30.5.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 135/29 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 28 May 2009 amending Decision 2006/133/EC requiring Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode) as regards areas in Portugal, other than those in which it is known not to occur (notified under document number C(2009) 3868) (2009/420/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (!), and in particular the fourth sentence of Article 16(3) thereof, Whereas: () ) 0] 0] In  accordance  with ~ Commission  Decision 2006/133[EC (%), Portugal is implementing an eradication plan against the dissemination of the pine wood nematode. On 16 January 2009 the United Kingdom informed the Commission of the interception of wood packaging material coming from Portugal containing live PWN and not marked in accordance with the FAO Inter- national Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade (hereinafter FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15) as required by Decision 2006/133/EC. On 20 February 2009 Belgium informed the Commission of five non-compliant consignments of bark and wood waste coming from Portugal. The inter- cepted bark was accompanied by certificates of phytosa- nitary treatment by fumigation. Yet Decision 2006/133[EC requires bark to undergo heat treatment. In the case of the intercepted consignment of wood waste, in addition, inconsistencies were found in the accompanying documentation. L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. L 52, 23.2.2006, p. 34. S On 11 February 2009, Spain informed the Commission of interceptions of consignments of bark and wood waste of susceptible wood coming from Portugal in which live PWN was found. On 20 February 2009 and 3 March 2009, Spain informed the Commission of inter- ceptions of consignments of susceptible wood coming from Portugal which were not accompanied by a plant passport, as required in accordance with point 1(a) of the Annex to Decision 2006/133/EC. On 3, 6 and 18 March 2009, Spain informed the Commission of interceptions of consignments of wood packaging material from Portugal not marked in accordance with FAO Inter- national Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 as required by Decision 2006/133/EC. On 1 April 2009, Ireland notified to the Commission the interception of wood packaging material coming from Portugal in which live PWN was found. Furthermore, Ireland notified on 21 April 2009 to the Commission the interceptions of four consignments of wood packaging material coming from Portugal not marked in accordance with FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15. On 24 March 2009 and 3 April 2009, Lithuania informed the Commission of the interception of wood packaging material coming from Portugal not marked in accordance with FAO International Standard for Phyto- sanitary Measures No 15. Inspections carried out by the Commission in Portugal from 2 to 11 March 2009 revealed that movements of wood and wood packaging material are not fully controlled, as required by Decision 2006/133/EC. In particular, inspectors discovered several cases of non- compliance while controlling road controls at the Spanish border. Consequently the risk cannot be excluded that PWN will be spread to areas outside the demarcated areas in Portugal.