7.11.1984





Poa pratensis L.


Smooth-stalked meadow grass


TG/33/6 of 12.10.1990





Lupinus albus L.


White lupin


TG/66/4 of 31.3.2004





Lupinus angustifolius L.


Narrow-leaved lupin


TG/66/4 of 31.3.2004





Lupinus luteus L.


Yellow lupin


TG/66/4 of 31.3.2004





Medicago sativa L.


Lucerne


TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005





Medicago x varia T. Martyn


Sand lucerne


TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005





Trifolium pratense L.


Red clover


TG/5/7 of 4.4.2001





Trifolium repens L.


White clover


TG/38/7 of 9.4.2003





Vicia faba L.


Field bean


TG/8/6 of 17.4.2002





Vicia sativa L.


Common vetch


TG/32/6 of 21.10.1988





Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb.


Swede


TG/89/6rev. of 4.4.2001 + 1.4.2009





Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers.


Fodder radish


TG/178/3 of 4.4.2001





Arachis hypogea L.


Groundnut/Peanut


TG/93/3 of 13.11.1985





Brassica rapa L. var. silvestris (Lam.) Briggs


Turnip rape


TG/185/3 of 17.4.2002





Carthamus tinctorius L.


Safflower


TG/134/3 of 12.10.1990





Gossypium spp.


Cotton


TG/88/6 of 4.4.2001





Papaver somniferum L.


Poppy


TG/166/3 of 24.3.1999





Sinapis alba L.


White mustard


TG/179/3 of 4.4.2001





Glycine max (L.) Merrill


Soya bean


TG/80/6 of 1.4.1998





Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench


Sorghum


TG/122/3 of 6.10.1989




The text of these guidelines can be found on the UPOV web site (www.upov.int).

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