The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 1195

Agriculture

The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made

6th April 2010

Laid before Parliament

8th April 2010

Coming into force

30th June 2010

The Secretary of State is designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy and makes the following Regulations under the powers conferred by that section.

Title and commencement U.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 30th June 2010.

Amendments U.K.

2.—(1) The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001(3) are amended as follows.

(2) For the table in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, substitute the table in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(3) For the table in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, substitute the table in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(4) In the table headed “vegetable species” in paragraph 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 omit—

(a) the entry for “Asparagus officinalis L.”; and

(b) the entry for “Cichorium intybus L. (Large leaved (Italian) chicory)”.

(5) For the table in paragraph 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, substitute the table in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

Bryan Davies

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6th April 2010

Regulation 2(2)

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Varieties of plant species on National Lists: agricultural crop varieties

“Name	Common name
Cereals
Avena nuda L.	Small naked oat, Hulless oat
Avena sativa L. (includes A. byzantia K. Koch)	Oats and red oat
Hordeum vulgare L.	Barley
Secale cereale L.	Rye
xTriticosecale Wittm. Ex A. Camus Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale	Triticale
Triticum aestivum L.	Wheat
Triticum durum Desf.	Durum wheat
Triticum spelta L.	Spelt wheat
Zea Mays L. (partim)	Maize (except popcorn and sweetcorn)
Potatoes
Solanum tuberosum L., including any other tuber-forming species or hybrids of Solanum	Potato
Beet
Beta vulgaris L.	Sugar beet, fodder beet (including mangel)
Fodder plants
(a) Grasses
Agrostis canina L.	Velvet bent
Agrostis capillaris L.	Brown top
Agrostis gigantea Roth.	Red top
Agrostis stolonifera L.	Creeping bent grass
Arrhenatherm elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl	Tall oatgrass
Bromus catharticus Vahl.	Rescue grass
Bromus sitchensis Trin.	Alaska brome-grass
Dactylis glomerata L.	Cocksfoot
Festuca arundinacea Schreber	Tall fescue
Festuca filiformis Pourr.	Fine leaved sheep’s fescue
Festuca ovina L.	Sheep’s fescue
Festuca pratensis Huds.	Meadow fescue
Festuca rubra L.	Red fescue, Chewings fescue
Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina	Hard fescue
Lolium multiflorum Lam.	Italian ryegrass including Westerwold ryegrass
Lolium perenne L.	Perennial ryegrass
Lolium x boucheanum Kunth	Hybrid ryegrass
Phleum nodosum L.	Small timothy
Phleum pratense L.	Timothy
Poa annua L.	Annual meadowgrass
Poa nemoralis L.	Wood meadowgrass
Poa pratensis L.	Smooth-stalked meadowgrass
Poa trivialis L.	Rough-stalked meadowgrass
xFestulolium Asch. & Graebn. Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium	Festulolium
(b) Legumes
Lotus corniculatis L.	Birdsfoot trefoil
Lupinus albus L.	White lupin
Lupinus angustifolius L.	Narrow leaved lupin (previously known as Blue lupin)
Lupinus luteus L.	Yellow lupin
Medicago lupulina L.	Black medick, Trefoil
Medicago sativa L.	Lucerne
Medicago x varia T. Martyn	Sand lucerne
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.	Sainfoin
Pisum sativum L. (partim)	Field pea
Trifolium hybridum L.	Alsike clover
Trifolium pratense L.	Red clover
Trifolium repens L.	White clover
Vicia faba L. (partim)	Field bean
Vicia pannonica Crantz	Hungarian vetch
Vicia sativa L.	Common vetch
Vicia villosa Roth	Hairy vetch
(c) Other fodder plants
Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb.	Swede
Brassica oleracea L. convar. acephala (DC.) Alef. Var. medullosa Thell. + var. viridis L.	Fodder kale
Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers.	Fodder radish
Oleaginous and fibrous plants
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.	Brown mustard
Brassica napus L. (partim)	Swede rape (including plants commonly known as fodder rape and oilseed rape)
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch	Black mustard
Brassica rapa L. var silvestris (Lam.) Briggs	Turnip rape
Cannabis sativa L.	Hemp
Glycine max (L.) Merr.	Soya bean
Helianthus annuus L.	Sunflower
Linum usitatissimum L.	Flax, Linseed
Sinapis alba L.	White mustard”

