Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/746 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.

Subject

Cultivated plants

Keyword

Plant protection Plant variety Planting material/seeds Certification Agricultural commodities Fruits/edible nuts Vegetables/legumes Cereals/grains/rice Inspection Plant production Crops/grasses

Geographical area

European Union Countries

Entry into force notes

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

Abstract

This Directive replaces the Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC by the text set out in Part A of the Annex to this Directive and the Annexes to Directive 2003/91/EC by the text set out in Part B of the Annex to this Directive, due to the latest updates in the protocols established by the Community Plant Variety Office and the guidelines of the International Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants, 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. Furthermore, this Directive amends the Directive 2003/90/EC to reflect the amendments on certain botanical names of hard fescue, wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, sorghum and Sudan grass.

Full text

English

Website

eur-lex.europa.eu

References - Legislation

Amends

Commission 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.

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Plant production, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Certification, Cereals/grains/rice, Sugar cane/sugar beet, Internal trade, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Directive 2003/91/EC 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.

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Vegetables/legumes, Packaging/labelling, Certification, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decree establishing methods of testing the difference, uniformity, constancy and useful value of varieties.

Legislation | Czechia | 2019 (2022)

Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Vegetables/legumes, Viticulture/oenological practices

Source: FAO, FAOLEX