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 , and in particular Article 7(2) (a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Directive 2003/90/EC 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
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).
OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1.
OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7.