The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

PART A N.I. Relevant material, from third countries, which may only be landed in Northern Ireland if special requirements are satisfied

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 Pt. A in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

(1) Item	(2) Description of relevant material	(3) Requirements of landing
[F1 1.	Wood of conifers (Coniferales), except that of Thuja L. or Taxus L., other than in the form of : chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or in part from these conifers, wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, wood of Libocedrus decurrens Torr. where there is evidence that the wood has been processed or manufactured for pencils using heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 82°C for a seven to eight day period, but including that which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Canada, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan or the USA, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle et al. is known to occur	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) it has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core) and there shall be evidence of that heat treatment by a mark “HT” put on the wood or on any wrapping in accordance with current usage and on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export; and (b) subsequent to its treatment the wood was transported, until leaving the country issuing that statement outside of the flight season of the vector Monochamus, taking into account a safety margin of four additional weeks at the beginning and at the end of the expected flight season or, except in the case of wood free from any bark, with a protective covering ensuring that infestation with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al. or its vector cannot occur]
[F1 2.	Wood of conifers (Coniferales) in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or in part from these conifers, originating in Canada, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan or the USA, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Bührer) Nickle et al. is known to occur	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) it has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core) the latter to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export; and (b) subsequent to its treatment the wood was transported, until leaving the country issuing that statement, outside of the flight season of the vector Monochamus, taking into account a safety margin of four additional weeks at the beginning and at the end of the expected flight season or, except in the case of wood free from any bark, with a protective covering ensuring that infestation with Bursaphelencus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al. or its vector cannot occur
[F1 3.	Wood of Thuja L. or Taxus L., other than in the form of: chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers, wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Canada, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan or the USA, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Bührer) Nickle et al. is known to occur	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) is bark-free; (b) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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; or (c) has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core) and there shall be evidence of that treatment by a mark “HT” put on the wood or on any wrapping in accordance with current usage and on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export
F2 . . .	F2 . . .	F2 . . .
[F3 5.	Wood of conifers (Coniferales), other than in the form of: chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers, wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including that which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Russia, Kazakhstan or Turkey	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) originates in an area or areas known to be free from: Monochamus spp. (non-European) Pissodes spp. (non-European) Scolytidae spp. (non-European), and the area or areas shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export under the rubric “place of origin”; (b) is bark-free and free from grub holes, caused by the genus Monochamus spp. (non-European), defined for this purpose as those which are larger than 3mm across; (c) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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; or (d) has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core) and there shall be evidence of that treatment by a mark “HT” put on the wood or on any wrapping in accordance with current usage and on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export]
[F3 6.	Wood of conifers (Coniferales), other than in the form of: chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers, wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including that which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in any third country other than: Russia, Kazakhstan or Turkey; a European country; Canada, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan or the USA, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Bührer) Nickle et al. is known to occur	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) is bark-free and free from grub holes caused by the genus Monochamus spp. (non-European) defined for this purpose as those which are larger than 3mm across; (b) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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; or (c) has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core), and there shall be evidence of that treatment by a mark “HT” put on the wood or on any wrapping in accordance with current usage and on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export
7.	Wood in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or in part from conifers (Coniferales), originating in: Russia, Kazakhstan or Turkey, or non-European countries other than Canada, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan or the USA, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Bührer) Nickle et al. is known to occur	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) originates in an area or areas known to be free from— (i) Monochamus spp. (non-European), (ii) Pissodes spp. (non-European), (iii) Scolytidae spp. (non-European), and that area shall be mentioned in the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export under the rubric “place of origin”; (b) has been produced from debarked round wood; (c) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved though an appropriate time/temperature schedule; or (d) [F4 has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core), the latter to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export]
[F5 8.	Wood packaging material, except: - raw wood of 6mm thickness or less, - processed wood produced by glue, heat or pressure or a combination thereof, or - dunnage which is associated controlled dunnage for the purposes of items 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10a, 11, 12a or 13 of Part A of Schedule 4, coming from any third country, except Switzerland	The wood packaging material shall: (a) be subject to one of the approved treatments as specified in Annex I to ISPM No. 15; and (b) display a mark as specified in Annex II to ISPM No. 15, indicating that it has been subjected to an approved phytosanitary treatment in accordance with this standard]
[F5 9.	Wood of Acer saccharum Marsh., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, other than in the form of: -wood intended for the production of veneer sheets, -chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, or -wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, originating in the USA or Canada	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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
10.	Wood of Acer saccharum Marsh., intended for the production of veneer sheets, originating in the USA or Canada	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in an area or areas known to be free from Ceratocystis virescens (Davidson) Moreau and is intended for the production of veneer sheets
[F6 10a.	Wood of Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr., Juglans mandshurcia Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch or Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., other than in the form of: - chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, obtained in whole or part from these trees; or - wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, furniture or other objects made of untreated wood, originating in Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan or the USA	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) its bark and at least 2.5 cm of the outer sapwood have been removed in a facility authorised and supervised by the national plant protection organisation; or (b) the wood has undergone ionizing irradiation to achieve a minimum absorbed dose of 1 kGy throughout the wood]
