# Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC, Article 96: Marking of wood packaging material, wood, or other objects

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

1. The mark applied on wood packaging material, wood or other objects to attest that a treatment has been applied in accordance with Annex 1 to ISPM15 shall comply with the requirements set out in Annex 2 to ISPM15 in all of the following cases:
(a) wood packaging material introduced into Great Britain from a third country, as referred to in Article 43;
(b) wood packaging material marked within Great Britain, moving out of Great Britain to a third country or Northern Ireland;
(c) wood packaging material, wood or other objects moving within Great Britain or into Great Britain from a CD territory, if so required by regulations made under Article 28(1) or 30(1), or by Article 41 or 54(1), or in the case of wood packaging material moving from Great Britain to a CD territory, if required by legislation in force in that CD territory;
(d) any other wood packaging material, wood or other object marked within Great Britain;
The mark shall only be applied where the wood packaging material, wood or other objects have been subject to one or more of the approved treatments referred to in Annex 1 to ISPM15, without prejudice to Regulations (EC) No 1005/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009 and (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
For wood packaging material, wood or other objects marked in Great Britain, the mark shall only be applied by a registered operator authorised in accordance with Article 98.
Points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to wood packaging material which is subject to the exemptions provided for in ISPM15.
2. The appropriate authority may by regulations amend the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article in order to adapt them to the development of international standards and in particular to ISPM15.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-96
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