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IPPC mark

The IPPC mark is the ISPM 15 compliance mark: a border containing the IPPC wheat-ear symbol on the left, and on the right a two-letter country code, a producer or treatment-provider code, and a treatment code such as HT. It must be legible, permanent and not hand drawn.

Document
GLS-018
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Glossary
Last reviewed
Sources
2 cited

The parts

  1. The IPPC symbol, left of a vertical line.
  2. The ISO two-letter country code of the country where the wood was treated.
  3. A unique code the national plant protection organisation gave the producer or treatment provider.
  4. The treatment code: HT, DH, MB or SF.

The country and producer code are separated by a hyphen. ISPM 15 lets the layout vary a little, but only these components may sit inside the border.

Where to find it

ISPM 15 asks for the mark on at least two opposite sides of the unit. EPAL pallets carry it on the central blocks of the long sides, next to the EPAL markings.

Common problems

Faded or partly ground-off marks, hand-drawn marks, and extra logos inside the border. Paste what you see into our stamp decoder to check the structure.

Sources

Last reviewed . Figures come from these publications; follow the links for the current versions.

  1. ISPM 15, Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade (adopted 2018, published 2019), IPPC Secretariat / FAO
  2. EPAL Euro pallet (EPAL 1), load-carrier page, European Pallet Association e.V.

What do you need to do with them?

Pick one. Each form takes about a minute and goes to one partner, not a list of dealers.

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