L 331)24 Official Journal of the European Union 17.12.2005 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2005/91/EC of 16 December 2005 amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species ('), and in particular Article 7(2) (a) and (b) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Directive 2003/90/EC () was adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been established. For other varieties that Directive provides that the guidelines of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply. () The CPVO has since established further guidelines for a number of other species. (3)  Directive 2003/90/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (4)  The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agri- culture, Horticulture and Forestry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Annexes I and 1I to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive. (") OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1). () O] L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7. Atrticle 2 For examinations started before 1 April 2006, Member States may decide to apply the text of Directive 2003/90/EC applying before its amendment by the present Directive. Atrticle 3 Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 March 2006 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 2006. 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. Atrticle 4 This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Atrticle 5 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 December 2005. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission