(4)Annex VII is amended as follows:
(o)the following points are added:‘116.Wood of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., other than in the form of:
ex44011200ex4403120044039100ex44039900ex44042000ex44061200ex4406920044079115440791314407913944079190ex44079927ex44079940ex44079990ex44092991ex44092999ex44160000ex94061000Canada, Türkiye and United StatesOfficial statement that:117.Wood in the form of chips, particles, shavings, wood waste and scrap obtained in whole or part from Castanea Mill. and Quercus L.ex44012290ex44014910ex44014990Canada, Türkiye and United StatesOfficial statement that the wood:118.Isolated bark of Quercus L.ex14049000ex44014910TürkiyeOfficial statement that the bark originates in an area established by the national plant protection organisation in the country of origin as being free from Agrilus bilineatus (Weber), in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, which is mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate under the rubric “place of origin”, provided that this freedom status has been communicated in advance in writing to the Commission by the national plant protection organisation of the country of origin.’
(p)in points 72.1, 72.2 and 72.3, in the third column, the list of countries is replaced by the following:‘Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, ZimbabweAfghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia (only the following parts: Far Eastern Federal District (Dalnevostochny federalny okrug), Siberian Federal District (Sibirsky federalny okrug), and Ural Federal District (Uralsky federalny okrug)), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen’;
(q)in points 32.2, 32.3, 32.4, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 and 108, in the third column, the list of countries is replaced by the following:‘Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia (only the following parts: Far Eastern Federal District (Dalnevostochny federalny okrug), Siberian Federal District (Sibirsky federalny okrug), and Ural Federal District (Uralsky federalny okrug)), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen’;
(8)Part A of Annex XI is amended as follows:
(g)point 12 (‘Wood, …’) is amended as follows:
(iii)in the tenth entry ‘Acer L., Aesculus L., Betula L., Fraxinus L., Populus L., Salix L. and Ulmus L., …’ is replaced by the following:‘Acer L., Aesculus L., Betula L., Fraxinus L., Populus L., Salix L. and Ulmus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surfaceFuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms:– Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms:– – Non-coniferous:ex44011200– Wood in chips or particles:– – Non-coniferous:– – – Other (than of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)):ex44012290– Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated:– – Other:– – – Bark and production waste, scrap, rejects and residues:
– – – Other:ex44014990Wood in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:– Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:– – Non-coniferous:ex44031200Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:– Other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:– – Of birch (Betula spp.):– – Of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.):44039700– – Of other:ex44039900Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise:– Non-coniferous:ex44042000Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood:– Not impregnated:– – Non coniferous:ex44061200– Other (than not impregnated):– – Non coniferous:ex44069200Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm:– – Of maple (Acer spp.):– – Of ash (Fraxinus spp.):– – Of birch (Betula spp.):– – Of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.):– – Of other:Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed:– – – Non-coniferous, other:Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves:ex44160000Prefabricated buildings of wood:ex94061000China, Japan, Lebanon, North Korea, South Korea, Switzerland and United States’
(iv)the following entries are added:(A)‘Juglans L. and Pterocarya Kunth, and including wood which has not kept its natural round surfaceFuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms:– Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms:– – Non-coniferous:ex44011200– Wood in chips or particles:– – Non-coniferous:– – – Other, than of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.):ex44012290– Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated:– – Sawdust:ex44014100– – Other:– – – Bark and production waste, scrap, rejects and residues:ex44014910– – – Other:ex44014990Wood in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:– Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:– – Non-coniferous:ex44031200Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:– Other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:– – Other:ex44039900Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise:– Non-coniferous:ex44042000Non-coniferous railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood:– Not impregnated:ex44061200– Other (than not impregnated):ex44069200Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm:– – Other:
Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm:Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed:– – – Non-coniferous, other:Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves:ex44160000Prefabricated buildings of wood:ex94061000United States’(B)‘Quercus and Castanea, including wood which has not kept its natural round surfaceFuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms:– Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms:– – Non-coniferous:ex44011200– Wood in chips or particles:– – Non-coniferous:– – – Other, than of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.):– Bark and production waste, scrap, rejects and residues:Wood in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:– Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:– – Non-coniferous:Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:– Other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:– – Of oak (Quercus spp.):– – Other:Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise:– Non-coniferous:Non-coniferous railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood:– Not impregnated:– Other (than not impregnated):Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm:– – Of oak (Quercus spp.):– – Other:Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed:– – – Non-coniferous, other:Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves:Prefabricated buildings of wood:Canada, Türkiye and United States’