Announcement n◦ 3/2020 of the Community Plant Variety Office. Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on test guidelines 06/03 and 21/04/2020

Technical examinations which are initiated or are to be approved by the Community Plant Variety Office must be performed in accordance with the test guidelines which have been adopted by the Administrative Council. Technical examinations started prior to the decision are not affected unless otherwise announced. The plant species concerned as well as the date of the decision are accordingly published in the Official Gazette of the Office. The technical protocol can be consulted through the website of the Office, or upon request can be transmitted by the Office. Technical questionnaires for the plant species called in question were amended accordingly. The technical questionnaires can be downloaded from the website, or upon request can be sent by the Office.

Decisions were taken in respect of the following plant species:

Avena sativa L.

Avena nuda L.

Brassica napus L. emend. Metzg.

Brassica oleracea L. var italica Plenck

Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees

Capsicum annuum L.

Cucumis melo L. 

Cynara cardunculus L.

Geranium L.

Guzmania Ruiz et Pav.

Lobelia alsinoides Lam.

Lobelia erinus L.

Lobelia valida L. Bolus

Hybrids between Lobelia erinus and Lobelia alsinoides

Hybrids between Lobelia erinus and Lobelia valida

Ribes uva-crispa L.

Portulaca grandiflora Hook

Portulaca oleracea L.

Portulaca umbraticola Kunth

Pisum sativum L.

Solanum lycopersicum L.

Solanum habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner

Solanum lycopersicum L. x Solanum habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner

Solanum lycopersicum L. x Solanum peruvianum (L.) Mill.

Solanum lycopersicum L. x Solanum cheesmaniae (L. Ridley) Fosberg

Solanum pimpinellifolium L. x Solanum habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner

Spinacia oleracea L.