Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/288 of 18 January 2024 concerning the frequency of checks on wood packaging material carrying, protecting or supporting certain commodities from certain third countries

This Regulation sets out the frequency of checks on wood packaging material supporting, protecting or carrying the specified commodities that enter into the Union. This Regulation shall not apply to wood packaging material which is subject to the exemptions provided for in the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 – Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade (ISPM 15)

For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘specified commodities’ means commodities having all of the following characteristics: (a) they are supported by, protected by or carried in wood packaging material; (b) they originate in one of the third countries listed in the Annex; (c) they fall under one of the Combined Nomenclature codes (CN code) laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 , as listed in the Annex.

For the purpose of verifying compliance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, the competent authorities shall conduct plant health checks on wood packaging material supporting, protecting or carrying the specified commodities that enter into the Union, at a rate of at least 15 % of the consignments of the specified commodities.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply until 31 December 2026.