(4)Since the last amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160, by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1955note, Bulgaria has notified the Commission of thirteen additional outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments keeping ovine animals in the regions of Blagoevgrad, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Stara Zagora and Yambol, within the period from 20 to 31 August 2026. Several 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 Kardzhali and Yambol, where the disease had not been previously reported. In response, Bulgaria has established protection and surveillance zones in which the disease control measures laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are being applied.
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