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[^f00001] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[^f00002] in relation to the common agricultural policy and makes the following Regulations under the powers conferred by that section.

Title and commencement

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

Amendments

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• (1) The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001[^f00003] 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 officinalisL.”; 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.

SCHEDULE 1 — Varieties of plant species on National Lists: agricultural crop varieties

SCHEDULE 2 — Varieties of plant species on National Lists: vegetable varieties

SCHEDULE 3 — Derogated species: agricultural crop species

Signed

Bryan Davies — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 6th April 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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 officinalisL. and Cichorium intybusL. 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811.

[^f00002]: 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.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2001/3510, amended by S.I. 2004/2949, 2007/1871, 2008/2683 and 2009/1273.