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Ref : EIC 230/2/13

5 March 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 84/2005

European Union (EU)* : Amendment to the Revised Entry Requirements of Certain Wood Packaging Material

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 65/2005 of 28 February 2005, the Council of the EU has adopted a Directive to postpone the entry into force of the requirement to use debarked round wood for wood packaging material for one year until 1 March 2006. Details are set out in Council Directive 2005/15/EC (the Directive), a copy of which is attached (pdf format) to this circular for reference.

DETAILS

  1. Commercial Information Circular No. 65/2005 informed the trade of the revised entry requirements of certain wood packaging material into the EU from 1 March 2005 onwards. One of the entry requirements is that wood packaging material including wood used to wedge or support non-wood cargo should be made from debarked round wood (i.e. the debarking requirement). However, certain third countries have requested the EU to consider alternative methods to the debarking requirement. In view of this, research is now under way on various technical aspects of debarking wood, in particular the efficiency of 'pest risk reduction' of debarking. While awaiting the research results, the EU authorities considered it appropriate to postpone the application of the debarking requirement for one year and therefore adopted the Directive to announce that the debarking requirement for wood packaging material shall only apply from 1 March 2006.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.




Yours faithfully,



(Miss Sandra SOU)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



  • While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.