COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION  
of 18 February 2013  
on the supervision, plant health checks and measures to be taken on wood packaging material 
actually in use in the transport of specified commodities originating in China  
(notified under document C(2013) 789)  
(2013/92/EU)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union,  
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 
on protective measures against the introduction into the 
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products 
and against their spread within the Community (  1 ), and in 
particular the third sentence of Article 16(3) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Wood packaging material actually in use in the transport 
of objects of all kinds to the Union is to comply with 
points (2) and (8) of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to 
Directive 2000/29/EC.  
(2) Recent plant health checks by Member States have 
shown that wood packaging material used in the 
transport of certain commodities originating in China 
was contaminated by harmful organisms, in particular 
by Anoplophora glabripennis  (Motschulsky), causing 
outbreaks of those organisms in Germany, France, Italy, 
the Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom.  
(3) Therefore the wood packaging material of those 
commodities should be subject to the supervision 
referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC, to 
the plant health checks referred to in Article 13a(1)(b)(iii) 
of that Directive and, where appropriate, to the measures 
referred to in Article 13c(7) of that Directive. The results 
of those plant health checks should be notified to the 
Commission.  
(4) On the basis of the results notified to the Commission, a 
review should be carried out by 31 May 2014 to evaluate 
the efficacy of this Decision and to assess the phytos ­
anitary import risks to the Union of wood packaging 
material used in the transport of certain commodities 
originating in China.  
(5) This Decision should apply until 31 March 2015.  
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Standing 
Committee on Plant Health,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1  
Definitions  
For the purpose of this decision, the following definitions shall 
apply:  
(a) ‘wood packaging material’ means wood or wood products 
used in supporting, protecting or carrying a commodity, in 
the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar 
packings, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet 
collars and dunnage, actually in use in the transport of 
objects of all kinds; processed wood produced by glue, 
heat or pressure or a combination thereof and packaging 
material entirely composed of wood of 6 mm of thickness 
or less are excluded;  
(b) ‘specified commodities’ means commodities originating in 
China imported into the Union using the Combined 
Nomenclature codes listed in Annex I and meeting the 
descriptions laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2658/87 (  2 ); 
(c) ‘consignment’ means a quantity of goods being covered by a 
single document required for customs formalities or for 
other formalities.  
Article 2  
Supervision  
1. The wood packaging material of each consignment of the 
specified commodities shall be subject to customs supervision 
pursuant to Article 37(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2913/92 (  3 ) and to supervision by the responsible official 
bodies as referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC. 
Specified commodities may only be placed under one of the 
customs procedures as specified in Article 4(16)(a), (d), (e), (f) 
and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, if the formalities as 
specified in Article 3 have been completed.  
2. The responsible official bodies may require that airport 
authorities, harbour authorities or either importers or operators, 
as arranged between them, give, as soon as they are aware of 
the imminent arrival of the specified commodities, advance 
notice thereof to the customs office of the point of entry and 
to the official body of the point of entry.EN L 47/74 Official Journal of the European Union 20.2.2013  
( 1 ) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.  ( 2 ) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.  
( 3 ) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.Article 3  
Plant health checks  
The wood packaging material of consignments of the specified 
commodities shall be subject to the plant health checks 
provided for in Article 13a(1)(b)(iii) of Directive 2000/29/EC 
at the minimum frequencies set out in Annex I to this 
Decision to confirm that the wood packaging material meets 
the requirements laid down in points (2) and (8) of Section I of 
Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC.  
Plant health checks shall take place at the point of entry into 
the Union or the place of destination established in accordance 
with Commission Directive 2004/103/EC (  1 ) which shall apply  
mutatis mutandis . 
Article 4  
Measures in case of non-compliance  
Where the plant health checks referred to in Article 3 show that 
points (2) and (8) of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to 
Directive 2000/29/EC are not complied with or that the 
wood packaging material is contaminated by harmful 
organisms listed in Part A of Annex I to that Directive, the 
Member State concerned shall immediately subject the non- 
compliant wood packaging material to one of the measures 
provided for in Article 13c(7) of that Directive.  
Article 5  
Reporting  
Without prejudice to Commission Directive 94/3/EC (  2 ), 
Member States shall notify the number and the results of the 
plant health checks carried out in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of this Decision to the Commission using the reporting 
template in Annex II by 31 October 2013 for the period from 
1 April 2013 to 30 September 2013, by 30 April 2014 for the 
period from 1 October 2013 to 31 March 2014, by 31 October 
2014 for the period from 1 April 2014 to 30 September 2014 
and by 30 April 2015 for the period from 1 October 2014 to 
31 March 2015.  
Article 6  
Review  
This Decision shall be reviewed by 31 May 2014.  
Article 7  
Entry into force and end of application  
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2013.  
It shall apply until 31 March 2015.  
Article 8  
Addressees  
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  
Done at Brussels, 18 February 2013.  
For the Commission  
Tonio BORG  
Member of the CommissionEN 20.2.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 47/75  
( 1 ) OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p. 16.  
( 2 ) OJ L 32, 5.2.1994, p. 37.ANNEX I  
SPECIFIED COMMODITIES  
Combined Nomenclature 
Code  Description  Frequency of plant health 
checks (%)  
2514 00 00  Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or 
otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) 
shape  90 
2515  Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or 
building stone of an apparent specific gravity 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 rectangular (including square) 
shape  90 
2516  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 rectangular (including 
square) shape  90 
6801 00 00  Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)  15  
6802  Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles 
thereof, other than goods 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)  15EN L 47/76 Official Journal of the European Union 20.2.2013ANNEX II  
REPORTING TEMPLATE 
Report on the phytosanitary import checks of wood packaging material of each consignment of the specified commodities originati ng in China  
Reporting Period:  
Reporting Member State:  
Points of entry involved:  Place of inspection: number inspected at point of entry: 
number inspected at place of destination:  
Combined Nomenclature 
Code: 2514 00 00  Combined Nomenclature 
Code: 2515  Combined Nomenclature 
Code: 2516  Combined Nomenclature 
Code: 6801 00 00  Combined Nomenclature 
Code: 6802  
No of incoming consignments entering the EU via the reporting Member State  
No of inspected consignments  
— Of which, with a harmful organism and without a compliant ISPM15 mark 
(please provide breakdown per harmful organism and whether the mark is 
missing or incorrect)  
— Of which, with a harmful organism and a compliant ISPM15 mark (please 
provide breakdown per harmful organism)  
— Of which, without a compliant ISPM15 mark only (please provide breakdown 
between missing mark and incorrect mark)  
Total  No of inspected consignments intercepted with non-compliant wood 
packaging material  
Total  No of inspected consignments with compliant wood packaging materialEN 20.2.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 47/77