COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 763/2013
of 7 August 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 as regards the classification of certain plant species for the purposes of assessing the suitability of the denominations of varieties
(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 (1) and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (2), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
As regards certain species, the classes set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 of 22 July 2009 establishing implementing rules as to the suitability of the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (3) should be adapted to take into account changes in international botanical classification. The Community Plant Variety Office already included, in November 2012, those changes in the ‘Guidelines with explanatory notes on Article 63 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community Plant Variety Rights’.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 August 2013.