Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down rules for the performance of specific official controls of wood packaging material or wood products (excluding paper products) intended for supporting, protecting or carrying a commodity entering F1Great Britain, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of all kind (‘wood packaging material’), and measures in case of non-compliance.

This Regulation also establishes cases where and conditions under which the competent authorities may request operators to notify the arrival of certain consignments entering Great Britain in which wood packaging material is present.

This Regulation does not apply to wood packaging material referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 concerning the exemptions provided under the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 — Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade (ISPM15).