# 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), Article 1: Authorisation to provide for derogation

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

By way of derogation from Article 5(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC in conjunction with point 2.3 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to that Directive, Member States may authorise the introduction into their territory of wood of Fraxinus L. originating or processed in Canada (hereinafter: ‘specified wood’) which, prior to its movement out of Canada, satisfies the conditions set out in the Annex to this Decision.

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