
Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 8(1) and point 87(a) and (b) of Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the introduction into the Union of ash (Fraxinus L.) wood originating or processed in Canada (‘the specified wood’), shall be subject to compliance with the special requirements set out in Article 2 and Part A of the Annex to this Regulation.
‘Specified wood’ is referred to in Part B of the Annex.
Article 2 

1. The specified wood shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued in Canada, certifying freedom from Union quarantine pests and pests not listed as Union quarantine pests, subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 after inspection.
2. The phytosanitary certificate shall include under the heading ‘Additional declaration’ the following elements:
(a) the statement ‘In accordance with European Union requirements laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/918’;
(b) the bundle number(s) corresponding to each specific bundle being exported;
(c) the name of the approved facility(ies) in Canada.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall expire on 30 June 2023.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 July 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX
PART A
1. 
The processing of the specified wood, as referred to in Article 1 must fulfil all the following requirements:
 (a) 
The specified wood is debarked, with the exception of any number of visually separate and clearly distinct small pieces of bark which comply with one of the following requirements:


((1)) they are less than 3 cm in width (regardless of length); or
((2)) if they are greater than 3 cm in width, the total surface area of each individual piece of bark is less than 50 cm2.
 (b) 
The specified sawn wood is produced from debarked round wood.
 (c) 
The specified wood is heated through its profile to at least 71 °C for 1 200 minutes in a heat chamber approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), or an agency approved by CFIA.
 (d) 
The specified wood is dried following industrial drying schedules of at least two-week duration, recognised by CFIA.

The final moisture content of the wood shall not exceed 10 % expressed as a percentage of dry matter.

2. 
The specified wood must be produced, handled or stored in a facility which fulfils all the following requirements:


((a)) it is officially approved by CFIA pursuant to its certification programme concerning the pest Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire;
((b)) it is registered in a database published on the CFIA website;
((c)) it is audited by CFIA, or an agency approved by CFIA, at least once per month and it has been concluded that it complies with the requirements of this Annex. In the case these audits are performed by an agency approved by CFIA, CFIA must carry out six-monthly audits of this work. The six-monthly audits shall include the verification of the procedures and documentation of the agency and audits at approved facilities;
((d)) it uses equipment for the treatment of wood which has been calibrated consistently with the equipment’s manual of operation;
((e)) it keeps records of its procedures for verification by CFIA or an agency approved by CFIA, including the duration of treatment, temperatures during treatment and for each specific bundle to be exported, the compliance check and final moisture content.

3. 
Each bundle of the specified wood must visibly display both a bundle number and a label with the words ‘HT-KD’ or ‘Heat Treated-Kiln Dried’. That label must be issued by, or under the supervision of, a designated officer of the approved facility after verifying that the processing requirements set out in point 1 and the requirements for facilities set out in point 2 have been complied with.

4. 
The specified wood destined for the Union must be inspected by CFIA, or an agency officially approved by CFIA, to ensure that the requirements laid down in points 1 and 3 are met.

PART B

1. Wood of Fraxinus L., 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
