Date: 2023-04-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/872 of 20 April 2023 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Spain (notified under document C(2023) 2749) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/872 amends Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333, addressing emergency measures for sheep pox and goat pox outbreaks in Spain. The decision updates protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, primarily affecting the Castilla-La Mancha region. It also implements stricter movement controls for sheep and goats from these zones and extends the application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 until October 31, 2023.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333:**
* Article 3 is replaced, detailing measures in protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones.
* Article 5 is replaced, extending the application of the decision until October 31, 2023.
* The Annex, listing protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, is replaced with updated areas and dates.
* **Movement Restrictions:**
* Sheep and goat movements from protection zones are only permitted to slaughterhouses within the same zone, with competent authority authorization.
* Sheep and goat movements from surveillance zones are only permitted to slaughterhouses within the same zone, with competent authority authorization.
* Sheep and goat movements from further restricted zones are only permitted to slaughterhouses within Spain, with competent authority authorization.
* Animals for transport must undergo clinical inspection within 24 hours before transport.
* Means of transport must meet specific requirements, including cleaning, disinfection, and sealing by the competent authority.
* **Zoning Updates (Castilla-La Mancha Region):**
* Specific municipalities in Ciudad Real, Toledo and Cuenca are designated as protection and surveillance zones with applicability dates.
* Provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo are designated as further restricted zones until July 31, 2023.
Impact Analysis:
Stakeholder: Spain (Competent Authority)
* Impact: Required to enforce updated zoning and movement restrictions for sheep and goat pox.
* Action Required: Implement and enforce the amended measures, including authorizations, inspections, and transport controls, within the specified zones, ensuring compliance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
Stakeholder: Sheep and Goat Farmers/Keepers in Restricted Zones
* Impact: Face restrictions on animal movements; can only move animals to slaughterhouses under specific conditions.
* Action Required: Comply with movement restrictions, obtain necessary authorizations, ensure animals undergo clinical inspection before transport, and adhere to transport requirements.
Stakeholder: Slaughterhouses within Restricted Zones
* Impact: May experience increased or adjusted intake of sheep and goats from restricted zones.
* Action Required: Prepare for potential changes in animal intake, ensure compliance with animal health and transport regulations, and cooperate with competent authorities for animal reception.
Stakeholder: Transporters of Sheep and Goats
* Impact: Must adhere to strict cleaning, disinfection, and animal health status requirements.
* Action Required: Ensure vehicles meet Article 241 and 242 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 standards, undergo cleaning and disinfection, transport only animals of the same health status, and comply with sealing requirements.
Key Entities Referenced
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing the EU's day-to-day operations.
Spain: A country in southwestern Europe, specifically mentioned in relation to outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox.
Implementing Decision EU 2022/2333: A European Union Commission Implementing Decision concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Spain. It is repeatedly amended by later decisions.
Regulation EU 2016/429: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases, also known as the Animal Health Law.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2020/687: A commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation EU 2016/429, regarding rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases.
Castilla-La Mancha: An autonomous community of Spain, where multiple outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox have been reported.
Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha: A province within the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, affected by outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox. Specifically mentioned as having an outbreak inside the protection zone.
Sheep Pox and Goat Pox: Animal diseases that are the subject of the emergency measures described in the document.
28.4.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/49
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/872
of 20 April 2023
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 concerning certain emergency measures relating
to sheep pox and goat pox in Spain
(notified under document C(2023) 2749)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(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 Article 259(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333(2) was adopted within the framework of Regulation
(EU) 2016/429 and it lays down emergency measures for Spain in relation to outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox,
that were detected in the regions of Andalusia and Castilla-La Mancha, where they form two distinct clusters, one in
each region.
(2) More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 provides that the protection, surveillance and further
restricted zones, to be established by Spain following outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox, in accordance with
Article 21 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687(3), are to comprise at least the areas listed in the
Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(3) In addition to the protection and surveillance zones, a further restricted zone was established, in accordance with
Article 21(1), point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, in both the regions of Andalusia and Castilla-La
Mancha, where Spain is required to apply certain measures regarding restrictions on the movements of sheep and
goats outside that zone, with a view to preventing the spread of the disease to the rest of its territory and the rest of
the Union.
(4) After the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333, Spain notified the Commission of eight additional
outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine and/or caprine animals were kept, located in
the region of Castilla-La Mancha. As a result, the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones, as well as further
restricted zones for Spain, in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333, were further amended, and the
last amendment to that Annex was made by the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/836(4).
(5) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/836, Spain has notified the Commission of one
additional outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine and/or caprine animals were kept, in
the region of Castilla-La Mancha, concretely in the Province of Ciudad Real, inside the protection zone already
established in that region.
(1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 of 23 November 2022 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep
pox and goat pox in Spain and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1913 (OJ L 308, 29.11.2022, p. 22).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 64).
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/836 of 11 April 2023 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 concerning
certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Spain (OJ L 105, 20.4.2023, p. 51).L 113/50 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.4.2023
(6) The competent authority of Spain has taken the necessary disease control measures required in accordance with
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones around the
new outbreaks. Spain has also maintained the previously established restricted zones, around the previous three
outbreaks, recorded since the beginning of 2023 in Castilla-La Mancha.