[F6 11.	Wood of Quercus L., other than in the form of : - chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap; - casks, barrels, vats, tubs or other coopers’ products or 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; or - wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) is squared so as to remove entirely the rounded surface; (b) is bark-free and the water content is less than 20% expressed as a percentage of the dry matter; (c) is bark-free and has been disinfected by an appropriate hot-air or hot water treatment; or (d) in the case of sawn wood, 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, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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
[F7 12.	Wood of Platanus L., other than in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Armenia, Switzerland or the USA	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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]
[F7 12a.	Wood of Betula L., other than in the form of: - chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, obtained in whole or part from these trees; or - wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, furniture or other objects made of untreated wood, originating in Canada or the USA where Agrilus anxius Gory is known to occur	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) its bark and at least 2.5cm of the outer sapwood have been removed in a facility authorised and supervised by the national plant protection organisation; or (b) the wood has undergone ionizing irradiation to achieve a minimum absorbed dose of 1 kGy throughout the wood
[F7 13.	Wood of Populus L., other than in the form of: - chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap; - wood packaging material, except associated controlled dunnage, but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in any country of the American continent	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) is bark-free; or (b) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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
[F8 14.	Wood in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, obtained in whole or in part from: - Acer saccharum Marsh., originating in the USA or Canada, or - Populus L., originating in any country of the American continent	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) has been produced from debarked round wood; (b) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule; or (c) has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration for 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core), the latter to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export]
[F9 14a.	Wood in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap obtained in whole or in part from Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., originating in Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and USA	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) it originates in an area recognised as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairemaire in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of the Directive, the area to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export]
[F9 14b.	Wood in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, obtained in whole or in part from Platanus L., originating in Armenia, Switzerland or the USA	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule; or (b) has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core), the latter to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export
[F9 14c.	Wood in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, obtained in whole or in part from Betula L.	The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in a country known to be free from Agrilus anxius Gory
15.	Wood in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste or scrap, obtained in whole or in part from Quercus L. originating in the USA	The wood is accompanied by an official statement that it: (a) has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule; or (b) [F10 has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core), the latter to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export]
[F11 16.	Isolated bark of conifers (Conferales), originating in any country outside Europe	The isolated bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) it has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the bark (including at its core), the latter to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export; and (b) subsequent to its treatment the bark was transported until leaving the country issuing that statement outside of the flight season of the vector Monochamus, taking into account a safety margin of four additional weeks at the beginning and at the end of the expected flight season, or with a protective covering ensuring that infestation with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al. or its vector cannot occur]
[F12 16a	Isolated bark and objects made of bark of Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., originating in Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and USA	The isolated bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that the bark originates in an area recognised as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairemaire in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of the Directive, the area to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export]
[F12 16b.	Bark or objects made out of bark of Betula L., originating in Canada or the USA where Agrilus anxius Gory is known to occur	The bark or objects made out of bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that the bark is free from wood
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[F14 18.	Wood of Fraxinus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in a third country	The wood shall: (a) be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in an area or areas known to be free from Chalara fraxinea T. Kowalski, including its teleomorph Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus in accordance with ISPM No. 4; or (b) be squared so as to remove entirely the rounded surface; or (c) be bark-free and the water content is less than 20% expressed as a percentage of the dry matter; or (d) if sawn, with or without residual bark attached, have undergone kiln-drying, to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time / temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kiln-drying 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]]]]]]]]]]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 Pt. Aitems 1-3 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(a)

F2 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 4 omitted (27.3.2015) by virtue of The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(b)

F3 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 5, 6 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(c)

F4 Words in Sch. 4 Pt. A item 7 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(d)

F5 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 8, 9 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(e)

F6 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 10a, 11 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(f)

F7 Sch. 4 Pt. Aitem 12, 12a, 13 substituted for Sch. 4 Pt. Aitem 12, 13 (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(g)

F8 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 14 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(h)

F9 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 14a - 14c substituted for Sch. 4 Pt. A item 14a (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(i)

F10 Words inSch. 4 Pt. A item 15 substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(j)

F11 Sch. 4 Pt. A substituted (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(k)

F12 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 16, 16a substituted for Sch. 4 Pt. A item 16 (27.3.2015) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(l)

F13 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 17 omitted (27.3.2015) by virtue of The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/129), arts. 1, 8(1)(m)

F14 Sch. 4 Pt. A item 18 inserted (6.11.2012) by The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (revoked) 2012 (S.R. 2012/400), arts. 1(2)(a), 2(9)