‘8.Wood used to wedge or support non-wood cargo, including that which has not kept its natural round surface, except raw wood of 6 mm thickness or less and processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof, coming from third countries, except Switzerland. | The wood shall:
(a) be made from debarked round wood and:
be subject to one of the approved measures as specified in Annex I to FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade, and
display a mark with at least the two-letter ISO country code, a code identifying the producer and the code identifying the approved measure applied to the wood packaging material in the mark as specified in Annex II to FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade. The letters “DB” shall be added to the abbreviation of the approved measure included in the said mark.
or on a temporary basis until 31 December 2007
(b) be made from bark-free wood that is free from pests and signs of live pests.’
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