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American Samoa	Argentina	Australia	Bolivia
Brazil	Bulgaria	Canada	Chile
China	Colombia	Costa Rica	Croatia
Cuba	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Egypt
European Union	Fiji	Guatemala	Guyana
Honduras	Hong Kong	India	Indonesia
Israel	Japan	Jordan	Kinmen - see Taiwan
Lebanon	Malaysia	Matsu - see Taiwan	Mexico
New Caledonia	New Zealand	Nicaragua	Nigeria
North Korea (DPRK)	Norway	Oman	Panama
Paraguay	Penghu - see Taiwan	Peru	Philippines
Samoa	Seychelles	South Africa	South Korea
Sri Lanka	Switzerland	Syria	Taiwan
Tanzania	Turkey	Ukraine	USA
Venezuela	Vietnam

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Country

Implementation

Government site

Supplementary information

American Samoa

Classed as USA

Argentina

1 January 2006

http://www.info.gov.ar/

WTO Phytosanitary agreement - Apr 2005
WTO notification (PDF)

Australia

1 January 2004

http://www.daff.gov.au/

ISPM15 - Solid Wood Packaging Country Implementation Dates
Notice to Industry
See our NEWS page for updates - to go there click HERE

Bolivia

24 May 2005

http://www.bolivia.gov.bo

WTO Phytosanitary agreement - July 2005

Brazil

See note

http://www.agricultura.gov.br/

Withdrawn implementation of ISPM15 and has reverted to previous legislation from 2004. However, wood packaging with IPPC mark will be accepted.

Bulgaria

1 June 2006

http://www.mzgar.government.bg

As of 1/1/07 Bulgaria joined the EU. Therefore European policies apply.

Canada

1 January 2006

http://www.gc.ca/

Canada’s Import Policy for Wood Packaging Materials
Entry requirements for Wood Packaging Materials - PDF

Chile

1 June 2005

http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/

Implementation of ISPM No 15 in Chile (3.64Mb)
WTO notification (PDF)

China

1 January 2006

http://english.aqsiq.gov.cn/

WTO notification (PDF)

Colombia

15 September 2005

http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/

WTO notification (PDF)

Costa Rica

19 March 2006

http://www.costarica.no/GOBIERNO.html

WTO notification Spanish Notification (PDF)

Croatia

1 January 2007

http://www.mps.hr/

Croatia.pdf

Cuba

1 October 2008

http://www.cubagob.cu/ingles/mapa.htm

Cuba08.pdf

Dominican Republic

1 July 2006

http://www.cedopex.gov.do/

WTO notification (PDF)

Ecuador

30 September 2005

http://www.ec-gov.net/

Spanish Notification (PDF)

Egypt

1 October 2005

http://www.egypt.gov.eg

WTO Notification (PDF)

European Union

1 March 2005

See appropriate country (click here for list)

WTO notification (PDF)

Applies from 1 July 2009:
In addition to the implementation of treatment and marking requirements described in ISPM 15, the new EC import requirements provide that the WPM instead of being produced from debarked round wood from 1 January 2009 onwards, will need to be free from bark with exception for the presence of any number of individual pieces of bark. These should be either less than 3 cm in width (regardless of the length) or, if greater than 3 cm in width, of not more than 50 cm2 in area. This latter free-from-bark requirement will be applicable from 1 July 2009 onwards.

WTO notification 2009 ammendment (PDF)

The enforcement date of the latest amendment to EC 2006/133/EC regarding Portugal will be postponed from 16 June 2009 to 1 January 2010. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FULL DETAILS

Fiji

Intention to implement

http://www.agriculture.org.fj/

fiji1.doc

Guatemala

16 September 2005

http://www.guatemala.gob.gt/

WTO notification (PDF)

Guyana

See note

http://www.forestry.gov.gy/

Formal sources indicate that Guyana has implemented ISPM15. However documentation on this matter is not yet available.

Honduras

25 February 2006

http://www.gob.hn/

WTO notification (PDF)

Hong Kong

Not required unless en-route to another destination
e.g. China

http://www.afcd.gov.hk

India

1 November 2004

http://www.plantquarantineindia.org

Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 3rd Amendment (Doc 30KB)

Indonesia

Expected September 2009

http://karantina.deptan.go.id/

Packing declaration advised.

