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Wood which has totally or partially retained its natural round surface, with or without bark, or which is presented in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, wood waste or scrap (a) where it has been obtained in whole or part from one of the order, genera or species as described hereafter, except wood packaging material, in the form of packing 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, except raw wood of 6 mm thickness or less, and processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof, originating outside the territories of the Parties: — Quercus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA, except wood which meets the description referred to in (b) of CN code 4416 00 00 and where there is documented evidence that the wood has been processed or manufactured using a heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 176 °C for 20 minutes, — Platanus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA or Armenia, — Populus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in countries of the American continent, — Acer saccharum Marsh., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA and Canada, — Conifers (Coniferales), including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in non-European countries, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey, and (b) meets one of the following descriptions laid down in Annex I, part 2 to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87: CN code Description 4401 10 00 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms 4401 21 00 Coniferous wood, in chips or particles 4401 22 00 Non-coniferous wood, in chips or particles 4401 30 10 Sawdust ex 4401 30 90 Other wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms 4403 10 00 Wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared 4403 20 Coniferous wood in the rough, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared 4403 91 Oak wood (Quercus spp.) in the rough, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared ex 4403 99 Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood specified in subheading note 1 to Chapter 44 or other tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.) or beech (Fagus spp.)), in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, not treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives ex 4404 Split poles: piles and pickets of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise 4406 Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood 4407 10 Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm 4407 91 Oak wood (Quercus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm ex 4407 99 Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood specified in subheading note 1 to Chapter 44 or other tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.) or beech (Fagus spp.)), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm 4415 Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood 4416 00 00 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves 9406 00 20 Prefabricated buildings of wood (c) — wood packaging material, in the form of packing 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, except raw wood of 6 mm thickness or less, and processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof, — wood used to wedge or support non-wood cargo, including that which has not kept its natural round surface, except raw wood of 6 mm thickness or less and processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof.’