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Article 21

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply as from 3 March 2013. However, Articles 6(2), 7(1), 8(7) and 8(8) shall apply as from 2 December 2010.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Strasbourg, 20 October 2010.

For the European Parliament

The President

J. BUZEK

For the Council

The President

O. CHASTEL

(1)
OJ C 318, 23.12.2009, p. 88.

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 22 April 2009 (OJ C 184 E, 8.7.2010, p. 145), position of the Council at first reading of 1 March 2010 (OJ C 114 E, 4.5.2010, p. 17) and position of the European Parliament of 7 July 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3)
OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.

(4)
OJ L 347, 30.12.2005, p. 1.

(5)
OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1.

(6)
OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26.

(7)
OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(8)
OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.

(9)
OJ L 144, 4.6.1997, p. 19.

ANNEX

Timber and timber products as classified in the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
 (1)
, to which this Regulation applies

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4401 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms

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4403 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

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4406 Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

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4407 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

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4408 Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

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4409 Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed

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4410 Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances

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4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances

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4412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

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4413 00 00 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes

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4414 00 Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects

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4415 Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood

(Not packing material used exclusively as packing material to support, protect or carry another product placed on the market.)

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4416 00 00 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves

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4418 Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes

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Pulp and paper of Chapters 47 and 48 of the Combined Nomenclature, with the exception of bamboo-based and recovered (waste and scrap) products

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9403 30 , 9403 40 , 9403 50 00 , 9403 60 and 9403 90 30 Wooden furniture

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9406 00 20 Prefabricated buildings

(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

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