Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594

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This text since 26 Aug 2026law://eu/reg/2023/594/art_51@2026-11-13

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Article 51Specific conditions for derogations authorising movements within restricted zones I, II and III and from those restricted zones of consignments of meat products obtained from wild porcine animals#

1.By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in Article 49(1), the competent authority of the Member State concerned may authorise movements within and from restricted zones I, II or III of consignments of meat products obtained from wild porcine animals from establishments located in restricted zones I, II or III to:

(a)other restricted zones I, II or III situated in the same Member State concerned;

(b)areas outside restricted zones I, II and III of the same Member State concerned; and

(c)other Member States and to third countries.

2.The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall only authorise movements of consignments of meat products obtained from wild porcine animals from establishments located in a restricted zone I, II or III referred to in paragraph 1 subject to compliance with the following conditions:

(a)pathogen identification tests for African swine fever have been carried out for each wild porcine animal used for the production and processing of the meat products in the restricted zones I, II and III;

(b)the competent authority obtained negative results of the pathogen identification tests for African swine fever referred to in point (a) before the treatment referred to in point (c)(ii);

(c)the meat products from wild porcine animals:

(i)were produced, processed and stored in establishments designated in accordance with Article 44(1); and

(ii)have undergone the relevant risk-mitigating treatment for products of animal origin from restricted zones in accordance with Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, as regards African swine fever.

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Key facts

Type: Implementing regulation · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 16 Mar 2023
In force: 16 Apr 2023
Applies from: 21 Apr 2023
Text current to: 26 Aug 2026
Made by: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Official: EUR-Lex 32023R0594 · ELI

Topics

animal plague animal product EU Member State live animal swine transport of animals veterinary inspection wild mammal Live animals, germinal products and products of animal origin Veterinary legislation

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animal by-products approved plant
means a plant approved by the competent authority in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
approved germinal product establishment
means an establishment defined in Article 2, point (2), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686;
area listed in Annex II
means an area of a Member State listed in Annex II:
Category 2 materials
means animal by-products referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 obtained from kept porcine animals;
Category 3 materials
means animal by-products referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 obtained from kept porcine animals;
germinal products
means porcine semen, oocytes and embryos obtained from kept porcine animals for artificial reproduction;
porcine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates of the family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
previously disease-free Member State or zone
means a Member State or zone of a Member State, where African swine fever has not been confirmed either in kept or in wild porcine animals during the preceding period of twelve months;
registered germinal product establishment
means an establishment defined in Article 2, point (1), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686.
restricted zone I
means an area of a Member State listed in Part I of Annex I with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures and bordering restricted zones II or III;
restricted zone II
means an area of a Member State listed in Part II of Annex I due to an outbreak of African swine fever in a wild porcine animal with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures;
restricted zone III
means an area of a Member State listed in Part III of Annex I due to an outbreak of African swine fever in a kept porcine animal with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures;