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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/1695 13.6.2024
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/1695
of 12 June 2024
concerning certain interim emergency measures relating to African swine fever in Germany
(notified under document C(2024) 4162)
(Only the German 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(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) African swine fever is an infectious viral disease affecting kept and wild porcine animals and can have a severe impact
on the concerned animal population and the profitability of farming causing disturbance to movements of
consignments of those animals and products thereof within the Union and exports to third countries.
(2) In the event of outbreaks of African swine fever in kept porcine animals, there is a serious risk of the spread of that
disease to other establishments of kept porcine animals.
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687(2) supplements the rules for the control of the listed diseases
referred to in Article 9(1), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and defined as category A, B and C
diseases in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882(3). In particular, Articles 21 and 22 of
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 provide for the establishment of a restricted zone in the event of an outbreak
of a category A disease, including African swine fever, in kept porcine animals, and for certain measures to be
applied therein. In addition, Article 21(1) of that Delegated Regulation provides that the restricted zone is to
comprise a protection zone, a surveillance zone, and, if necessary, further restricted zones around or adjacent to the
protection and surveillance zones.
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594(4) lays down special disease control measures regarding
African swine fever. In particular, Article 3, point (a), of that Implementing Regulation provides for the
establishment of a restricted zone in the case of an outbreak of African swine fever in kept porcine animals, in
accordance with Article 21(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
(1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.
(2) 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,
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/687/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 of 3 December 2018 on the application of certain disease prevention and
control rules to categories of listed diseases and establishing a list of species and groups of species posing a considerable risk for the
spread of those listed diseases (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/1882/oj).
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 of 16 March 2023 laying down special disease control measures for African
swine fever and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 (OJ L 79, 17.3.2023, p. 65, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/
reg_impl/2023/594/oj).
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(5) The duration of the measures to apply in a protection and a surveillance zone, as established in accordance with
Annexes X and XI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, should be based on the epidemiological situation as
regards African swine fever in the areas affected by that disease and the overall epidemiological situation of African
swine fever in the Member State concerned, the level of risk for the further spread of that disease, as well as
scientifically based principles and criteria for defining the duration as laid down in the African swine fever
guidelines developed by the Commission and the Member States(5). The duration of the measures should also take
into account the international standards, of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code(6) of the World Organisation for
Animal Health (WOAH).
(6) Germany has informed the Commission of the current African swine fever situation on its territory, following the
confirmation of one outbreak of that disease in kept porcine animals in the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on
7 June 2024 and, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2023/594, it has established a restricted zone, which comprises a protection and a surveillance zone, where
the general disease control measures laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are applied, in order to
prevent the further spread of that disease.
(7) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade
by third countries, it is necessary to identify at Union level the restricted zone, which comprises a protection and a
surveillance zone for African swine fever in Germany in collaboration with that Member State.
(8) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of African swine fever, it is
important that the measures laid down in this Implementing Decision apply as soon as possible.
(9) Accordingly, pending the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, the restricted zone
in Germany should be established immediately and listed in the Annex to this Decision and the duration of that
zoning fixed.
(10) This Decision is to be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Germany shall ensure that:
(a) a restricted zone which comprises a protection zone and a surveillance zone is established immediately by Germany
in accordance with Article 21(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and under conditions laid down in that
Article;
(b) the protection and surveillance zones referred to in point (a) comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to this
Decision;
(c) the disease control measures to be applied in the protection and surveillance zones referred to in point (a) of this
Article are applied until the dates specified in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply until 7 September 2024.
(5) Commission Notice on the guidelines on the prevention, control and eradication of African swine fever in the Union (‘ASF
guidelines’) C/2023/7855 (OJ C, C/2023/1504, 18.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1504/oj).
(6) WOAH terrestrial code 31st Edition, 2023. Volumes I and II ISBN 978-92-95121-74-4 https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/
standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/.
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Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 12 June 2024.
For the Commission
Stella KYRIAKIDES
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Date until which measures are to be
Areas established as the restricted zone in Germany as referred to in Article 1
applied
Protection zone (Article 39(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687):
3 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb mit den GPS-Koordinaten 14.018538,
53.519260.
23.8.2024
Betroffen sind die tangierten Orte sowie Ortsteile in Gänze:
Gemeinde Pasewalk Stadt mit Teilen der Ortsteile Gehege, Papenbeck, Pasewalk,
Scheringer Siedlung, Steinbrink sowie den Ortsteilen Friedberg, Kreuzbäcksiedlung,
Pasewalk Ost und Stiftshof
Protection zone (Article 39(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687):
3 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb mit den GPS-Koordinaten 14.018538,
53.519260.
7.9.2024
Betroffen sind die tangierten Orte sowie Ortsteile in Gänze:
Gemeinde Pasewalk Stadt mit Teilen der Ortsteile Gehege, Papenbeck, Pasewalk,
Scheringer Siedlung, Steinbrink sowie den Ortsteilen Friedberg, Kreuzbäcksiedlung,
Pasewalk Ost und Stiftshof
Surveillance zone:
10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb mit den GPS Koordinaten 14.018538,
53.519260.
Betroffen sind die tangierten Orte sowie Ortsteile in Gänze:
— Gemeinde Torgelow mit Teilen des Ortsteiles Drögeheide
— Gemeinde Viereck mit den Ortsteilen Ausbau, Ernst-Thälmann-Siedlung,
Kuhlmorgen, Neuenkrug, Riesenbrück, Rödershorst, Stallberg, Uhlenkrug,
Viereck und Waldfrieden
— Gemeinde Koblentz mit den Ortsteilen Breitenstein, Damm, Koblentz und
Peterswalde
— Gemeinde Rothenklempenow mit einem Teil des Ortsteils Dorotheenwalde
7.9.2024
— Gemeinde Rossow mit Teilen des Ortsteils Rossow und dem Ortsteil Wetzenow
— Gemeinde Fahrenwalde mit Teilen der Ortsteile Försterei, Heidemühle und
Herrmannshof sowie den Ortsteilen Bröllin, Fahrenwalde, Forsthaus und
Friedrichshof
— Gemeinde Rollwitz mit einem Teil des Ortsteils Damerow und den Ortsteilen
Rollwitz, Schmarsow, Schmarsow Ausbau und Züsedom
— Gemeinde Nieden teilweise (an der Gemeindegrenze Rollwitz)
— Gemeinde Brietzig jeweils mit Teilen der Ortsteile Brietzig und Starkshof
— Gemeinde Jatznick mit Teilen der Ortsteile Blumenhagen und Groß Spiegelberg
sowie den Ortsteilen Albertshof, Am Berge, Ausbau, Belling, Jatznick, Mauseort,
Sandförde, Waldeshöhe, Wärterhaus und Wilhelmsthal
— Gemeinde Hammer a. d. Uecker mit Teilen der Ortsteile Försterei Ausbau und
Hammer a. d. Uecker sowie den Ortsteilen Liepe und Morgenmoor
4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/1695/oj