
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 930/2000 is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 4, point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) “closely related species” shall have the meaning as defined in the Annex to this Regulation.';
2.. the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 930/2000 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall not apply to variety denominations which have been proposed by the applicant to the competent authority for their approval before the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 August 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


‘ANNEX 
“Closely related species”, as referred to in Article 4(b), shall have the following meaning:


((a)) if there is more than one class within a genus, the list of classes in point 1 shall apply;
((b)) if classes encompass more than one genus, the list of classes in point 2 shall apply;
((c)) as a general rule, for genera and species not covered by the list of classes in points 1 and 2, a genus is considered to be a class.


1.Classes Scientific names
Class 1.1 Brassica oleracea
Class 1.2 Brassica other than Brassica oleracea
Class 2.1 Beta vulgaris — sugar beet, fodder beet
Class 2.2 Beta vulgaris — beetroot including Cheltenham beet, spinach beet or chard
Class 2.3 Beta other than classes 2.1 and 2.2.
Class 3.1 Cucumis sativus
Class 3.2 Cucumis melo
Class 3.3 Cucumis other than classes 3.1 and 3.2
Class 4.1 Solanum tuberosum
Class 4.2 Solanum other than class 4.1

2.Classes Scientific names
Class 201 Secale, Triticale, Triticum
Class 203 Agrostis, Dactylis, Festuca, Festulolium, Lolium, Phalaris, Phleum and Poa
Class 204 Lotus, Medicago, Ornithopus, Onobrychis, Trifolium
Class 205 Cichorium, Lactuca

