COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/579

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN Series L ---|---|--- * * * | 2024/579 | 12.2.2024 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/579 of 9 February 2024 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for the United States in the lists of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds (Text with EEA relevance) 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’) (1), and in particular Articles 230(1) and 232(1) and (3) thereof. Whereas: (1) | Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides 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) 2020/692 (2) lays down the animal health requirements that 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) 2021/404 (3) lays down the lists of third countries, or territories, or zones 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. Those lists and certain general rules concerning those lists are set out in Annexes I to XXII to that Regulation. ---|--- (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 and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds. ---|--- (5) | The United States notified the Commission of three outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of Indiana, Kansas, and South Dakota, which were confirmed between 22 January 2024 and 25 January 2024 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR). ---|--- (6) | Following these recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authority of the United States established restricted zones of at least 10 km around the affected establishments and implemented a stamping-out policy to control the presence of HPAI and limit the spread of that disease. ---|--- (7) | The United States has submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on its territory and the measures taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI. ---|--- (8) | That information has been evaluated by the Commission. The Commision considers that, in view of the animal health situation in the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authority of the United States, the entry into the Union of consigments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds from those areas should be suspended, in order to protect the animal health status of the Union. ---|--- (9) | Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should, therefore, be amended to take account of the current epidemiological situation as regards HPAI in the United States. ---|--- (10) | Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the United States as regards HPAI, the amendments to be made to Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency. ---|--- (11) | 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 Entry into force and applicability This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 February 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1. (2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 379, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/692/oj). (3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof from which the entry into the Union of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/404/oj). * * * ANNEX Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended as follows: (1) | Annex V is amended as follows: | (a) | in Part 1, Section B, in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.619, US-2-620, and US-2.621 are added after the row for the zone US-2.618: | ‘US United States | US-2.619 | BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20 | N, P1 | | 22.1.2024 | ---|---|---|---|---|---|--- US-2.620 | N, P1 | | 25.1.2024 | US-2.621 | N, P1 | | 23.1.2024’ | (b) | in Part 2, in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.619, US-2-620, and US-2.621 are added after the description of the zone US-2.618: | ‘United States | US-2.619 | State of Kansas Mitchell 09 Mitchell County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 98.2867624°W 39.3931939°N) ---|---|--- US-2.620 | State of Indiana Daviess 02 Daviess County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 87.0310067°W 38.8873553°N) US-2.621 | State of South Dakota Edmunds 13 Edmunds County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 198.9313438°W 45.5352191°N)’ (2) | in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B, in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.619, US-2-620, and US-2.621 are added after the rows for the zone US-2.618: | ‘US United States | US-2.619 | POU, RAT | N, P1 | | 22.1.2024 | ---|---|---|---|---|---|--- GBM | P1 | | 22.1.2024 | US-2.620 | POU, RAT | N, P1 | | 25.1.2024 | GBM | P1 | | 25.1.2024 | US-2.621 | POU, RAT | N, P1 | | 23.1.2024 | GBM | P1 | | 23.1.2024’ | * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/579/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *