# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1137 of 10 August 2018 on the supervision, plant health checks and measures to be taken on wood packaging material for the transport of commodities originating in certain third countries (notified under document C(2018) 5245), Article 5: Measures in case of non-compliance

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

Where the plant health checks referred to in Article 4 show that point 2 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC is not complied with, or that the wood packaging material has been found infested by harmful organisms listed in Part A of Annex I to that Directive, the Member State concerned shall immediately subject the non-compliant wood packaging material to one of the measures provided for in Article 13c(7) of that Directive.
When such non-compliance or detection of such infestation is concluded in the place of destination, as referred to in Article 4 of this Decision, the Member State concerned shall ensure that the respective wood packaging material is immediately destroyed. Prior to that destruction, the wood packaging material shall be treated to ensure that no phytosanitary risks occur during and after that destruction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1137/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1137/article-5
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