Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/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 the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 74)

Article 1 U.K. Amendments to Directive 66/401/EEC

Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 2(1)(A) is amended as follows:

(a)

Point (a) is amended as follows:

(i)

in the title, the word ‘Gramineae’, is replaced by the words ‘Poaceae (Gramineae)’;

(ii)

in the entry starting with ‘Agrostis gigantea’, the words ‘Agrostis gigantea’ are replaced by the words ‘Agrostis gigantea Roth’;

(iii)

in the entry starting with ‘Arrhenatherum elatius’, the words ‘Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. S et K.B Presl.’ are replaced by the words ‘Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl’;

(iv)

after the entry starting with ‘Festuca arundinacea’, the following entry is inserted:

‘Festuca filiformis Pourr.- Fine leaved sheep’s fescue’;

(v)

in the entry starting with ‘Festuca pratensis’, the words ‘Festuca pratensis Hudson’ are replaced by the words ‘Festuca pratensis Huds.’;

(vi)

after the entry starting with ‘Festuca rubra’, the following entry is inserted:

‘Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina — Hard fescue’;

(vii)

in the entry starting with ‘Phleum bertolonii’, the words ‘Phleum bertolonii DC — Timothy’ are replaced by the words ‘Phleum nodosum L. — Small timothy’;

(viii)

the entry starting with ‘Festuca spp. x Lolium spp.’ is replaced by the following:

‘xFestulolium Asch. & Graebn. — Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium’.

(b)

Point (b) is amended as follows:

(i)

in the title, the word ‘Leguminosae’, is replaced by the words ‘Fabaceae (Leguminosae)’;

(ii)

in the entry starting with ‘Lupinus angustifolius’ the words ‘Lupinus angustifolius L. — Blue lupin’ are replaced by the words ‘Lupinus angustifolius L. — Narrow leaved lupin’;

(iii)

in the entry starting with ‘Medicago x varia’ the words ‘Medicago x varia T. Martyn — Lucerne’ are replaced by the words ‘Medicago x varia T. Martyn — Sand lucerne’;

2.

Annexes II and III to Directive 66/401/EEC are amended in accordance with part A of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2 U.K. Amendments to Directive 66/402/EEC

Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 2(1)(A) is amended as follows:

(a)

the entry starting with ‘Avena sativa’ is replaced by the following entries:

‘Avena nuda L. — Small naked oat, Hulless oat.

Avena sativa L. (includes A. byzantina K. Koch) — Oats and Red oat;

Avena strigosa Schreb. — Black oat, Bristle oat’;

(b)

the entry starting with ‘x Triticosecale’ is replaced by the following:

‘xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus — hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale’;

(c)

in the entry starting with ‘Triticum aestivum’, the words ‘Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol.’ are replaced by the words ‘Triticum aestivum L.’;

(d)

in the entry starting with ‘Sorghum sudanense’, the words ‘Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.’ are replaced by the words ‘Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf’;

(e)

the entry for ‘Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench × Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf. — Hybrids resulting from the crossing of Sorghum and Sudan grass’ is replaced by the following:

‘Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench × Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf. — Hybrids resulting from the crossing of Sorghum bicolor and Sorghum sudanense’.

2.

Annexes I, II and III to Directive 66/402/EEC are amended in accordance with part B of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 3 U.K. Amendments to Directive 2002/55/EC

Annexes II and III to Directive 2002/55/EC are amended in accordance with part C of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 4 U.K. Amendments to Directive 2002/57/EC

Directive 2002/57/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 2(1)(b) is amended as follows:

(a)

In the entry starting with ‘Brassica juncea’, the words ‘Brassica juncea (L.) and Czernj and Cosson’ are replaced by the words ‘Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.’.

(b)

In the entry starting with ‘Brassica nigra’, the words ‘Brassica nigra (L.) Koch’ are replaced by the words ‘Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch’.

(c)

The entry starting with ‘Papaver somniferum’ is replaced by the following:

‘Papaver somniferum L. — Poppy’.

2.

Annexes I, II and III to Directive 2002/57/EC are amended in accordance with part D of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 5 U.K. Transposition

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 2010 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 6 U.K. Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 7 U.K. Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.