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2012/535/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of… Article 12

2012/535/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of… Article 12

Measures in case of non-compliance with Article 10

Article 12

Where the checks referred to in Article 11 show that Section 1 or 2 of Annex III is not complied with, the Member State which carried out those checks shall immediately subject the non-compliant material to one of the following measures: (a) destruction; (b) movement under official supervision to a treatment facility specifically authorised for this purpose, where it is subjected to a heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 56 °C for at least 30 minutes throughout the susceptible wood and bark ensuring freedom from live PWNs and live vectors; (c) where the non-compliant material consists of wood packaging material actually in use in the transport of objects, and without prejudice to Annex III, return under official supervision to the place of dispatch, or a location nearby the location of the interception, for repackaging of those objects and destruction of that wood packaging material, while avoiding any risk of spreading of PWN.

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