The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2001
This Order implements Commission Decision 2001/219/EC of 12th March 2001 (OJ No. L81, 21.3.2001, p. 39) on temporary emergency measures in respect of wood packing comprised in whole or in part of non-manufactured coniferous wood originating in Canada, China, Japan and the United States of America. The Decision requires measures to be taken to protect the European Community against the pest Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al., the Pine Wood Nematode. Wood packing material produced from the coniferous wood, Thuja L., is excepted from the requirements of the Decision.