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Document 32022L0905

    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)

    C/2022/3646

    OJ L 157, 10.6.2022, p. 1–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_impl/2022/905/oj

    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

    TG/66/4 of 31.3.2004

    Lupinus luteus L.

    Yellow lupin

    TG/66/4 of 31.3.2004

    Medicago doliata Carmign.

    Straight-spined medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori

    Disc medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel.

    Shore medic/Strand medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago lupulina L.

    Trefoil

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago murex Willd.

    Sphere medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago polymorpha L.

    Bur medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago rugosa Desr.

    Wrinkled medic/Gama medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill.

    Snail medic/Shield medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Medicago truncatula Gaertn.

    Barrel medic

    TG/228/1 of 5.4.2006

    Trifolium repens L.

    White clover

    TG/38/7 of 9.4.2003

    Trifolium subterraneum L.

    Subterranean clover

    TG/170/3 of 4.4.2001

    Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.

    California Bluebell

    TG/319/1 of 5.4.2017

    Arachis hypogaea L.

    Groundnut/Peanut

    TG/93/4 of 9.4.2014

    Brassica juncea (L.) Czern

    Brown mustard

    TG/335/1 of 17.12.2020

    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

    Papaver somniferum L.

    Poppy

    TG/166/4 of 9.4.2014

    PART B

    ‘ANNEX I

    List of species referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), which are to comply with CPVO technical protocols  (*3)

    Scientific name

    Common name

    CPVO protocol

    Allium cepa L. (Cepa group)

    Onion and Echalion

    TP 46/2 of 1.4.2009

    Allium cepa L. (Aggregatum group)

    Shallot

    TP 46/2 of 1.4.2009

    Allium fistulosum L.

    Japanese bunching onion or Welsh onion

    TP 161/1 of 11.3.2010

    Allium porrum L.

    Leek

    TP 85/2 of 1.4.2009

    Allium sativum L.

    Garlic

    TP 162/1 Corr of 25.3.2004

    Allium schoenoprasum L.

    Chives

    TP 198/2 of 11.3.2015

    Apium graveolens L.

    Celery

    TP 82/1 of 13.3.2008

    Apium graveolens L.

    Celeriac

    TP 74/1 of 13.3.2008

    Asparagus officinalis L.

    Asparagus

    TP 130/2 of 16.2.2011

    Beta vulgaris L.

    Beetroot including Cheltenham beet

    TP 60/1 of 1.4.2009

    Beta vulgaris L.

    Spinach beet or Chard

    TP 106/2 of 14.4.2021

    Brassica oleracea L.

    Curly kale

    TP 90/1 of 16.2.2011

    Brassica oleracea L.

    Cauliflower

    TP 45/2 Rev. 2 of 21.3.2018

    Brassica oleracea L.

    Sprouting broccoli or Calabrese

    TP 151/2 Rev. 2 of 21.4.2020

    Brassica oleracea L.

    Brussels sprouts

    TP 54/2 Rev. of 15.3.2017

    Brassica oleracea L.

    Kohlrabi

    TP 65/1 Rev. of 15.3.2017

    Brassica oleracea L.

    Savoy cabbage, White cabbage and Red cabbage

    TP 48/3 Rev. 2 of 25.3.2021

    Brassica rapa L.

    Chinese cabbage

    TP 105/1 of 13.3.2008

    Capsicum annuum L.

    Chilli or Pepper

    TP 76/2 Rev. 2 Corr of 21.4.2020

    Cichorium endivia L.

    Curled-leaved endive and Plain-leaved endive

    TP 118/3 of 19.3.2014

    Cichorium intybus L.

    Industrial chicory

    TP 172/2 of 1.12.2005

    Cichorium intybus L.

    Leaf chicory

    TP 154/1 Rev.2 Corr of 14.4.2021

    Cichorium intybus L.

    Witloof chicory

    TP 173/2 of 21.3.2018

    Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai

    Watermelon

    TP 142/2 Rev of 14.4.2021

    Cucumis melo L.

    Melon

    TP 104/2 Rev. 2 of 25.3.2021

    Cucumis sativus L.

    Cucumber and Gherkin

    TP 61/2 Rev. 2 of 19.3.2019

    Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

    Gourd

    TP 155/1 of 11.3.2015

    Cucurbita pepo L.

    Marrow or Courgette

    TP 119/1 Rev. of 19.3.2014

    Cynara cardunculus L.

    Globe artichoke and Cardoon

    TP 184/2 Rev. of 6.3.2020

    Daucus carota L.

    Carrot and Fodder carrot

    TP 49/3 of 13.3.2008

    Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

    Fennel

    TP 183/2 of 14.4.2021

    Lactuca sativa L.

    Lettuce

    TP 13/6 Rev. 3 of 27.4.2022

    Solanum lycopersicum L.

    Tomato

    TP 44/4 Rev. 5 of 14.4.2021

    Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill

    Parsley

    TP 136/1 Corr of 21.3.2007

    Phaseolus coccineus L.

    Runner bean

    TP 9/1 of 21.3.2007

    Phaseolus vulgaris L.

    Dwarf French bean and Climbing French bean

    TP 12/4 of 27.2.2013

    Pisum sativum L. (partim)

    Wrinkled pea, Round pea and Sugar pea

    TP 7/2 Rev. 3 Corr of 16.3.2020

    Raphanus sativus L.

    Radish, Black radish

    TP 64/2 Rev. Corr of 11.3.2015

    Rheum rhabarbarum L

    Rhubarb

    TP 62/1 of 19.4.2016

    Scorzonera hispanica L.

    Scorzonera or Black salsify

    TP 116/1 of 11.3.2015

    Solanum melongena L.

    Aubergine or Egg plant

    TP 117/1 of 13.3.2008

    Spinacia oleracea L.

    Spinach

    TP 55/5 Rev. 4 of 27.4.2022

    Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr.

    Corn salad or Lamb’s lettuce

    TP 75/2 of 21.3.2007

    Vicia faba L. (partim)

    Broad bean

    TP 206/1 of 25.3.2004

    Zea mays L. (partim)

    Sweet corn and Pop corn

    TP 2/3 of 11.3.2010

    Solanum habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner; Solanum lycopersicum L. x Solanum habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner; Solanum lycopersicum L. x Solanum peruvianum (L.) Mill.; Solanum lycopersicum L. x Solanum cheesmaniae (L. Ridley) Fosberg; Solanum pimpinellifolium L. x Solanum habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner

    Tomato rootstocks

    TP 294/1 Rev. 5 of 14.4.2021

    Cucurbita maxima Duchesne x Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

    Interspecific hybrids of Cucurbita maxima Duchesne x Cucurbita moschata Duchesne for use as rootstocks

    TP 311/1 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  (*4)

    Scientific name

    Common name

    UPOV guideline

    Brassica rapa L.

    Turnip

    TG/37/10 of 4.4.2001


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

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

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

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


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