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SCHEDULE 5PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH MUST BE SUBJECT TO A PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION — AT THE PLACE OF PRODUCTION IF ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY, BEFORE BEING MOVED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY — IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR THE CONSIGNOR COUNTRY, IF ORIGINATING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY — BEFORE BEING PERMITTED TO ENTER THE COMMUNITY

Part B:Plants, Plant Products and Other Objects Originating in Territories, Other Than Those Territories Referred to in Part A

II.Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential carriers of plant pests of relevance for certain protected zones.

7.  Wood where it:

(a)has been obtained in whole or part from conifers (Coniferales), other than Pinus L., originating in European third countries, and

(b)meets one of the following descriptions laid down in Annex I Part II of Regulation (EEC) No.2658/87

CN CodeDescription
Pallets and box pallets (CN code ex441520) are also exempted where they satisfy the standards set up for 'UIC-Pallets' and are marked accordingly.
4401 10Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms
4401 21Wood in chips or particles
ex 4401 30Wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
4403 20

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:

  • other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives,

ex 4404 10Split poles: piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise:
4406 10

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties):

  • not impregnated

ex 4407 10Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm in particular, beams, planks, flitches, boards, laths
4415 10Packing cases, crates and drums
4415 20Pallets, box pallets and other load boards

Pallets and box pallets (CN code ex 4415 20) are also exempted where they satisfy the standards set up for “UIC-Pallets”and are marked accordingly.