Commission Directive 72/180/EEC of 14 April 1972 determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for examining agricultural varieties

• Coming into Force: 21 April 1972
• End of Effective Date: 14 October 2003
• Celex Number: 31972L0180
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1972/180/oj
• Published date: 08 May 1972
• Date: 14 April 1972
• Official Gazette Publication: Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 108, 8 mai 1972

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Commission Directive 72/180/EEC of 14 April 1972 determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for examining agricultural varieties

Official Journal L 108 , 08/05/1972 P. 0008 - 0038
Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 4 P. 0130
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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 14 April 1972 determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for examining agricultural varieties (72/180/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to the Council Directive of 29 September 1970 1 on the common catalogue of agricultural varieties, and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof;

Whereas in accordance with the provisions of the abovementioned Directive Member States must compile one or more catalogues of the varieties accepted for certification and marketing in their territory;

Whereas the acceptance of varieties is subject to Community conditions which must be enforced by means of official inspections, and in particular by crop inspections;

Whereas the inspections must cover enough characteristics to enable the varieties to be described;

Whereas the minimum characteristics to be covered by the inspections should be determined at Community level;

Whereas, moreover, the minimum conditions for carrying out the inspections must be laid down;

Whereas these characteristics and minimum conditions for inspection should be laid down in the light of the present state of scientific and technical knowledge;

Whereas 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

Member States shall provide that official inspections carried out for the acceptance of agricultural varieties shall cover at least the characteristics listed in Annex 1.

They shall ensure that the minimum conditions listed in Annex II are fulfilled at the time of the inspections.

Article 2

Member States shall, not later than 1 July 1972, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 April 1972.

For the Commission

The President

S.L. MANSHOLT 1OJ No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1.

ANNEX 1

PART A CHARACTERISTICS AS REGARDS THE EXAMINATION OF DISTINCTIVE NATURE, STABILITY AND UNIFORMITY

All the characteristics listed for the various species are valid for the examination of the distinctive nature and stability of varieties. The criteria adopted for examining uniformity are shown as follows:

(H) for all the varieties of one species.

(H1) for the varieties of a species which are freely pollinated.

(H2) for inbred lines and simple hybrids of a species.

(H3) for other hybrids of a species.

1. BEET sugar and fodder beet of the Beta vulgaris L. species

1. Hypocotyl axis : colouring

2. Root: 2.1 colouring of the top

2.2 colouring of the part above ground (H)

2.3 colouring of the part below ground (H)

2.4 shape (H)

2.5 proportion of the part above ground (fodder beet)

2.6 dry matter content (fodder beet)

2.7 sugar content (sugar beet)

2.8 weight of the root (expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the plant)

3. Leaf: 3.1 colouring of the lamina

3.2 colouring of the leaf veins (fodder beet)

3.3 total length of the petiole and the lamina

3.4 width of the petiole

3.5 colouring of the base of the petiole (fodder beet)

3.6 shape of the foliage

3.7 weight of the leaves including the top (expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the plant)

4. Ploidy: 4.1 ploidy level

4.2 percentage of the different levels of ploidy (polyploidy varieties)

5. Monogamia (H)

2. AGROSTIS

>PIC FILE= "T0010752"> 1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Stolon : presence or absence (specify the vegetative stage at the time of observation)

4. Leaf: 4.1 colour (the year following that of sowing, before coming into ear)

4.2 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf (at the beginning of flowering)

4.3 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H) (at the beginning of flowering)

5. Inflorescence : shape (after flowering)

6. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

7. Second coming into ear in different cuttings (the year following that of sowing)

8. Number of chromosomes (H)

3. MEADOW FOXTAIL Alopecurus pratensis L.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Stolon : presence or absence (specify the vegetative stage at the time of observation)

4. Leaf (at the beginning of flowering): 4.1 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf

4.2 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H)

5. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

6. Second coming into ear in different cuttings (the year following that of sowing)

7. Number of chromosomes (H)

4. TALL OAT GRASS Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) J. and C. Presl.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Leaf (at the beginning of flowering): 3.1 shape of the culmiferous terminal culmiferous leaf

3.2 dimensions of the terminal culmiferous leaf (H)

4. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

5. Second coming into ear in the different cuttings (the year following that of sowing)

6. Number of chromosomes (H)

5. DACTYLIS Dactylis glomerata L.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Leaf: 3.1 colour (the year following that of sowing, before the coming into ear)

3.2 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf (at the beginning of flowering)

3.3 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H) (at the beginning of flowering)

4. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

5. Second coming into ear in different cuttings (H) (the year following that of sowing)

6. Alternativity

7. Number of chromosomes (H)

6. REED FESCUE Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Leaf (at the beginning of flowering): 3.1 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf

3.2 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H)

4. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

5. Second coming into ear in different cuttings (the year following that of sowing)

6. Number of chromosomes (H)

7. SHEEP'S FESCUE Festuca ovina L.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Leaf (at the beginning of flowering): 3.1 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf

3.2 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H)

4. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

5. Second coming into ear in different cuttings (the year following that of sowing)

6. Number of chromosomes (H)

8. MEADOW FESCUE Festuca pratensis Huds.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Leaf (at the beginning of flowering): 3.1 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf

3.2 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H)

4. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of sowing)

5. Second coming into ear in different cuttings (the year following that of sowing)

6. Number of chromosomes (H)

9. RED FESCUE Festuca rubra L.

1. Habit of the plant (at the coming into ear stage)

2. Stem : length (H) (at the end of flowering)

3. Stolon : presence or absence (specify the vegetative stage at the time of observation)

4. Leaf: 4.1 colour (the year following that of sowing, before coming into ear)

4.2 shape of the culmiferous terminal leaf (at the beginning of flowering)

4.3 dimensions of the culmiferous terminal leaf (H) (at the beginning of flowering)

5. Classification of the coming into ear or flowering (H) (the year following that of...