(7) Therefore, the areas listed as protection, surveillance and further restricted zones for Spain in the Annex to
Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 should be amended, spatially and temporally, taking into account the
current epidemiological situation in the region of Castilla-La Mancha.
(8) Furthermore, in view of the current epidemiological situation, it is necessary to put in place stricter measures in
relation to movements of sheep and goats kept in the protection or surveillance zones, in order to prevent the
spread of the disease to the rest of the territory of Spain and the rest of the Union. To this end, movements of sheep
and goats kept in the protection or surveillance zones should only be allowed to a slaughterhouse for immediate
slaughter within the same protection or surveillance zone respectively, as the establishment of origin. Furthermore,
it is necessary to ensure that sheep and goats due for movement are subject to clinical inspection beforehand, to
ensure absence of disease suspicion, the means of transport must be cleaned and disinfected before and after
transport and must include only sheep and goats of the same health status kept in the same establishment.
(9) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of sheep pox and goat pox, it is
important that the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 by this Decision take effect
as soon as possible.
(10) In addition, taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the Union as regards sheep pox and goat
pox, the period of application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 should be prolonged until 31 October
2023.
(11) Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants,
Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
Measures to be applied in the protection, surveillance and the further restricted zones
1. Movements of sheep and goats kept in the protection zone shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the
competent authority and they comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 2, 7 and 8.
2. Movements of sheep and goats kept in the protection zone may be authorised by the competent authority when
such movements of sheep and goats are directly to a slaughterhouse located in the same protection zone as the
establishment of origin, for immediate slaughter.
3. Movements of sheep and goats kept in the surveillance zone shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the
competent authority and they comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 4, 7 and 8.28.4.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/51
4. Movements of sheep and goats kept in the surveillance zone may be authorised by the competent authority when
such movements of sheep and goats are directly to a slaughterhouse located in the same surveillance zone as the
establishment of origin, for immediate slaughter.
5. Movements of sheep and goats from the further restricted zone to a destination outside that further restricted
zone shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the competent authority, and they comply with the conditions
set out in paragraphs 6, 7 and 8.
6. Movements of sheep and goats kept in the further restricted zone to a destination outside that further restricted
zone may be authorised by the competent authority when such movements of sheep and goats are directly to a
slaughterhouse located within the territory of Spain for immediate slaughter.
7. The sheep and goats due for transport shall be subject to clinical inspection by the competent authority 24 hours
or less before the date of transport.
8. The means of transport used for the movements of sheep and goats from the protection, surveillance or further
restricted zones, set out in paragraphs 1, 3 and 5, shall:
(a) comply with the requirements for the means of transport laid down in Article 24(1) of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/687;
(b) be cleaned and disinfected before any transport of animals under the control or supervision of the competent
authority;
(c) be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the requirements for the means of transport laid down in
Article 24(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 under the control or supervision of the competent authority;
(d) only include sheep and goats of the same health status kept in the same establishment;
(e) be sealed by the competent authority at the establishment of origin after the loading of the animals and unsealed by
the competent authority at the slaughterhouse of destination.’;
(2) Article 5 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5
Application
This Decision shall apply until 31 October 2023.’;
(3) the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2333 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
Addressee
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 20 April 2023.
For the Commission
Stella KYRIAKIDES
Member of the CommissionL 113/52 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.4.2023
ANNEX
‘ANNEX
A. Protection and surveillance zones established around confirmed outbreaks
Region and ADIS reference number Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the Date until
of the outbreak restricted zones in Spain as referred to in Article 1 applicable
Protection zone:
A protection zone that comprises the following areas:
In the province of Ciudad Real the municipalities of: 31.5.2023
— Alcázar de San Juan
— Campo de Criptana
Surveillance zone:
A surveillance zone that comprises the following areas:
In the province of Ciudad Real the municipalities of:
— Villarta de San Juan
— Villarrubia de los Ojos
— Tomelloso
— Socuéllamos
— Puerto Lápice
— Pedro Muñoz
— Manzanares
— Llanos del Caudillo
— Las Labores
— Herencia
Region of Castilla–La Mancha — Daimiel
ES-CAPRIPOX-2023-00003 — Argamasilla de Alba
ES-CAPRIPOX-2023-00004 — Arenas de San Juan 15.6.2023
ES-CAPRIPOX-2023-00005 — Arenales de San Gregorio
ES-CARPIPOX-2023-00006
In the province of Toledo the municipalities of:
— Villafranca de los Caballeros
— Villacañas
— Quintanar de la Orden
— Quero
— Miguel Esteban
— Madridejos
— La Villa de Don Fabrique
— La Puebla de Almoradiel
— El Toboso
— Camuñas
In the province of Cuenca the municipality of:
— Mota del Cuervo
Surveillance zone:
A surveillance zone that comprises the following areas:
1.6.2023-
In the province of Ciudad Real the municipalities of: 15.6.2023
— Alcázar de San Juan
— Campo de Criptana28.4.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/53
B Further restricted zones
Areas established as further restricted zones, part of the restricted zones Date until
Region
in Spain as referred to in Article 1 applicable
A further restricted zone that comprises the following provinces:
— Albacete
Region of Castilla–La Mancha 31.7.2023’
— Ciudad Real
— Cuenca
— Toledo