By way of derogation from Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, Member States shall be authorised to allow for the introduction into their territory of bark-free sawn wood of Quercus L. originating in the United and covered by one of the CN codes and the descriptions set out in Section I(6) of Part B of Annex V to that Directive without being accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, provided that such wood complies with the conditions set out in the Annex to this Decision.