register a company for the manufacture and/or repair of wooden packaging materials

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

For business operators who produce packaging material from wood or repair or refurbish wood packaging in accordance with the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15), a registration obligation applies in accordance with Art. 65 of the Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

The registration obligation generally applies to the following businesses

Businesses that process packaging material made of wood
Businesses that use packaging material made of wood
with an ISPM 15 mark,
repair or refurbish in accordance with ISPM 15,
Companies that treat wood for packaging in accordance with ISPM 15 and place it on the market with a reference to the treatment.

Entrepreneurs (commercial activity) can only be entered once in the register of a competent authority. If an operator has several businesses or branches, reference is made to the branches in the official register.

Notes on ISPM 15:

The IPPC standard ISPM No. 15 for wood packaging material specifies phytosanitary treatment and monitoring measures to reduce the risk of spreading harmful organisms through wood packaging material in international trade.

The standard applies to all types of wood packaging material that can represent a transmission pathway for harmful organisms and thus a risk mainly to living trees. This includes wooden packaging material such as crates, boxes, packing cases, dunnage, pallets, cable drums and bobbins.

The following items are exempt from the requirements of the standard due to low risk:

Wooden packaging material made entirely of thin wood (with a thickness of 6 mm or less)
Wooden packaging made entirely of wood-based materials, such as plywood, compressed wood, OSB fiberboard or veneer, manufactured using glue, heat or pressure or a combination thereof
Barrels for wine and spirits that have been heated during manufacture
Gift boxes for wine, cigars and other types of goods made from wood that has been treated or manufactured in such a way that they are free from harmful organisms
Sawdust, wood shavings and wood wool
Wooden components that are permanently attached to means of transportation and containers.

The prerequisite for registration is the existence of the registration obligation and complete application documents.
The suitability test for new companies to be registered must show that the person responsible is able to implement the IPCC Standard ISPM No. 15 and that the company's facilities enable this.
The contact persons named in the registration application must have appropriate knowledge of plant health in accordance with the activity carried out by the operator and be personally available to the staff of the competent authority if required.

The following information is required:

Contact details: Name, address in the member state of registration and contact details of the entrepreneur.
Declaration by the entrepreneur stating his/her intention to carry out one or more activities under Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.
Site plan: This is required for all companies that have other buildings / areas in addition to their office that are relevant to phytosanitary activities (e.g. nursery quarters, greenhouses).
Information on other business premises: Information is required for all companies that have other operating sites (with their own address) in addition to their head office. Pure production areas (e.g. nursery quarters) are not counted as business premises, but must be indicated on the site plan.

If contact details change, you must submit a request for an update within 30 days.
Every year by April 30, any changes to the information on the intended exercise of activities in accordance with Art. 65 para. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on the product groups, plant species, genera or families that are produced or traded, as well as the location of the cultivation areas and business premises must be updated. If there are no changes, there is no need to submit an application for an update.

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