15. 11. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 313/39 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 14 November 1588 amendmg Directive 77/93/EEC on protectlve measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants of plant producm - (88/572/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ‘COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in partlcular Article 43 * thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Comrmttee ®, Whereas by Directive 77/93/EEC (¥), as last amended by Directive 88/272/EEC (%), the Council laid down protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of orgamsms harmful to plants or plant products ; Whereas, having regard to developments since then, certain of its provisions should be amended; Whereas the scope of the Directive should be clarified in respect of ‘wood’ ; whereas, in particular, it is useful to follow the detailed descriptions of ‘wood’ set out in Annex I, Part II of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3985/87 (); Whereas the rules relating to import inspections in intra- Community trade should be atlapted to Community () OJ No 186, 13. 7. 1984, pp. 6 and 11. () OJ No C 300, 12. 11. 1984, p. 53. () OJ No C 25, 28. 1. 1985, p. 31. % O] No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. OJ No L 116, 4. 5. 1988, p. 19. 9 OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. case-law and to other devélopoments, in fm‘ticular to the - increased confidence which has been progressively established between Member States regardmg the correct operation of mspectlon systems in the con51gnor Member States ; Whereas mutual information on interceptions should be made mandatory ; Whereas the rules relating to import inspections in the case of imports from third countries should be completed by provisions relating to consignments not declared to contain plants, plant products or other objects which must be subjected to a plant health inspection in the country of origin before being permltted to enter any of the Member States, \ HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 77/93/EEC is amended as follows: 1. Article 2 (2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. Paragraph 1 (b) and the other provisions of this Directive, save where it is expressly provided otherwise, concern wood only in so far as it retains all or part of its natural round surface, with or without bark, or as it is in the form of chnps, particles, sawdust, wood waste or scrap. P