Commission Directive 2006/14/EC of  6 February 2006  amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community
Date: 2006-02-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, packaging product, plant health control, plant health legislation, technical standard, third country, wood product

L 34/24

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.2.2006

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/14/EC

of 6 February 2006

amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against
the
introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against
their spread within the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

addressing the Community’s concern about the presence
of bark on such wood packaging material in international
trade.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
on protective measures against
the introduction into the
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
their spread within the Community (1), and in
and against
particular point
the second paragraph of Article 14
thereof,

(d) of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

FAO International

in international
the

The
Standard for Phytosanitary
Measures (ISPM) No 15 on ‘Guidelines for regulating
trade’ was
wood packaging material
adopted in March 2002 by
Fourth Interim
(ICPM). The
Commission on Phytosanitary Measures
relevant provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC were
brought in line with those Guidelines by Commission
Directive 2004/102/EC of 5 October 2004 amending
IV and V to Council Directive
Annexes
2000/29/EC on protective measures against the intro-
duction into the Community of organisms harmful to
plants or plant products and against their spread within
the Community (2).

III,

II,

In addition to the measures approved under ISPM 15,
that
Directive 2004/102/EC includes a requirement
from
imported wood packaging material be made
debarked round wood.
ISPM No 15 made this an
option subject to technical justification. The application
of that requirement was postponed until 1 March 2006
by Council Directive 2005/15/EC of 28 February 2005
amending Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC on
the introduction into the
protective measures against
to plants or plant
Community of organisms harmful
products
the
and
Community (3).

spread within

against

their

(3)

The Community has requested that
ISPM No 15 be
reviewed at international level to include a requirement

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. Directive

amended by
Commission Directive 2005/77/EC (OJ L 296, 12.11.2005, p. 17).

last

as

(2) OJ L 309, 6.10.2004, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 56, 2.3.2005, p. 12.

(4) While the procedure for the review of ISPM No 15 is
under way and pending the results of that review, the
application of the Community requirement that wood
packaging material
imported from third countries be
made from debarked round wood should be postponed
temporarily.

(5)

(6)

Directive 2000/29/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 2000/29/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Annex IV, Part A, section I, point 2, the last paragraph at
the right hand column is replaced by the

the end of
following:

‘The first indent, requiring wood packaging material to be
made from debarked round wood, shall only apply from 1
January 2009. This paragraph shall be reviewed by 1
September 2007.’

2. In Annex IV, Part A, section I, point 8, the last paragraph at
the right hand column is replaced by the

the end of
following:

‘The first line of point (a), requiring wood packaging material
to be made from debarked round wood, shall only apply
from 1 January 2009. This paragraph shall be reviewed by 1
September 2007.’

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Article 2

Article 3

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 28 February 2006 at the latest.

This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such a reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission