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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1993/schedule-5/part-A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1283",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/A",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "RELEVANT MATERIAL WHOSE CONSIGNMENT TO A MEMBER STATE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nItem\nDescription of relevant material\nConditions of consignment\nPlant passport required\n1.\nWood of Castanea Mill., except wood which has been stripped of its bark, in the form of:\nfuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms;\nchips or particles;\nwood waste and scrap, not agglomerated into logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms;\nwood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, except where treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives;\nsplit poles, piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise;\nrailway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood, not impregnated; or\nwood, 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)\nThe wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr\nYes\n2.\nWood of Platanus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, in the form of:\nfuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms;\nchips or particles;\nwood waste and scrap, not agglomerated into logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms;\nwood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, except where treated with paint, stains, creosote orother preservatives;\nsplit poles, piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise;\nrailway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood, not impregnated; or\nwood, 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);\nThe wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free from Ceratocystis fimbriata f.sp. platani Walter\nYes\n3.\nIsolated bark of Castanea Mill.\nThe bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that the consignment:\n(a) originates in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr; or\n(b) has been subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr\nYes\n4.\nTrees of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., other than fruit or seeds, originating in non-European countries\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation\nYes\n5.\nTrees of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., other than fruit or seeds, originating in North American countries\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that they originate areas known to be free from Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt\nYes\n6.\nTrees of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., other than seeds, intended for planting\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that either:\n(a) they originate in areas known to be free from Cryphonetria parasitica (Murrill) Barr; or\n(b) no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation\nYes\n7.\nTrees of Platanus L., other than seeds, originating in the USA or Armenia\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of Ceratocystis fimbriata f.sp. platani Walter have been observed at the place of production or its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation\nYes\n8.\nTrees of Populus L., other than seeds, intended for planting, originating in third countries\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of Melampsora medusae Thümen have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation\nYes\n9.\nTrees of Populus L., other than seeds, originating in countries of the American continent\nWithout prejudice to paragraph 8 above, the trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of Mycosphaerella populorum G E Thompson have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation\nYes\n10.\nTrees of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A Dietr., Pinus L., Pseudotsuga Carr., and Tsuga Carr., other than seeds, intended for planting\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of the following tree pests have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation:\nBursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle\nMelampsora medusae Thümen\nDendroctonus micans Kugelann\nIps amitinus Eichhoff\nIps duplicatus Sahlberg\nIps typographus Heer\nYes\n11.\nTrees of conifers (Coniferales), other than fruit and seeds, originating in non-European countries\nThe trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that they have been produced in nurseries and that the place of production is free from Pissodes spp. (non-European)\nYes\n12.\nTrees of conifers (Coniferales), other than fruit or seeds, over 3 metres in height, originating in non-European countries (other than trees of Abies Mill., Cedrus Trew, Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L., Larix Mill.,Picea A Dietr., Pinus L., Pseudotsuga Carr., or Tsuga Carr.)\nWithout prejudice to paragraph 11 above, the trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that they have been produced in nurseries and that the place of production is free from Scolytidae spp. (non-European)\nYes\n13.\nTrees of Pinus L., other than seeds, intended for planting\nWithout prejudice to paragraphs 11 and 12 above, the trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of Scirrhia acicola (Dearn.) Siggers or Scirrhia pini Funk et Parker have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation\nYes",
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