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Division 9 In Annex IV, part A, Section I, point 3 is replaced by the following:

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3.

Wood ofQuercus L., other than in the form of:

  • chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap,

  • casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves where there is documented evidence that the wood has been produced or manufactured using heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 176 °C for 20 minutes

    but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA.

Official statement that the wood:

  1. (a)

    is squared so as to remove entirely the rounded surface,

    or

  2. (b)

    is bark-free and the water content is less than 20 % expressed as a percentage of the dry matter,

    or

  3. (c)

    is bark-free and has been disinfected by an appropriate hot-air or hot water treatment,

    or

  4. (d)

    if sawn, with or without residual bark attached, has undergone kiln-drying to below 20 % moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule. There shall be evidence thereof by a mark “Kiln-dried” or “KD” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on any wrapping in accordance with current usage.

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