# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1970 of 11 December 2018 amending and extending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/412 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(2018) 8240), Article 1: Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/412

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

Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/412 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 2(2)(b)is replaced by the following:
‘(b)
the bundle number(s) corresponding to each specific bundle being exported;’
(2) In Article 5, ‘31 December 2018’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2020’.
(3) The Annex is amended as follows:
(a) In point 2(c), the following paragraph is added:
‘In the case these audits are performed by an agency approved by CFIA, CFIA must carry out six-monthly audits of this work. The six-monthly audits shall include the verification of the procedures and documentation of the agency and audits at approved facilities;’
(b) Point 4 is replaced by the following:
‘The specified wood destined for the Union must be inspected before export by CFIA, or an agency approved by CFIA, to ensure that the requirements laid down in points 1 and 3 are met’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1970/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1970/article-1
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