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. 2020 Jan 10;18(1):e05940. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5940

Table 5.

Traded wood and wood products that might comprise elm timber. Suggested pathways are listed with legislative measures which may result in S. tridentata detection during inspections required for other sanitary reasons

CN Codea Description Regulatory measures
  Solid wood packaging material (SWPM) if constructed using recently felled host timber Managed by ISPM 15 (need to treat wood materials of a thickness greater than 6 mm, used to ship products between countries)
ex 0602 Plants for planting, other than seeds, in vitro material and naturally or artificially dwarfed woody plants for planting, originating from all third countries

Included in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2019.

Ulmus plants for planting from North America are inspected […](2000/29 EC, Annex IV A I 14.).

4401 12 00 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms. Non‐coniferous Requires inspection (Annex V B)
ex 4401 22 00 Wood in chips or particles. Non‐coniferous Included in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2019
ex 4401 39 00 Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms. Others. Included in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2019
ex 4403 12 00 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared. Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives. Non‐coniferous Included in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2019
ex 4403 99 00 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared. Others.

Included in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2019.

Requires inspection (See 2000/29 EC Annex V B Section I 6 b).

4404 20 00 Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like. Non‐coniferous Requires inspection (Annex V B)
4406 12 00 Railway or tramway sleeps (cross‐ties) of wood. Not impregnated. Non‐coniferous Requires inspection (Annex V B)
ex 4407 99 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end‐jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm. Other

Included in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2019.

Requires inspection (See 2000/29 EC Annex V B Section I 6 b)

4408 90 Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end‐jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm. Other No phytosanitary measures required. Highly processed.
4409 29 Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V‐jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end‐jointed. Non‐coniferous. Other No phytosanitary measures required. Highly processed
4410 Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances No phytosanitary measures required. Highly processed
4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances No phytosanitary measures required. Highly processed
4412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood No phytosanitary measures required. Highly processed
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Chapter 44. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1602 of 11 October 2018 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff. Official Journal of the European Union L273, 61, 31 October 2018. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2018:273:FULL%26from=ENCN Code)