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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)note, and in particular Article 230(1) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) 2016/429 requires that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin must come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed in accordance with Article 230(1) of that Regulation in order to enter the Union.
(2)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692note lays down the animal health requirements with which consignments of certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin from third countries or territories, or zones thereof, or compartments thereof in the case of aquaculture animals, must comply with in order to enter the Union.
(3)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404note establishes the lists of third countries, or territories, or zones or compartments thereof, from which the entry into the Union of the species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin falling within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 is permitted.
(4)More particularly, Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 set out the lists of third countries, or territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union, respectively, of consignments of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat from poultry and game birds.
(5)On 17 November 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry. The outbreak is located near Kirkham, Fylde, Lancashire in England and was confirmed on 17 November 2021 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6)On 19 of November 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry. The outbreak is located near Willington, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire in England and was confirmed on 19 November 2021 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(7)On 20 of November 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry. The outbreak is located near Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole in England and was confirmed on 19 November 2021 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(8)The veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom established a 10 km control zone around the affected establishments and implemented a stamping-out policy in order to control the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza and limit the spread of that disease.
(9)The United Kingdom has submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on its territory and the measures it has taken to prevent the further spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. That information has been evaluated by the Commission. On the basis of that evaluation, the entry into the Union of consigments of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat from poultry and game birds from the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom due to the recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza should no longer be authorised.
(10)Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should be therefore amended accordingly.
(11)Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom as regards highly pathogenic avian influenza, the amendments to be made to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency.
(12)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(1)Annex V is amended as follows:
(a)in Part 1, in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for zones GB-2.23, GB-2.24 and GB-2.25 are inserted after the row for zone GB-2.22:GB United Kingdom | GB-2.23 | Breeding poultry other than ratites and productive poultry other than ratites | BPP | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Breeding ratites and productive ratites | BPR | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Poultry intended for slaughter other than ratites | SP | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Ratites intended for slaughter | SR | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Day-old chicks other than ratites | DOC | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Day-old chicks of ratites | DOR | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites | POU-LT20 | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites | HEP | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Hatching eggs of ratites | HER | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites | HE-LT20 | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |GB-2.24 | Breeding poultry other than ratites and productive poultry other than ratites | BPP | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Breeding ratites and productive ratites | BPR | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Poultry intended for slaughter other than ratites | SP | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Ratites intended for slaughter | SR | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Day-old chicks other than ratites | DOC | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Day-old chicks of ratites | DOR | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites | POU-LT20 | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites | HEP | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Hatching eggs of ratites | HER | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites | HE-LT20 | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |GB-2.25 | Breeding poultry other than ratites and productive poultry other than ratites | BPP | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Breeding ratites and productive ratites | BPR | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Poultry intended for slaughter other than ratites | SP | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Ratites intended for slaughter | SR | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Day-old chicks other than ratites | DOC | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Day-old chicks of ratites | DOR | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites | POU-LT20 | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites | HEP | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Hatching eggs of ratites | HER | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites | HE-LT20 | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021; |
(b)in Part 2, in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following descriptions of the zones GB-2.23, GB-2.24 and GB-2.25 are inserted after the description of the zone GB-2.22:United Kingdom | GB-2.23 | Near Kirkham, Fylde, Lancashire, England:The area contained within a circle of a radius of 10km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates N53.79 and W2.84GB-2.24 | Near Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England:The area contained with a circle of a radius of 10km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates N50.73 and W1.82GB-2.25 | Near Willington, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England:The area contained with a circle of a radius of 10km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates N52.86 and W1.52;
(2)in Annex XIV, in Part 1, in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for zones GB-2.23, GB-2.24 and GB-2.25 are inserted after the row for zone GB-2.22:GB United Kingdom | GB-2.23 | Fresh meat of poultry other than ratites | POU | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Fresh meat of ratites | RAT | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |Fresh meat of game birds | GBM | N, P1 | | 17.11.2021 |GB-2.24 | Fresh meat of poultry other than ratites | POU | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Fresh meat of ratites | RAT | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Fresh meat of game birds | GBM | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |GB-2.25 | Fresh meat of poultry other than ratites | POU | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Fresh meat of ratites | RAT | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021 |Fresh meat of game birds | GBM | N, P1 | | 19.11.2021. |
Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended as follows:
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