(5)Following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the province of Buenos Aires, which was confirmed on 23 February 2026, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/520note amended, inter alia, the entries for Argentina in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, thereby suspending the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry and game birds from that country. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/520 also included, in the entries for Argentina in the table in Section A of Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, the requirement that consignments of meat products from poultry are only to be allowed entry into the Union if those meat products have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment ‘D’ in accordance with Annex XXVI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692.
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