Specific import conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of wood packaging material
Article 43
1. Wood packaging material, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds, shall only be introduced into the Union territory if it fulfils all of the following requirements: (a) it has been subject to one or more of the approved treatments and complies with the applicable requirements set out in Annex 1 to the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade (ISPM15); (b) it is marked with the mark referred to in Annex 2 of ISPM15 attesting that it has been subject to the treatments referred to in point (a). This paragraph shall not apply to wood packaging material which is subject to the exemptions provided for in ISPM15. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 105 amending the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article to take into account the development of international standards, and in particular of ISPM15. Those delegated acts may also determine that wood packaging material not subject to the exemptions provided for in ISPM15 is exempted from the requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article or is subject to less stringent requirements.