(4)Since the last amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160, by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1746note, Bulgaria has notified the Commission of six additional outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments keeping ovine animals in the regions of Haskovo, Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad and Stara Zagora, within the period from 22 July to 5 August 2026. Five of those new outbreaks are located outside the restricted zones that were already established as a result of previous outbreaks, namely in the regions of Haskovo, Blagoevgrad and Stara Zagora, where the disease had not been previously reported. In response, Bulgaria has established protection and surveillance zones in the regions of Haskovo, Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad and Stara Zagora, in which the disease control measures laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are being applied.
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