# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/204 of 3 February 2017 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 the United States of America, and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2416 recognising certain areas of the United States of America as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (notified under document C(2017) 420), 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/204/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-204/article-1
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