What the classification says
Repair not to specifications.
How to spot it
New wood with no repair marking nail, mismatched board sizes or a nail pattern that differs from the rest of the pallet.
Why it matters
EPAL allows only licensed operations to repair EPAL pallets, and its poster treats any repair outside the specification as not fit for use. That includes repairs with the wrong materials, the wrong nails or the wrong dimensions, and repairs without the repair marking nail. Under ISPM 15 a repair must also use treated and marked wood or processed wood, so an unmarked new board can be a border problem as well as a grading one. Sell such pallets as non-EPAL wood or recycle them.
Effect on the pallet's class
Not fit for use and not exchangeable. See Not fit for use for the full criteria.
Repair
A licensed repairer can redo it; otherwise recycle.
If no licensed repairer is practical, sell sound timber as non-EPAL wood or send the pallets for recycling.