# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/412 of 17 March 2016 authorising Member States to provide for a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of ash wood originating or processed in Canada (notified under document C(2016) 1635), Division (a): Debarking

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The specified wood is debarked, with the exception of any number of visually separate and clearly distinct small pieces of bark which comply with one of the following requirements:
(a) they are less than 3 cm in width (regardless of length) or
(b) if they are greater than 3 cm in width, the total surface area of each individual piece of bark is less than 50 cm2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/412/annex/division/1/division/a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-412/annex/division-1/division-a
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