COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2021/746

of 6 May 2021

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, and amending Directive 2003/90/EC as regards certain botanical names of plants

(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,

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)(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 and UPOV have established further protocols and guidelines and have updated existing ones, in particular as regards field pea, swede rape, cotton, oat, timothy, brown mustard, sprouting broccoli, pepper, melon, globe artichoke, tomato, pea, spinach and tomato rootstocks. Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should be adapted accordingly to reflect those developments.

(3)

Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/415 (5) amended Council Directives 66/401/EEC (6) and 66/402/EEC (7) as regards certain botanical names of hard fescue, wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, sorghum and Sudangrass in order to reflect the development of scientific knowledge. Directive 2003/90/EC should be adapted accordingly to reflect those amendments.

(4)	Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

For certain varieties that were not accepted for inclusion in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant or vegetable species, official examinations have started prior to 1 January 2022 in accordance with the provisions of either the CPVO protocols or the UPOV guidelines listed in the respective Annex to Directive 2003/90/EC or 2003/91/EC as they stood before having been amended by this Directive. In order not to disrupt those examinations, it is appropriate that for those examinations Member States apply the national provisions transposing Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC as they stood before having been amended by this Directive.

(6)	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 2021 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 2022.

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 examinations of varieties started before 1 January 2022 Member States shall apply the national provisions transposing Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC as they stood before having been 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, 6 May 2021.

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).

(5) Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/415 of 8 March 2021 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC in order to adapt to the evolution of scientific and technical knowledge, taxonomic groups and names of certain species of seeds and weeds (OJ L 81, 9.3.2021, p. 65).

(6) Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298).

(7) Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309).

ANNEX

Part A – Amendments of Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC

‘ANNEX I

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

Scientific name	Common name	CPVO protocol
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
Pisum sativum L. (partim)	Field pea	TP 7/2 Rev. 3 of 6.3.2020
Poa pratensis L.	Smooth-stalked meadow grass	TP 33/1 of 15.3.2017
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 276/1 Partial Rev. of 21.3.2018
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 of 31.10.2002
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 121/2 Rev. 1 of 16.2.2011
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)(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 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
Dactylis glomerata L.	Cocksfoot	TG/31/8 of 17.4.2002
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
Phleum nodosum L.	Small timothy	TG/34/7 of 17.12.2020
Phleum pratense L.	Timothy	TG/34/7 of 17.12.2020
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 sativa L.	Lucerne	TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005
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
Medicago x varia T. Martyn	Sand lucerne	TG/6/5 of 6.4.2005
Trifolium pratense L.	Red clover	TG/5/8 of 17.12.2020
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

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Part B – Amendments of the Annexes to Directive 2003/91/EC

‘ANNEX I

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

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 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 106/1 of 11.3.2015
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. of 15.3.2017
Brassica rapa L.	Chinese cabbage	TP 105/1 of 13.3.2008
Capsicum annuum L.	Chilli or Pepper	TP 76/2 Rev. 2 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. of 19.3.2019
Cichorium intybus L.	Witloof chicory	TP 173/2 of 21.3.2018
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai	Watermelon	TP 142/2 of 19.3.2014
Cucumis melo L.	Melon	TP 104/2 Rev. of 21.4.2020
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 183/1 of 25.3.2004
Lactuca sativa L.	Lettuce	TP 13/6 Rev. of 15.2.2019
Solanum lycopersicum L.	Tomato	TP 44/4 Rev. 4 of 21.4.2020
Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill	Parsley	TP 136/1 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 of 6.3.2020
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. 3 of 6.3.2020
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. 4 of 21.4.2020
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)(b), which are to comply with UPOV test guidelines (*)

Scientific name	Common name	UPOV guideline
Brassica rapa L.	Turnip	TG/37/10 of 4.4.2001

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

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

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

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