Regulation 2(3)

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Varieties of plant species on National Lists: vegetable varieties

“Name	Common name
Allium cepa L. (Cepa Group)	Onion, Echalion
Allium cepa L. (Aggregatum Group)	Shallot
Allium fistulosum L.	Japanese bunching onion or Welsh onion
Allium porrum L.	Leek
Allium sativum L.	Garlic
Allium schoenoprasum L.	Chives
Apium graveolens L.	Celery, Celeriac
Asparagus officinalis L.	Asparagus
Beta vulgaris L.	Beetroot including Cheltenham Beet, Spinach beet or Chard
Brassica oleracea L.	Curly kale, Cauliflower, Sprouting broccoli or Calabrese, Brussels sprout, Savoy Cabbage, White cabbage, Red cabbage, Kohlrabi
Brassica rapa L.	Chinese cabbage, Turnip
Cichorium endivia L.	Curled-leaved endive, Plain-leaved endive
Cichorium intybus L.	Large leaved (Italian) chicory
Cucumis melo L.	Melon
Cucumis sativus L.	Cucumber, Gherkin
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne	Gourd
Cucurbita pepo L.	Marrow or Courgette
Daucus carota L.	Carrot, Fodder carrot
Lactuca sativa L.	Lettuce
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.	Tomato
Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill	Parsley
Phaseolus coccineus L.	Runner bean
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	Dwarf French bean, Climbing French bean
Pisum sativum L. (partim)	Wrinkled pea, Round pea, Sugar pea
Raphanus sativus L.	Radish, Black radish
Rheum rhabarbarum L.	Rhubarb
Spinacia oleracea L.	Spinach
Vicia faba L. (partim)	Broad bean
Zea mays L. (partim)	Sweet corn, Popcorn”

Regulation 2(5)

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Derogated species: agricultural crop species

“Name	Column Name
Alopecurus pratensis L.	Meadow foxtail
Arachis hypogaea L.	Groundnut (peanut)
Avena strigosa Schreb.	Black oat, Bristle oat
Carthamus tinctorius L.	Safflower
Carum carvi L.	Caraway
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers	Bermuda grass
Galega orientalis Lam.	Fodder galega
Gossypium spp.	Cotton
Hedysarum coronarium L.	Sulla
Oryza sativa L.	Rice
Papaver somniferum L.	Poppy
Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth	California bluebell
Phalaris aquatica L.	Harding grass, Phalaris
Phalaris canariensis L.	Canary grass
Poa palustris L.	Swamp meadowgrass
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench	Sorghum
Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.	Sudan grass
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x Sorghum Sudanese (Piper) Stapf.	Hybrids resulting from the crossing of Sorghum bicolor and Sorghum Sudanese
Trisetum flavescens (L.) P. Beauv	Golden oatgrass
Trifolium alexandrinum L.	Berseem, Egyptian clover
Trifolium incarnatum L.	Crimson clover
Trifolium resupinatum L.	Persian clover
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.	Fenugreek”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510) to implement, in part, Commission Directive 2009/74/EC amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 220/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (OJ No L 166, 27.6.2009, p 40).

The Directive amends the botanical names of certain species listed in Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in order to reflect revisions to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. It also amends those Directives to take account of new classifications of certain subspecies as independent species.

These Regulations also add the vegetable species Asparagus officinalis L. and Cichorium intybus L. to the list of species to which the provisions of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 apply.

A transposition note is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available from the Food and Environment Research Agency, Whitehouse Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 OLF.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811.

(2)

1972 c. 68. The power of the Secretary of State, as a designated Minister, to make regulations which extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland remains exercisable by virtue of section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and article 3(2) of S.I. 2000/2812 respectively.

(3)

S.I. 2001/3510, amended by S.I. 2004/2949, 2007/1871, 2008/2683 and 2009/1273.