Movement of certain wood and isolated bark out of demarcated areas
Article 7
1. The following material may only be moved from an infested zone into a buffer zone, and out of a demarcated area into the rest of the Union territory if it is accompanied by a plant passport: (a) wood of the specified plants other than wood packaging material; (b) wood of conifers (Pinales) in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers; and (c) isolated bark of conifers (Pinales). That plant passport shall be issued only when that material 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. 2. Wood to be treated in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article may only be moved out of the demarcated area under the following conditions: (a) there is no appropriate treatment facility available within the demarcated area; (b) the treatment is carried out in the closest treatment facility outside the demarcated area which is capable of doing such treatment; and (c) the transport takes place under official control and within enclosed vehicles, which ensure that spillage of the wood is prevented and that the specified organism cannot spread.