From 1 March 2021, wood packaging material intended for the transport of certain goods originating in China, India and Belarus will be subject to phytosanitary checks on arrival in the EU at regular intervals.
ISPM 15 for International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures, corresponds to the regulation of wood packaging material used in international trade.
It describes the phytosanitary measures to be taken to reduce the spread of harmful organisms present in wood packaging by imposing a thermal or chemical treatment that results in an internationally recognised marking of the packaging. It should be noted that this specific marking is affixed to wood packaging material by professional operators duly authorised and controlled in relation to wood packaging.
Failures noted by the Member States will lead, as of March 1st 2021, to an evolution of this regulation. Indeed, wood packaging materials intended for the transport of certain goods originating from China, India and Belarus will be subject to phytosanitary checks on arrival in the EU at regular intervals.
These checks should take place at the border control post of first arrival in the EU and the operators responsible for importing the goods should, as soon as they have been notified of their arrival, notify the competent authority in advance.
These rules will apply until 31 December 2023.
The goods covered by this regulation are the following:
| Description of the goods | Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes or TARIC codes | Country of origin |
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Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape |
2514 | Belarus, China, India |
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Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent density of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape |
2515 | Belarus, China, India |
|
Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape |
2516 | Belarus, China, India |
|
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in twiglets, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust, wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms |
4401 | Belarus, China, India |
|
Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excluding frames and containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport) |
4415 | Belarus, China, India |
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Paving stones, kerbstones and paving slabs, of natural stone (other than slate) |
6801 | Belarus, China, India |
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Worked monumental or building stone (other than slate) and articles thereof, other than those of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder of natural stone (including slate) |
6802 | Belarus, China, India |
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Worked natural slate and articles of natural or agglomerated slate (slate) (except slate grains, granules, splinters and powders; stones for mosaics and the like; slate pencils, slate boards ready for use and slate for writing or drawing) |
6803 | Belarus, China, India |
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Ceramic floor or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes, dice and the like, whether or not on a backing (other than those of fossil siliceous flours or similar siliceous earths, refractory articles, trivet tiles, ornamental articles and special tiles for stoves) |
6907 | Belarus, China, India |
| Aluminium sheets and strips | 7606 | Belarus, China, India |
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Sources : Official Journal of the European Union