SCHEDULE 16Emergency measures: Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

PART AApplication 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—

    1. a

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

    2. 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