SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3N.I.Registration of varieties

InterpretationN.I.

11.  In this Schedule—

F1...

F2...

Directive 2001/18/EC” means Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC [F3as amended from time to time] ;

[F4the GMO regulations” means—

(a)

in relation to Northern Ireland, the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;

(b)

in relation to England, the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Scotland) 2002;

(d)

in relation to Wales, the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Wales) 2002;]

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003” means Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed M1 [F5as amended from time to time] ;

technical questionnaire” means the technical questionnaire set out in—

(a)

[F6protocol or guidelines established or recognised by the Department in relation to distinctiveness, uniformity and stability tests for the particular genus or species concerned;]

(b)

F7... the relevant section for the relevant species contained within the ‘Guidelines for the conduct of tests for distinctness, uniformity and stability’ (UPOV test guidelines) of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and the Annex to the test guidelines concerned for the relevant species for which such guidelines have been published;

UPOV” means the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, being an intergovernmental organisation established by the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants M2;

“UPOV test guidelines” mean test guidelines for the conduct of tests for distinctness, uniformity and stability that have been produced for the relevant species by the UPOV that are applicable at the beginning of the growing trial.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 97.9.4.2008, p.64).

M2UPOV is located at 34, chemin des Columbettes, CH-1211 Geneve 20, Switzerland.