Spain: Agriculture approves modifications to the Commercial Variety Register

Published Mar 5, 2021

Tridge summary

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain has made changes to the Commercial Variety Register, as published in the Official State Gazette. The changes include the addition of several varieties such as cotton, rice, sunflower, bean, corn, clementine mandarin, melon, Sudan grass, and beet sugar bowl. The order also sets the conditions for the monitoring plan for maize varieties with the MON 810 genetic modification. Additionally, the order cancels the registration of certain species like artichoke, cotton, celery, and cauliflower, among others. Finally, the order grants plant variety titles to the clementine mandarin variety ‘Citrus Clementina Hort. Ex Tanaka’ and renews the registration of several other varieties.

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Original content

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has approved several modifications in the content of the Commercial Variety Register with the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE) of four regulations. Order APA / 190/2021 refers to the inclusion of various varieties in said registry, among which are the inscription of different species of cotton, rice, sunflower, bean, corn, clementine mandarin, melon, Sudan grass and beet sugar bowl. This regulation also specifies the requirements to be met by the monitoring plan to be carried out by applicants for maize varieties containing the MON 810 genetic modification. Order APA / 191/2021 focuses on the cancellation of registration Some species of artichoke, cotton, celery, rice, safflower, onion, Chinese cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Milan cabbage, cauliflower, curly leaf endive, spinach, tall fescue, and strawberry are on the Commercial Variety Register. Also from other species of sunflower, green bean, lettuce, red ...

Source: Valencia Fruits