COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/474 
of 18 March 2015 
amending Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU on the super vision, plant health check s and 
measures to be taken on wood packa ging mater ial actually in use in the transpor t of specif ied 
commodities originating in China 
(notifi ed under document C(2015) 1684) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regar d to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on prote ctive 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 fourth senten ce of Article 16(3) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Commission Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU (2) provides for the super vision, plant health checks and 
measures to be taken on wood packag ing mate rial actually in use in the transpor t of specifi ed commodities 
originating in China. 
(2)  Application of Implemen ting Decision 2013/92/EU has shown that the wood packag ing mater ial used in the 
transpor t of certain commodities originating in China continues to present a phytosanitary risk to the Union. 
Theref ore that Decision should continue to apply until 31 Marc h 2017. 
(3)  Plant health checks by Member States have shown that wood packag ing mate rial used in the transpor t of 
commodities of slate, glazed ceramics and flat-rolled products of iron or non-allo y steel was also contaminate d 
by harmful organisms, in particular Anoplophor a glabri pennis (Motsc hulsky). Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU 
should theref ore also cover those commodities. 
(4)  Commission Implementing Directive 2014/78/EU (3) delet ed point (8) of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to 
Directive 2000/29/EC. Theref ore referen ces to that point (8) in Articles 3 and 4 of Imp lementing Decision 
2013/92/EU should be deleted. 
(5)  Exper ience shows that a plant health check at a minimum frequency of 15 % is adequate , taking account of the 
phytosan itary risk of each commodity covered by this Decision, and the need to ensure a more propor tionate 
allocation of resources for the effective and efficient checking of all commodities in an equal manner . Theref ore, 
for certain commodities the frequency of plant health checks should be reduced from 90 % to 15 %. 
(6)  Exper ience shows that, in order to provide further detail on the inter ceptions recorded on wood packaging 
mate rial to the Chinese national plant protect ion organisation, it is necessar y that Member States repor t the 
information necessar y to identify the sources of unreliable marking and the reasons why a mark is considered 
incor rect. 
(7)  In order to allow consistency as regards the plant health checks carried out in the period from 1 October 2014 
to 31 March 2015 and the notification thereof, it is appropr iate to provide for a transitional arrange ment for that 
period. 20.3.2015 L 76/64 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU of 18 Febr uary 2013 on the super vision, plant health chec ks and measures to be 
taken on wood packaging mat erial actually in use in the transpor t of specified commodities originating in China (OJ L 47, 20.2.2013, 
p. 74). 
(3)Commission Implementing Directive 2014/78/EU of 17 June 2014 amending Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to Council Directive 
2000/29/EC on prot ective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and 
agai nst their spread within the Community (OJ L 183, 24.6.2014, p. 23). (8)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU is amended as follows:  
1. The first paragraph of Article 3 is replaced by the following: 
‘The wood packag ing mat erial of consignments of the specifi ed 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 confir m that the wood packa ging mat erial meets the requirements laid down in point (2) of 
Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC.’  
2. Article 4 is replaced by the following: 
‘Article 4 
Measures in case of non-compliance 
Where the plant health checks refer red to in Article 3 show that point (2) of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to 
Directive 2000/29/EC is not compl ied with or that the wood packag ing mater ial is contaminated by harmful 
organisms listed in Part A of Annex I to that Directive, the Member State concer ned shall immediately subject the 
non-com pliant wood packaging mate rial to one of the measures provided for in Article 13c(7) of that Directive ’.  
3. Article 5 is replaced by the following: 
‘Article 5 
Repor ting 
Without prejudice to Commission Directive 94/3/EC (*), Member States shall notify the number and the results of 
the plant health chec ks carried out in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of this Decision to the Commission using the 
repor ting template in Annex II by 31 July 2016 for the period from 1 Apr il 2015 to 31 March 2016 and by 31 July 
2017 for the period from 1 Apr il 2016 to 31 March 2017.  
(*)Commission Directive 94/3/EC of 21 Januar y 1994 establishing a procedure for the notifi cation of interception 
of a consignment or a harmful organism from third countr ies and presenting an imminent phytosanitar y danger 
(OJ L 32, 5.2.1994, p. 37).’  
4. The second paragraph of Article 7 is replaced by the following: 
‘Articles 1 to 4 shall apply until 31 March 2017.’  
5. Annex es I and II are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. 
Article 2 
As rega rds plant health chec ks carried out during the period from 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2015 and the 
notificati on of the number and the results thereof, Imp lementing Decision 2013/92/EU as it stood before being 
amended by this Decision shall continue to apply . 20.3.2015 L 76/65 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 18 March 2015. 
For the Commission 
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS 
Member of the Commission  20.3.2015 L 76/66 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
Annex I to Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU is replaced by the following: 
‘ANNEX I 
SPECIFIED COMMODITIES 
Combined Nomen ­
clature Code Descr iption Frequency of plant 
health chec ks (%) 
2514 00 00 Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or other wise, 
into bloc ks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape 15 
2515 Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building 
stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2,5 or more, and alabaste r, whether 
or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawi ng or other wise, into blocks or 
slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape 15 
2516 Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, 
whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or other wise, into 
blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape 15 
6801 00 00 Setts, curbst ones and flagst ones, of natural stone (excep t slate) 15 
6802 Worke d monumental or building ston e (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 gran ­
ules, chippings and powder , of natural stone (including slate) 15 
6803 00 Worke d slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate 15 
6908 Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hear th or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic 
cubes and the like, whether or not on a backi ng 15 
7210 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-allo y steel, of a width of 600 mm or 
more, clad, plated or coated 15’   20.3.2015 L 76/67 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Annex II to Implementing Decision 2013/92/EU is replaced by the following: 
‘ANNEX II 
REPORTING TEMPL ATE 
Repor t on the phytosanit ary impor t checks of wood packaging mater ial of each consignment of the specif ied commodities originating in China 
Repor ting Period: 
Repor ting Member State: 
Points of entr y involved: Place of inspection: number inspected at place of destination: 
number inspected at point of entr y:  
Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code: 
2514 00 00 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code: 2515 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code: 2516 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code: 
6801 00 00 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code: 6802 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code 6803 00 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code 6908 Combined 
Nomenclature 
Code 7210 
No of incoming consignments entering 
the EU via the repor ting Member State         
No of inspected consignments         
Of which No of consignments with com ­
pliant wood packaging mate rial         
Of which No of consignments inter­
cept ed with non-comp liant wood packa ­
ging mat erial         
—  Of which, with a harmful orga nism 
and without a compliant ISPM15 
mark (please provide breakdo wn per 
harmful organism and whether the 
mark is missing or incor rect) (1)         20.3.2015 L 76/68 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     —  Of which, with a harmful organism 
and a compl iant ISPM15 mark (please 
provide breakdo wn per harmful orga n­
ism) 
Please provide the countr y code, produ ­
cer/treatment provider code and treatment 
code of the ISPM 15 mark(s)                 
—  Of whic h, without a compl iant 
ISPM15 mark only (please provide 
breakdo wn between missing mark and 
incor rect mark) (1)         
(1)  Where applicable, please indicate the reasons why ISPM15 mark s were identif ied as incor rect (type, method of application, etc.)’   20.3.2015 L 76/69 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN