Draft amendments to annexes of Regulations relating to plants and 
measures against pests – July 2018  
 
1. Amendments to Annex 3. Plants and other regulated articles which are prohibited 
to import if they originate in the following areas  
In No 6.1, the text in the second column  under Plants and other regulated articles  is replaced 
by:  
Amelanchier Medik. ,  
Aronia Medik. ,  
Choenomeles Lindl. ,  
Cotoneaster Medik. ,  
Crataegus L. ,  
X Crataemespilus E.G. Camus ,  
Cydonia Mill., except C. oblonga Mill. when used or to be used as rootstock for Pyrus 
communis L. (edible fruit) , 
Eriobotrya Lindl. ,  
Malus Mill. except production trees of M. domestica Borkh.(edible fruit), and other species of 
Malus Mill. when used or to be used as rootstock for M. dome stica Borkh. (edible fruit) ,  
Mespilus L. Photinia Lindl. ,  
Pyracantha M.J. Roem. ,  
Pyrus L. except production trees of P. communis L. (edible fruit), and other species of Pyrus 
L. when used or to be used as rootstock for Pyrus communis L. (edible fruit) , 
Sorbus L. ,  
Stranvaesia Lindl. . 
 
2. Amendments to Annex 4A. Specific requirements for the import of certain plants 
and other regulated articles  
2.1  
In No. 38, the text in the second column  (Plants and other regulated articles ) is replaced by :  
Plants  (other than seeds and fruit ), but including live pollen for pollination, of  
- production trees of Malus domestica  Borkh. (edible fruit)  
- other species of Malus Mill. when used or to be used as rootstock for M. domestica 
Borkh  (edible fruit)  
- production trees  of Pyrus communis  L. (edible fruit)  
- other species of Pyrus  L. when used or to be used as rootstock for Pyrus communis 
L. (edible fruit)  
- Cydonia oblonga  Mill. when used or to be used as rootstock for Pyrus communis  L. 
(edible fruit)  
  2.1 
In No. 39, the text in the third column (Specific requirements ) Alternative 4  is replaced by  
 
Alternative 4:  
In respect of wood originating or processed in USA  or Canada , the wood satisfies the 
following conditions:  
4.1) Processing requirements  
The processing of the wood must fulfil all of the following requirement s: 
a) Debarking  
The wood is debarked, with the exceptions of any number of visually separate and clearly 
distinct small pieces of wood which comply with one of the following requirements:  
a i) they are less than 3 cm in width (regardless of length)   
or 
a ii) if they are greater than 3 cm in width , the total surface area of each individual piece of 
bark is less than 50 cm2  
 
and 
b) Sawing  
The sawn wood is produced from debarked round wood  
and 
c) Heat treatment  
The wood is heated through its profile to at least 71 °C for 1200 minutes in a heat chamber 
approved by the national plant inspection service  or an agency approved by  the national 
plant inspection service . 
and 
d) Drying  
The wood is dr ied following industrial drying schedules of at least two -week duration, 
recognised by the national plant inspection service . The final moisture content of the wood 
shall not exceed 10 % expressed as a percentage of dry matter.  
and 
4.2.   Requirements for facilities  
The wood must be produced, handled or stored in a facility which fulfils all the following 
requirements:  
a) The facility is officially approved by the national plant inspection service  pursuant to its 
certification programme concerning Agrilus planipennis  Fairmaire.  
and 
b) The facility is registered in a database published on the website  of the national plant 
inspection service . 
and c) The facility is audited by the national plant inspection service , or an agency approved by 
the national plant i nspection service , at least once per month and it has been concluded that 
it complies with the requirements of Annex 4A No 39. Alternative 4.  
and 
d) The facility uses equipment for the treatment of the wood which has been calibrated 
consistently with the equipment's manual of operation  
 
and 
e) The facility keeps records of its procedures for verification by the national plant inspection 
service or an agency approved by the national plant inspection service , including the duration 
of treatment, temperatures during treatment and the final moisture content for each specific 
bundle to be exported.  
 
and 
4.3. Labelling  
Each  bundle of the wood must visibly display both a bundle number and a label with the 
words ‘HT -KD’ or ‘Heat Treated -Kiln Dried’. That label must be issued by, or under the 
supervision of, a designated officer of the approved facility after verifying that the  processing 
requirements set out in point 4.1 and the requirements for facilities set out in point 4.2 have 
been complied with.  
 
and 
4.4. Pre -export inspections  
The wood must be inspected by the national plant inspection service , or an agency officially 
approved by the national plant inspection service , to verify that it before export to Norway 
has undergone all phytosanitary procedures and measures allowing to conclude that the 
wood is free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire.  
 
and 
4.5. Phytosanitary certificate  
The phytosanitary certificate shall include under the heading «Additional declaration» the 
following elements :  
a)  the statement “ In accordance with  the requirements of regulations relating to plants and 
measures against pests  Annex  4A, No. 39, Alternative  4.» 
and 
b) the bundle  number(s)  
and 
c) the name of the approved facility(ies) in USA or Canada .