Article 1 Authorisation to provide for derogation

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 the United States of America (hereinafter: ‘specified wood’) which, prior to its movement out of the United States of America, satisfies the conditions set out in the Annex to this Decision.