Classification of wood in the rough

PURPOSE: to repeal Directive 68/89/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the classification of wood in the rough.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision No 714/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 68/89/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the classification of wood in the rough.

CONTENT: The Council adopted a Decision repealing, with effect from 31 December 2008, Council Directive 68/89/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the classification of wood in the rough.

Directive 68/69/EEC is repealed because the methods of measurement and classification it lays down differ from the methods of measurement and classification generally and currently applied in transactions between undertakings in the forestry sector and forest-based industries. They have also been found not to be suitable for market needs. As a result, after 31 December 2008, the mark ‘EEC classified’ will no longer be available for use in marketing. 

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 13/07/2007