Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2521 of 15 December 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards requirements to prevent the entry into, and spread within, the Union territory, of Aromia bungii (Faldermann)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2521
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Article 1 Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072

Annexes VII, VIII, XI and XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 Entry into force

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annexes VII, VIII, XI and XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 are amended as follows:

(1)

in Annex VII, point 101 is replaced by the following:

‘101.

Wood in the form of chips, particles, shavings, wood waste and scrap obtained in whole or in part from Prunus spp.

ex 4401 22 90

ex 4401 49 90

ex 4401 49 10

China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Republic of Korea and Vietnam

Official statement that the wood:

(a)

originates in an area established by the national plant protection organisation in the country of origin as being free from Aromia bungii (Faldermann), in accordance with the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures ISPM 4(*). The pest free area shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate under the rubric ‘place of origin’; or

(b)

has been processed into pieces of not more than 2,5 cm thickness and width; or

(c)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56 °C for a minimum duration of 30 minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood, which is to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate referred to in Article 71 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031.’

(2)

Annex VIII is amended as follows:

(a)

the following point 17.4 is inserted after point17.3:

‘17.4

Plants for planting that have a stem diameter of 1 cm or more at their thickest point, of Prunus spp., originating in a demarcated area established pursuant to Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2520 or introduced into a place of production in such an area

Official statement that the plants have been grown during at least two years prior to movement, or in the case of plants which are younger than two years, throughout their life, in a place of production which fulfils the following requirements:

(a)

it has been subjected annually to at least two official inspections for any sign of Aromia bungii (Faldermann) carried out at appropriate times, and no such sign has been found, including where appropriate targeted destructive sampling on the stems and branches of plants, and

(b)

where the plants have been grown in a site:

(i)

with physical isolation against the introduction of Aromia bungii (Faldermann); or

(ii)

where official surveys for the presence or signs of Aromia bungii (Faldermann) have been carried out annually within a width of at least 1 km around the site at appropriate times, and no Aromia bungii (Faldermann) or signs of it were found and

(iii)

1.

preventive treatments have been applied; or

(iii)

2.

targeted destructive sampling has been carried out on each lot prior to movement, including targeted destructive sampling of branches and stems of plants.

The size of the sample for inspection under point (b) ii has been such as to enable the detection of at least 1 % level of infestation with a level of confidence of 99 %;

Rootstocks which meet the requirements of points a) and b) may be grafted with scions, which have not been grown under these conditions, but which are no larger than 1 cm in diameter at their thickest point.’

(b)

the following points are added:

‘33.

Wood of Prunus spp., originating in demarcated areas established pursuant to Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2520 or not originating but introduced into those demarcated areas, other than in the form of:

—

chips, particles, shavings, wood waste and scrap, obtained in whole or part from these plants;

—

wood packaging material, in the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet collars, dunnage, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds, except dunnage supporting consignments of wood, which is constructed from wood of the same type and quality as the wood in the consignments and which meets the same Union phytosanitary requirements as the wood in the consignment, but including that which has not kept its natural round surface.

Official statement that the wood has undergone:

a)

an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56 °C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood, including at its core, and indicated by the mark ‘HT’ on the wood or on any wrapping in accordance with current usage, or

b)

an appropriate ionising radiation to achieve a minimum absorbed dose of 1 kGy throughout the wood, to be indicated on the phytosanitary certificate referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/ 2031.

34.

Wood in the form of chips, particles, shavings, wood waste and scrap, obtained in whole or part from Prunus spp., originating in a demarcated area established pursuant to Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2520

Official statement that the wood:

(a)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56 °C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood (including at its core); or

(b)

has been processed into pieces of not more than 2,5 cm thickness and width.

35.

Wood packaging material of Prunus spp. originating in a demarcated area established pursuant to Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2520

The wood packaging material:

(a)

is made of debarked wood, as specified in Annex I to FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 on Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade, and has been subjected to one of the approved treatments as specified in Annex I to that International Standard, and

(b)

displays a mark as specified in Annex II to that International Standard, indicating that the wood packaging material has been subjected to an approved phytosanitary treatment in accordance with this standard.’

(3)

In Annex XI, part A, in point 12, the row ‘ Prunus L. including wood which has not kept its natural round surface’ is replaced by the following:

‘ Prunus L. including wood which has not kept its natural round surface

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

– Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms:

– – Non-coniferous:

ex 4401 12 00

– Wood in chips or particles:

– – Non-coniferous:

ex 4401 22 90

– Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated:

– – Wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated:

– – – Bark and production waste, scrap, rejects and residues:

ex 4401 49 10

– – – Other:

ex 4401 49 90

Wood in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:

– Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:

– – Non-coniferous:

ex 4403 12 00

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:

– Other:

ex 4403 99 00

Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise:

– Non-coniferous:

ex 4404 20 00

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood:

– Not impregnated

– – Non-coniferous:

ex 4406 12 00

– Other

– – Non-coniferous:

ex 4406 92 00

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm:

– – Of cherry ( Prunus spp.):

4407 94 10

4407 94 91

4407 94 99

– – Of other:

ex 4407 99 27

ex 4407 99 40

ex 4407 99 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:

ex 4408 90 15

ex 4408 90 35

ex 4408 90 95

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

ex. 4409 29 91

ex. 4409 29 99

Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves:

ex 4416 00 00

Prefabricated buildings of wood:

ex 9406 10 00

Canada, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, United States Vietnam’

(4)

in Annex XIII, the following points are inserted between points 4.3. and 5:

‘4.4.

Wood, other than in the form of chips, particles, shavings, wood waste and scrap originating in demarcated areas or wood retaining all or part of its round surface not originating but introduced into those demarcated areas of Prunus spp., as referred to in point 33 of Annex VIII.

4.5.

Wood in the form of chips, particles, shavings, wood waste and scrap originating in demarcated areas, obtained in whole or part from Prunus spp., as referred to in point 34 of Annex VIII.’.