
Article 1 
By way of derogation from the provisions set out under point 87 in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the introduction into the Union territory of wood of Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold and Zucc. (‘the specified wood’), as described in the Annex to this Regulation, originating in Canada and the United States, shall only be allowed under official statements referred to in options (a) and (c) of that point 87.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply until 30 June 2023.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 August 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX

Specified wood shall mean wood as described in the following table:

Plants, plant products and other objects CN codes
Wood of Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., other than in the form of
— chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap, obtained in whole or part from these trees,
— wood packaging material, in the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet collars, dunnage, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds, except dunnage supporting consignments of wood, which is constructed from wood of the same type and quality as the wood in the consignment and which meets the same Union phytosanitary requirements as the wood in the consignment,
but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, and furniture and other objects made of untreated wood ex 4401 12 00ex 4403 12 00ex 4403 99 00ex 4404 20 00ex 4406 12 00ex 4406 92 004407 95 104407 95 914407 95 99ex 4407 99 27ex 4407 99 40ex 4407 99 90ex 4408 90 15ex 4408 90 35ex 4408 90 85ex 4408 90 95ex 4416 00 00ex 9406 10 00