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,

3.3.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 64/9 ---|---|---|--- * * * 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). ’ * * *