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Part C RELEVANT MATERIAL, CONSIGNED DIRECTLY FROM A MEMBER STATE, WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO AND MOVEMENT WITHIN THE DENDROCTONUS MICANS PROTECTED ZONE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

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ItemDescription of relevant materialConditions of introduction and movementPlant passport required
1.Trees of conifers (Coniferales) over 3 metres in height, other than fruit or seedsWithout prejudice to article 4(1) and Part B of Schedule 2, the trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that the place of production is free from Dendroctonus micans KugelannYes
2.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales) in the form of:

  • fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms;

  • chips or particles;

  • wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms;

  • wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, except where treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives;

  • split poles, piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise;

  • railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), not impregnated;

  • wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, (in particular beams, planks, flitches, boards and laths);

  • packing cases, crates and drums;

  • pallets, box pallets and other load boards, other than pallets and box pallets where they satisfy the standard set up for “UIC-Pallets” and are marked accordingly

Without prejudice to article 4(1) and Part B of Schedulule 2,

  1. (a)

    the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

  2. (b)

    the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free from Dendroctonus micans Kugelann; or

  3. (c)

    there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Yes
3.Isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales)

Without prejudice to article 4(1) and Part B of Schedule 2, the bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that the consignment:

  1. (a)

    has been subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against bark beetles; or

  2. (b)

    originates in areas known to be free from Dendroctonus micans Kugelann

Yes
4.Wood of conifers (Coniferales) in the form of dunnage
(a)

The wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

(b)

it shall have undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

No
5.Used forestry machineryThe machinery shall be cleaned and free from soil and plant debrisNo