Israel

Implementing on
23 June 2009.
Enforcement from
1 October 2009.

http://www.ppis.moag.gov.il/ppis

WTO notification (PDF)

Japan

1 April 2007

http://www.pps.go.jp

http://www.pps.go.jp/english/woodpack/index.html
http://www.pps.go.jp/english/faq/index.html
WTO notification (PDF)

Jordan

17 November 2005

http://www.nic.gov.jo/

WTO notification (PDF)

Lebanon

9 March 2006

http://www.agriculture.gov.lb/

http://www.agriculture.gov.lb/english_file/index_e.htm
http://www.ispm15.com/Decree _1_19e.pdf

Malaysia

To be advised.

http://www.mtc.com.my

Import of Sawn timber and Other Wood Products
Malaysian Compliance to ISPM15
http://www.doa.gov.my/pqnet/eng/enforcement/ispm_15.html

Mexico

16 September 2005

http://www.gob.mx/wb2/

WTO notification (PDF)

New Caledonia

1 June 2006

http://www.gouv.nc/

New Zealand

16 April 2003

http://www.maf.govt.nz

FAQ - Wood Packaging Material

Nicaragua

To be advised.

http://www.magfor.gob.ni/

Packing declaration & ISPM15 compliant packaging advised.
WTO notice of Intent (PDF)

Nigeria

30 September 2004

http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/

Packing declaration advised. Will accept wood packaging with IPPC marking.

North Korea (DPRK)

1 June 2005

http://www.korea-dpr.com/

Heat treated or Methyl Bromide treatment of WPM acceptable.

Norway

1 January 2009

http://www.regjeringen.no/

WTO notification (PDF)

Oman

December 2006

http://www.maf.gov.om/

WTO notification (PDF)

Panama

17 February 2005

http://www.presidencia.gob.pa/

WTO notification (PDF)

Paraguay

28 June 2005

http://www.mre.gov.py/es/
http://www.mre.gov.py/en/

WTO notification (PDF)

Peru

8 September 2005

http://www.senasa.gob.pe/

http://www.senasa.gob.pe/eng/~phytosanitary_quarantine_treatments

Philippines

1 January 2006

http://spsis.da.gov.ph/index.asp

PhilippinesRegulationISPM15.pdf (PDF)
Philippines - Guidelines for WPM (PDF)

Samoa

Phytosanitary certificate required unless ISPM15 compliant WPM.

http://www.govt.ws/

Seychelles

1 March 2006

http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/

WTO notification (PDF)

South Africa

1 January 2005

http://www.gov.za/

South African Notice of Compliance (PDF)
WTO notification (PDF)

South Korea

1 June 2005

http://english.maf.go.kr/index.jsp

WTO notification (Doc 47KB)

Sri Lanka

1 March 2004

http://www.priu.gov.lk/

http://www.agridept.gov.lk/
http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update

Switzerland

1 March 2005
May be regarded as EU

http://www.admin.ch/

http://www.aramis-research.ch/e/15863.html
WTO notification (Doc)

Syria

1 April 2006

http://www.syrian-agriculture.org/

Packing declaration advised.

Taiwan (also Penghu, Kinmen & Matsu)

First enforced:
1 November 2005
Fully enforced:
1 January 2009

http://www.gio.gov.tw/
http://www.baphiq.gov.tw

WTO notification (PDF)
Previous WTO notification (PDF)

Tanzania

No date set

http://www.tanzania.go.tz/

http://www.tanzania.go.tz/budgetspeech/2004
http://www.tanzania.go.tz/pdf/padepe.pdf (PDF)

Turkey

1 January 2006

http://www.igeme.org.tr/

http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/
WTO notification
http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/mev_ing/6968/zir_kar_yon2.pdf
http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/regulation/regulations/marking_wood.html

Ukraine

1 October 2005

http://www.kmu.gov.ua/

http://www.eppo.org/ABOUT_EPPO/EPPO_MEMBERS/countries/animation/ukraine.htm
https://www.ippc.int/servlet/CDSServlet?status=ND1ucHBvdWEmNj1lbiYzMz0qJjM3PWtvcw~~

USA

16 September 2005

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/plant_imports/wood_packaging_materials.shtml
WTO notification of emergency measures (Doc 43KB)

Venezuela

1 June 2005

http://www.venezuela.gov.ve/

http://www.mac.gov.ve/

Vietnam

5 June 2005

http://www.mard.gov.vn/

Vietnamese Government Sites

Members of European Union:

Austria

Germany

Netherlands

Belgium

Greece

Poland

Bulgaria

Hungary

Portugal

Cyprus

Ireland

Romania

Czech Republic

Italy

Slovakia

Denmark

Latvia

Slovenia

Estonia

Lithuania

Spain

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Luxembourg

Sweden

France

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