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