ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Annexes I, II, and IV to Directive 2002/57/EC are amended as follows. 1. Annex I is amended as follows: (a) in point 1, the following subparagraph is added: "In the case of hybrids of swede rape, the crop shall be raised in a production ground where five years have elapsed since plants of Cruciferae were last grown."; (b) in point 2, the table is replaced by the following: ">TABLE>" (c) point 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity or, in the case of a crop of an inbred line, sufficient identity and purity as regards its characteristics. For the production of seed of hybrid varieties, the abovementioned provisions shall also apply to the characteristics of the components, including male sterility or restoration of fertility. In particular, crops of Brassica juncea, Brassica nigra, Cannabis sativa, Carthamus tinctorius, Carum carvi, Gossypium spp. and hybrids of Helianthus annuus and Brassica napus shall conform to the following standards or other conditions: A. Brassica juncea, Brassica nigra, Cannabis sativa, Carthamus tinctorius, Carum carvi and Gossypium spp. other than hybrids: the number of plants of the crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed: - one per 30 m2 for the production of basic seed, - one per 10 m2 for the production of certified seed; B. hybrids of Helianthus annuus: (a) >TABLE> (b) the following other standards or conditions shall be satisfied for the production of seed of hybrid varieties: (aa) sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component are in flower; (bb) where the female component plants have receptive stigmas, the percentage by number of female component plants which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed 0,5 %; (cc) for the production of basic seed the total percentage by number of plants of the female component which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the component and which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed 0,5 %; (dd) where the condition laid down in Annex II(I)(2) cannot be satisfied, the following conditions shall be satisfied: a male-sterile component shall be used to produce certified seed by using a male component which contains a specific restorer line or lines so that at least one third of the plants grown from the resulting hybrid will produce pollen which appears normal in all respects; C. hybrids of Brassica napus, produced using the male sterility: (a) >TABLE> (b) male sterility shall be at least 99 % for the production of basic seed and 98 % for the production of certified seed. The level of male sterility shall be assessed by examining flowers for the absence of fertile anthers; D. hybrids of Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense: (a) in crops to produce basic seed of parental lines of Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense, the minimum varietal purity of both the female and male parental lines shall be 99,8 % when 5 % or more of seed-bearing plants have pollen receptive flowers. The level of male sterility of the seed-bearing parent line shall be assessed by examining the flowers for the presence of sterile anthers and shall not be less than 99,9 %; (b) in crops to produce certified seed of hybrid varieties of Gossypium hirsutum and/or Gossypium barbadense, the minimum varietal purity of both the seed-bearing parent and the pollen parent line shall be 99,5 % when 5 % or more of seed-bearing plants have pollen receptive flowers. The level of male sterility of the seed-bearing parent line shall be assessed by examining the flowers for the presence of sterile anthers and shall not be less than 99,7 %."; (d) point 5 (B) is replaced by the following: "B. In cases other than crops of hybrids of Helianthus annuus, Brassica napus, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense, there shall be at least one inspection. In the case of hybrids of Helianthus annuus there shall be at least two inspections. In the case of hybrids of Brassica napus there shall be at least three inspections: the first shall be made before the flowering stage, the second at the early flowering stage and the third at the end of the flowering stage. In the case of hybrids of Gossypium hirsutum and/or Gossypium barbadense there shall be at least three inspections: the first shall be made at the early flowering stage, the second before the end of the flowering stage and the third at the end of the flowering stage after removal, where appropriate, of the pollen parent plants." 2. Annex II 1 is amended as follows: (a) in point 1 the words "other than hybrids" are inserted after the words "Brassica napus"; (b) the following point 1a is inserted after point 1: "1a. In the case of hybrids of Brassica napus produced using male sterility the seed shall conform with the conditions and standards set out in points (a) to (d). (a) The seed shall have sufficient identity and purity as regards the varietal characteristics of its components, including male sterility or restoration of fertility. (b) The minimum varietal purity of the seed shall be: >TABLE> (c) Seed shall not be certified as certified seed unless due account has been taken of the results of official post-control plot tests on samples of basic seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as certified seed to ascertain whether the basic seed has met the requirements for basic seed laid down in respect of identity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility, and the standards for basic seed laid down in respect of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b). In the case of basic seed of hybrids, the varietal purity may be assessed by appropriate biochemical methods. (d) The standards in respect of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b) in respect of certified seed of hybrids shall be monitored by official post-control tests on an appropriate proportion of samples taken officially. Appropriate biochemical methods may be utilised." 3. In Annex IV (A), the following point (aa) is inserted after point (a): "(aa) For certified seed of a varietal association: the information required under section (a), except that instead of the name of the variety, the name of the varietal association shall be (information 'varietal association' and its name) and the percentages by weight of the various components shown by variety shall be given; it shall be sufficient to give the name of the varietal association if the percentage by weight has been notified in writing to the purchaser, on request, and officially recorded."