The Plant Health (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART A Application and interpretation

1.  This Schedule applies where Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) is confirmed to be present in a relevant UK territory.

2.  In this Schedule—

“appropriate time”, in relation to the felling of susceptible plants, means—

(a)

in the case of any plant identified outside the flight season of the plant pest, before the next flight season;

(b)

in the case of any plant identified during the flight season of the plant pest, immediately;

“demarcated area” means an area demarcated under paragraph 3;

“infested plant” means a plant which has been found to be infested with the plant pest;

“the plant pest” means Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky);

“the relevant period” means four consecutive years which includes at least one life cycle of the plant pest and the year after;

“susceptible plants” means plants for planting, other than seeds, that have a stem diameter of one cm or more at their thickest point of Acer spp., Aesculus spp., Alnus spp., Betula spp., Carpinus spp., Cercidiphyllum spp., Corylus spp., Fagus spp., Fraxinus spp., Koelreuteria spp., Platanus spp., Populus spp., Salix spp., Tilia spp. and Ulmus spp.;

“susceptible wood” means wood, obtained in whole or in part of the specified plants, other than wood packaging material, but including wood that has not retained its natural round surface which meets one of the following descriptions—

CN code	Description
CN 4401 10 00	Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms
CN 4401 22 00	Non-coniferous wood, in chips or particles
CN ex 4401 39 80	Other wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
CN 4403 10 00	Wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
CN 4403 92	Wood of beech (Fagus spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
CN ex 4403 99	Non-coniferous wood (other than, beech (Fagus spp.), poplar (Populus spp.) or birch (Betula spp.)), in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
CN 4403 99 10	Wood of poplar (Populus spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
CN 4403 99 51	Sawlogs of birch (Betula spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
CN 4403 99 59	Wood of birch (Betula spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than sawlogs
CN ex 4404 20 00	Non-coniferous split poles, piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise
CN 4406	Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
CN 4407 92 00	Wood of beech (Fagus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
CN 4407 93	Wood of maple (Acer spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
CN 4407 95	Wood of ash (Fraxinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
CN ex 4407 99	Non-coniferous wood (other than beech (Fagus spp.), maple (Acer spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.) or poplar (Populus spp.)), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
CN 4407 99 91	Wood of poplar (Populus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
CN 9406 00 20	Prefabricated buildings of wood