Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/288 of 18 January 2024 concerning the frequency of checks on wood packaging material carrying, protecting or supporting certain commodities from certain third countries

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/288
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Regulation sets out the frequency of checks on wood packaging material supporting, protecting or carrying the specified commodities that enter into the Union.

This Regulation shall not apply to wood packaging material which is subject to the exemptions provided for in the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 – Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade (ISPM 15)  ( 5 )

Article 2 Definition

For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘specified commodities’ means commodities having all of the following characteristics:

(a)

they are supported by, protected by or carried in wood packaging material;

(b)

they originate in one of the third countries listed in the Annex;

(c)

they fall under one of the Combined Nomenclature codes (CN code) laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87  ( 6 ) , as listed in the Annex.

Article 3 Frequency rate of plant health checks

For the purpose of verifying compliance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, the competent authorities shall conduct plant health checks on wood packaging material supporting, protecting or carrying the specified commodities that enter into the Union, at a rate of at least 15 % of the consignments of the specified commodities.

Article 4 Entry into force and period of application

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

It shall apply until 31 December 2026.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX Specified commodities, Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes or TARIC codes and country of origin as referred to in Article 2

ANNEX

Specified commodities, Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes or TARIC codes and country of origin as referred to in Article 2

Description of the commodity

Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes or TARIC codes

Country of origin

Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape

2514

Belarus, China, India

Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2,5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape

2515

Belarus, China, India

Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

2516

Belarus, China, India

Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, in faggots or similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms

4401

Belarus, China, India

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packing, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood

4415

Belarus, China, India

Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)

6801

Belarus, China, India

Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801 ; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate)

6802

Belarus, China, India

Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate

6803

Belarus, China, India

Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing; finishing ceramics

6907

Belarus, China, India

Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm

7606

Belarus, China, India