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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of26May1999
on emergency measures against the dissemination of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) as
regardsChina(except HongKong)
(notified under document number C(1999) 1346)
(1999/355/EC)
(OJ L 137, 1.6.1999, p. 45)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 1999/516/EC of 28 July 1999 L 197 43 29.7.1999
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of26May1999
on emergency measures against the dissemination of Anoplophora
glabripennis (Motschulsky)asregardsChina(except HongKong)
(notified under document number C(1999) 1346)
(1999/355/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976
on protective measures against the introduction into the Community oforganisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spreadwithin the Community(
1), as last amended by Commission Directive
98/2/EC(2), and in particular Article 15(3) thereof,
(1)Whereas, where a Member State considers that there is an immi-nent danger of the introduction into itsterritory of Anoplophora
glabripennis (Motschulsky) from a third country, it may
temporarily take any additional measures necessary to protectitself from that danger;
(2)Whereasasa res ult of interceptionsof Anoplophora glabripennis
(Motschulsky) on wooden packing material made from hard-wood originating in some areas of China, the United Kingdom
took official measures on 14 December 1998 in order to protect
its territory from the danger of introduction of the said organismand set up additional specific monitoring procedures for the saidorganism on the said commodity;
(3)Whereason the bas isof information provided by the UnitedKingdom and international scientific technical literature, HongKong isknown to be free from Anoplophora glabripennis
(Motschulsky);
(4)Whereas, on the basis of these interceptions emergency measuresapplicable to the whole Community should be taken with a view
to ensuring more efficient protection against the introduction ofAnoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) into the Community
from the said country with the exclusion of Hong Kong;whereas, these measures should include the requirement thatwood, other than wood of conifers( Coniferales ), originating in
China (except Hong Kong), in the form of:
— cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, pallets, box
pallets and other load boards, pallet collars, actually in use in
the transport of objects of all kinds,
or
— wood used to wedge or support cargo, including wood which
hasnot kept itsnatural round s urface,
shall be stripped of its bark and shall be free of insect bore holes
greater than 3 mm across, or kiln-dried to below 20 % moisturecontent, expressed as a percentage of dry matter achievedthrough an appropriate time/temperature schedule;
(5)Whereas, if it becomes apparent that the emergency measuresreferred to in Article 1 of this Decision, are not sufficient toprevent the entry of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) or
have not been complied with, more stringent or alternative
measures should be envisaged;
(6)Whereasthe effectsof the emergency meas ureswill be moni-tored and assessed continually during 1999 and possiblesubsequent measures will be considered in the light of the results1999D0355 — EN — 28.05.1999 — 000.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 15, 21.1.1998, p. 34.
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of that monitoring and assessment by 31 December 1999 at the
latest;
(7)Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on PlantHealth,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article I
1. Member States shall ban the introduction into and spread within,
the Community of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky).
2. Wood as specified in the Annex to this Decision and which origi-
natesin China (except Hong Kong) may be introduced into the territory
of the Community only if the emergency measures as laid down in thesaid Annex to this Decision are complied with. The emergencymeasures specified in the Annex shall apply only to such wood leavingChina on or after 10 July 1999.
Article 2
Without prejudice to the provisions of Commission Directive 94/3/
EC(
1), the importing Member States shall provide the Commission
and the other Member States, before 31 October 1999, with a detailedtechnical report on the official monitoring referred to in point 2 of theAnnex.
Article 3
The Member States shall adjust the measures which they have adopted
with a view to protecting themselves against the introduction andspread of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) in such a manner
that the measures comply with Article 1.
Article 4
This Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 1999 at the latest.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1999D0355 — EN — 28.05.1999 — 000.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 32, 5.2.1994, p. 37 and corrigendum: OJ L 59, 3.3.1995, p. 30.▼M1
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ANNEX
For the purpose of the provisions of Article 1, the following emergency
measures shall be complied with:
1. Wood, originating in China (except Hong Kong), other than wood of conifers
(Coniferales ), in the form of:
— cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, pallets, box pallets and
other load boards, pallet collars, actually in use in the transport of objects
of all kinds,
or
— wood used to wedge or support cargo, including wood which has not kept
isnatural round s urface,
shall be stripped of its bark and shall be free of insect bore holes greater than
3 mm across, or kiln-dried to below 20 % moisture content, expressed as a
percentage of dry matter achieved through an appropriate time/temperature
schedule.
2. Compliance with the provisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be monitored
by the responsible official bodies referred to in Directive 77/93/EEC.1999D0355 — EN — 28.05.1999 — 000.001 — 4