Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/659 of 3 April 2025 establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the requirements for the introduction into the Union territory of veneer from several species of Acer L. originating in Canada and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072

This Regulation sets out specific measures for the introduction into the Union territory of maple (Acer L.) wood in the form of veneer of a thickness of 6 mm or less, originating in Canada.

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (a) ‘specified wood’ means wood of Acer saccharum Marsh, Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Acer buergerianum Miq., Acer negundo L., Acer palmatum Thunb., Acer paxii Franch. or Acer pseudoplatanus L., in the form of veneer of a thickness of 6 mm or less and originating in Canada; (b) ‘specified pests’ means Davidsoniella virescens (R.W. Davidson) Z.W. de Beer, T.A. Duong & M.J. Wingfield, Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato and Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld (non-EU isolates).

By way of derogation from the special requirements set out in points 85, 86, 102 and 111 of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the specified wood may be introduced into the Union territory if both of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the requirements laid down in point 1 of Annex I to this Regulation are fulfilled; (b) the National Plant Protection Organisation of Canada has submitted to the Commission, by 31 March of each year, an annual report on the activities carried out during the previous calendar year, containing all the elements set out in point 2 of Annex I to this Regulation.

The specified wood shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate bearing the following statement under the heading ‘Additional declaration’: ‘This consignment complies with the European Union requirements laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/659’.

Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended in accordance with the text set out in Annex II.

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 until 30 September 2029.