G/TBT/N/ESP/38  
27 March  2018 
(18-1903) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : SPAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente  
(Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Sanidad de la Producción Agraria (Directorate -General of Agrarian 
Health)  
Tel.: (+34) 91347 5042  
Fax: (+34) 91347 8248  
Bzn-dgspa@mapama.es  
http://www.mapama.gob.es/es/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered  (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
HS code 44 . Wood packaging material, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, such as packing 
cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packing s, pallets, box pallets and other load 
boards, pallet collars, dunnage, which are used or not used for the transport of goods of all 
kinds.  
The following are not covered:  
(a) Wood in the rough, of a thickness not exceeding 6mm;  
(b) Wood packaging made enti rely from processed wood material, such as plywood, 
particle board, oriented strand board and veneer which are produced using glue, heat and 
pressure, or a combination thereof;  
(c) Barrels of wine and spirits that have been heated during manufacture, to en sure that 
they are free of pests, in accordance with the requirements established by this Order;  
(d) Gift boxes for wine, cigars and other commodities made from wood that has been 
processed and/or manufactured in a way that renders it free of pests;  
(e) Sa wdust, wood shaving, wood wool;  
(f) Wood components permanently attached to freight vehicles and containers.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
orden por la que se establecen los requisitos fitosanitarios  para la entrada de embalajes y 
estibas de madera en la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias  (Draft Order establishing the 
phytosanitary requirements for the entry of wood packaging material and dunnage into the 
Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands) (3 pag es, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ESP/38  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Order establishes the phytosanitary technical 
standard to be met by wood packaging material, including wood dunnage, in accordance 
with International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15: Regulation of 
wood packaging material in international trade, for the entry of wood packaging material 
and dunnage into the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicab le: Due to the particular agro -climatic and ecological conditions in the Canary 
Islands, it was necessary to establish a specific regulation on plant health.  
This regulation seeks to protect the phytosanitary status of the archipelago from pests and 
other harmful organisms that may be introduced through imports of plants, plant products 
and other items.  
This regulation is set out in the Order of 1 2 March 1 987 establishing phytosanitary 
standards, for the Canary Islands, on the importation, exportation and t ransit of plants and 
plant products.  
Wood packaging material and dunnage accompanying consignments in international trade 
have been found to be vectors of pests . This risk has been assessed through the 
International Plant Protection Convention under which International Standards for 
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15: Regulation of wood packaging material in 
international trade, of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, was 
created, which seeks to reduce the risk of quarantine pests being introduced and spread 
via international trade movements of raw wood packaging material.  
It is necessary to establish compliance with the terms contained in ISPM No. 15 for wood 
packaging material and dunnage that are imported into or enter the Autono mous 
Community of the Canary Islands.  
8. Relevant documents:  
http://www.mapama.gob.es/es/agricultura/participacion -
publica/Orden_MAPAMA_NIMF15_IICC_rev.aspx   
9. Proposed date of adoption : 1 October 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 5 April 2 019 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
http://www.mapama.gob.es/es/agricultura/participacion -
publica/Orden_MAPAMA_NIMF15_IICC_rev.aspx