Commission Decision of 27 June 2008 concerning interim protective measures against the dissemination of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode) in Portugal (notified under document number C(2008) 3312) (2008/489/EC) (repealed)

(a)

susceptible plants, those plants shall be accompanied by a plant passport prepared and issued in accordance with the provisions of Commission Directive 92/105/EEC(1), after:

• the plants have been officially inspected and found free from signs or symptoms of PWN, and

• no symptoms of PWN have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation;

(b)

susceptible wood and isolated bark, other than wood in the form of:

• chips, particles, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers,

• packing cases, crates or drums,

• pallets, box pallets or other load boards,

• dunnage, spacers and bearers,

but including that which has not kept its natural round surface, that wood and isolated bark shall be accompanied by the plant passport referred to in point (a), after the wood or the isolated bark has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum wood core temperature of 56 °C for 30 minutes in order to ensure freedom from live PWNs;

(c)

susceptible wood in the form of chips, particles, wood waste or scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers, that wood shall be accompanied by the plant passport referred to in point (a) after having undergone an appropriate fumigation treatment in order to ensure freedom from live PWNs;

(d)

susceptible wood, in the form of dunnage, spacers and bearers, including that which has not kept its natural round surface, as well as in the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet collars, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds, that wood shall be subject to one of the approved measures as specified in Annex I to the FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade. It shall display a mark enabling the identification of where and by whom the treatment has been carried out or be accompanied by the plant passport referred to in point (a) attesting to the measures carried out.

(1)

OJ L 4, 8.1.1993, p. 22.