Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/905 of 9 June 2022 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC as regards the protocols for the examination of certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (Text with EEA relevance)

Coming into Force30 June 2022
End of Effective Date31 December 9999
Celex Number32022L0905
ELIhttp://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_impl/2022/905/oj
Published date10 June 2022
Date09 June 2022
Official Gazette PublicationOfficial Journal of the European Union, L 157, 10 June 2022
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10.6.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 157/1

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2022/905

of 9 June 2022

amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC as regards the protocols for the examination of certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable 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), points (a) and (b), thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (2), and in particular Article 7(2), points (a) and (b), thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Directives 2003/90/EC (3) and 2003/91/EC (4) aim to ensure that the varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species that Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the protocols established by the Community Plant Variety Office (‘CPVO’). In particular, those Directives aim to ensure compliance with the rules concerning the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant and vegetable species. For the species not covered by the CPVO protocols those Directives aim to ensure compliance with guidelines of the International Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (‘UPOV’).
(2) The CPVO has established further protocols and has updated existing ones, in particular as regards cocksfoot, lucerne, sand lucerne, small timothy, timothy, red clover, hemp, rye, triticale, spinach beet or chard, savoy cabbage, white cabbage and red cabbage, leaf chicory, watermelon, melon, fennel, lettuce, tomato, spinach and tomato rootstocks. Those developments should be reflected in Union law.
(3) Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Member States are to apply the new rules from 1 January 2023. However, for certain varieties that were not accepted for inclusion in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant or vegetable species, official examinations, which are not yet finalised, have started prior to 1 January 2023 in accordance with Directive 2003/90/EC or Directive 2003/91/EC as they stood before being amended by this Directive. In order not to disrupt those examinations, they should be subject to those previous rules.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Amendments to Directive 2003/90/EC

Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text set out in Part A of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Amendments to Directive 2003/91/EC

The Annexes to Directive 2003/91/EC are replaced by the text set out in Part B of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 3

Transposition

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2022 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 January 2023.

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.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 4

Transitional measures

For official examinations of varieties started before 1 January 2023 but which are not yet finalised Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC shall apply as they stood before being amended by this Directive.

Article 5

Entry into force

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

Article 6

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 June 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN


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

(2) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33.

(3) Commission Directive 2003/90/EC of 6 October 2003 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 (OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7).

(4) Commission Directive 2003/91/EC of 6 October 2003 setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of vegetable species (OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 11).


ANNEX

PART A

‘ANNEX I

List of species referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), which are to comply with CPVO technical protocols (*1)

Scientific name Common name CPVO protocol
Dactylis glomerata L. Cocksfoot TP 31/1 of 25.3.2021
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Tall fescue TP 39/1 of 1.10.2015
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 pratensis Huds. Meadow fescue TP 39/1 of 1.10.2015
Festuca rubra L. Red fescue TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Hack. Hard fescue TP 67/1 of 23.6.2011
Lolium multiflorum Lam. Italian ryegrass TP 4/2 of 19.3.2019
Lolium perenne L. Perennial ryegrass TP 4/2 of 19.3.2019
Lolium x hybridum Hausskn. Hybrid ryegrass TP 4/2 of 19.3.2019
Medicago sativa L. Lucerne TP /6/1 of 22.12.2021
Medicago x varia T. Martyn Sand lucerne TP 6/1 of 22.12.2021
Phleum nodosum L. Small timothy TP 34/1 of 22.12.2021
Phleum pratense L. Timothy TP 34/1 of 22.12.2021
Pisum sativum L. (partim) Field pea TP 7/2 Rev. 3 Corr of 16.3.2020
Poa pratensis L. Smooth-stalked meadow grass TP 33/1 of 15.3.2017
Trifolium pratense L. Red clover TP 5/1 of 22.12.2021
Vicia faba L. Field bean TP 8/1 of 19.3.2019
Vicia sativa L. Common vetch TP 32/1 of 19.4.2016
Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb. Swede TP 89/1 of 11.3.2015
Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers. Fodder radish TP 178/1 of 15.3.2017
Brassica napus L. (partim) Swede rape TP 36/3 of 21.4.2020
Cannabis sativa L. Hemp TP 276/2 of 1.2.2022
Glycine max (L.) Merr. Soya bean TP 80/1 of 15.3.2017
Gossypium spp. Cotton TP 88/2 of 11.12.2020
Helianthus annuus L. Sunflower TP 81/1 of 31.10.2002
Linum usitatissimum L. Flax/Linseed TP 57/2 of 19.3.2014
Sinapis alba L. White mustard TP 179/1 of 15.3.2017
Avena nuda L. Small naked oat, Hulless oat TP 20/3 of 6.3.2020
Avena sativa L. (includes A. byzantina K. Koch) Oats and Red oat TP 20/3 of 6.3.2020
Hordeum vulgare L. Barley TP 19/5 of 19.3.2019
Oryza sativa L. Rice TP 16/3 of 1.10.2015
Secale cereale L. Rye TP 58/1 Rev of 27.4.2022
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor Sorghum TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse Sudan grass TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor x Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse Hybrids resulting from the crossing of Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor and Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii TP 122/1 of 19.3.2019
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 121/3 of 27.4.2022
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum Wheat TP 3/5 of 19.3.2019
Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren Durum wheat TP 120/3 of 19.3.2014
Zea mays L. (partim) Maize TP 2/3 of 11.3.2010
Solanum tuberosum L. Potato TP 23/3 of 15.3.2017

ANNEX II

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

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 grass 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
xFestulolium Asch. et Graebn. Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium TG/243/1 of 9.4.2008
Lotus corniculatus L. Birdsfoot trefoil TG 193/1 of 9.4.2008
Lupinus albus L. White lupin TG/66/4 of 31.3.2004
Lupinus angustifolius L. Narrow-leaved lupin
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