CHAPTER VI U.K. Certification of plants, plant products and other objects

Section 3 U.K. Other attestations

Article 96U.K.Marking of wood packaging material, wood, or other objects

1.The mark applied on wood packaging material, wood or other objects to attest that a treatment has been applied in accordance with Annex 1 to ISPM15 shall comply with the requirements set out in Annex 2 to ISPM15 in all of the following cases:

(a)wood packaging material introduced into [F1Great Britain] from a third country, as referred to in Article 43;

(b)wood packaging material marked within [F1Great Britain], moving out of [F1Great Britain] [F2to a third country or Northern Ireland];

(c)wood packaging material, wood or other objects moving within [F1Great Britain] [F3or into Great Britain from a CD territory, if so required by regulations made under Article 28(1) or 30(1), or by Article 41 or 54(1), or in the case of wood packaging material moving from Great Britain to a CD territory, if required by legislation in force in that CD territory;]

(d)any other wood packaging material, wood or other object marked within [F1Great Britain];

The mark shall only be applied where the wood packaging material, wood or other objects have been subject to one or more of the approved treatments referred to in Annex 1 to ISPM15, without prejudice to Regulations (EC) No 1005/2009(1), (EC) No 1107/2009(2) and (EU) No 528/2012(3) of the European Parliament and of the Council.

For wood packaging material, wood or other objects marked in [F4Great Britain], the mark shall only be applied by a registered operator authorised in accordance with Article 98.

Points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to wood packaging material which is subject to the exemptions provided for in ISPM15.

2.The [F5appropriate authority may by regulations amend] the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article in order to adapt them to the development of international standards and in particular to ISPM15.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 286, 31.10.2009, p. 1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).