Council Directive 2005/15/EC of 28 February 2005 amending Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community

• Published date: 13 June 2006

2.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/12

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2005/15/EC

of 28 February 2005

amending Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), and in particular point (d) of the second paragraph of Article 14 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 2004/102/EC (2) amends Annexes II, III, IV and V to Directive 2000/29/EC and is to be implemented by the Member States by 1 March 2005.

(2) Directive 2004/102/EC contains provisions related to wood and wood products. The measures related to pallets, boxes and dunnage align Community measures with the FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No 15 on ‘Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade’ which was adopted in March 2002 by the Fourth Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (ICPM).

(3) Standard No 15 describes that wood packaging (including dunnage) made of coniferous and non-coniferous raw wood, should be subjected to approved measures such as heat treatment (56 °C for a minimum of 30 minutes) or fumigation with Methyl Bromide. Moreover the wood should display a specified mark to certify that the wood has been subjected to an approved measure.

(4) The Standard also

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