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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/2836 5.11.2024
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/2836
of 31 October 2024
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 concerning certain emergency measures relating
to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Greece
(notified under document C(2024) 7753)
(Only the Greek 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) Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus is an infectious disease affecting caprine and ovine animals and it 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 an outbreak of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in caprine or ovine animals, there is a
serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments of caprine or ovine 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 infection with peste des petits ruminants virus, 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 Decision (EU) 2024/2132(4) was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429,
and it lays down certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Greece.
More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 provides that the protection, surveillance and further
restricted zones to be established by that Member State, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687,
following outbreaks of that disease are to comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to that Implementing
Decision.
(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 Decision (EU) 2024/2132 of 30 July 2024 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection
with peste des petits ruminants virus in Greece and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2014 (OJ L 2024/2132, 30.7.2024,
ELI:http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2132/oj).
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(5) After the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132, Greece notified the Commission of additional
outbreaks of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in establishments where ovine and caprine animals
were kept. As a result, the Annex to that Implementing Decision has been duly amended to take account of those
additional outbreaks. Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 was last amended by Commission Implementing
Decision (EU) 2024/2671(5).
(6) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2671, Greece has notified the Commission of five
new outbreaks of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in establishments where ovine and caprine animals
were kept: three in the regional unit of Corinthia; and two in the regional unit of Larisa. All those new outbreaks are
located within the limits of the perimeters of protection, surveillance and further restricted zones that were already
established as a result of previous outbreaks in the same areas.
(7) Therefore, the areas listed as protection and surveillance and further restricted zones for Greece in the Annex to
Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 should be further adjusted in order to prevent the further spread of the
disease in Greece and to the rest of the Union, and the duration of the measures to be applied therein should be
adjusted. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend the list of restricted zones and the duration of the measures to be
applied therein set out in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(8) The size and location of the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones and the duration of the measures to
be applied therein should be based on the criteria laid down in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and the
rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the epidemiological situation as regards infection
with peste des petits ruminants virus in the areas affected by that disease and the overall epidemiological situation of
infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in the Member State concerned by that disease as well as the level of
risk for its further spread. The duration of the measures should also take into account the international standards of
the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). In the current
epidemiological situation, there is a high risk of the further spread of the disease, due to the fact that, these new
outbreaks were reported more than eight weeks after the confirmation of the first outbreaks in the same regional
units, a fact that indicates a persistence of disease circulation.
(9) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the Union as regards infection with peste des petits
ruminants virus, the period of application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 should be extended, and it
should apply until 28 February 2025.
(10) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of infection with peste des
petits ruminants virus and the need to prevent the disease from spreading from the affected establishments in
Greece to other parts of that Member State or to other Member States, the amendments to be made to
Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 by this Decision should apply as soon as possible.
(11) 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
Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132
Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 is amended as follows:
(5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2671 of 7 October 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132
concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Greece (OJ L 2024/2671,
10.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2671/oj).
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1. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5
Application
This Decision shall apply until 28 February 2025.’;
2. The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2132 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
Addressee
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2024.
For the Commission
Stella KYRIAKIDES
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
A. Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks
Regional unit and ADIS reference Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the
Date until applicable
number of the outbreak restricted zone in Greece referred to in Article 1
Protection zone:
Those parts of the regional units of Larisa and Trikala, contained
within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30,
ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 39.71114, Long. 22.56483
(2024/13), Lat. 39.71725, Long. 22.55791(2024/14), Lat.
39.75311, Long. 22.53438 (2024/16), Lat. 39.73416, Long.
22.39829 (2024/18), Lat. 39.70568, Long. 22.54803
(2024/19), Lat. 39.72117, Long. 22.55795 (2024/20), Lat
39.71224, Long. 22.55537 (2024/21), Lat. 39.72519, Long.
22.55152 (2024/22), Lat. 39.71893611, Long. 22.55735556
(2024/24), Lat 39.71858331, Long. 22.55214023 (2024/25),
Lat. 39.68830556, Long. 22.54872222 (2024/39), Lat. 25.10.2024
Regional unit of Larisa
39.723063, Long. 22.56726 (2024/49), Lat. 39.715987, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00013
22.544177 (2024/50), Lat. 39.77315833, Long. 22.56333889
GR-PPR-2024-00014
(2024/51), Lat. 39.74309722, Long. 22.45865 (2024/52),
GR-PPR-2024-00016
Lat. 39.741209, Long. 22.540522 (2024/61), Lat. 39.722158,
GR-PPR-2024-00018
Long. 22.539035 (2024/62), Lat. 39.744467, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00019
22.453942 (2024/64), Lat. 39.773004, Long. 22.560469
GR-PPR-2024-00020
(2024/70), Lat. 39.776907, Long. 22.562921 (2024/71), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00021
39.73016134, Long. 22.40806056 (2024/72), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00022
39.730038, Long. 22.408776 (2024/81) , Lat. 39.72974709,
GR-PPR-2024-00024
Long. 22.40936487 (2024/84), Lat. 39.72706546, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00025
22.40744209 (2024/85)
GR-PPR-2024-00039
GR-PPR-2024-00049
Surveillance zone:
GR-PPR-2024-00050
Those parts of the regional units of Larisa and Trikala, contained
GR-PPR-2024-00051
within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30,
GR-PPR-2024-00052
ETRS89 coordinates Lat.39.71114, Long.22.56483 (2024/13),
GR-PPR-2024-00061
Lat.39.71725, Long.22.55791(2024/14), Lat.39.75311,
GR-PPR-2024-00062
Long.22.53438 (2024/16), Lat.39.73416, Long.22.39829
GR-PPR-2024-00064
(2024/18), Lat.39.70568, Long. 22.54803 (2024/19), Lat
GR-PPR-2024-00070
39.72117, Long.22.55795 (2024/20), Lat.39.71224, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00071
22.55537 (2024/21), Lat. 39.72519, Long.22.55152
GR-PPR-2024-00072
(2024/22), Lat.39.71893611, Long.22.55735556 (2024/24),
GR-PPR-2024-00081
Lat.39.71858331, Long.22.55214023 (2024/25),
GR-PPR-2024-00084
Lat.39.68830556, Long.22.54872222 (2024/39),
GR-PPR-2024-00085 3.11.2024
Lat.39.723063, Long.22.56726 (2024/49), Lat.39.715987,
Long.22.544177 (2024/50), Lat.39.77315833,
Long.22.56333889 (2024/51), Lat.39.74309722,
Long.22.45865 (2024/52), Lat.39.741209, Long.22.540522
(2024/61), Lat.39.722158, Long.22.539035 (2024/62),
Lat.39.744467, Long. 22.453942 (2024/64), Lat.39.773004,
Long.22.560469 (2024/70), Lat.39.776907, Long.22.562921
(2024/71), Lat.39.73016134, Long.22.40806056 (2024/72),
Lat. 39.730038, Long. 22.408776 (2024/81), Lat.
39.72974709, Long. 22.40936487 (2024/84), Lat.
39.72706546, Long. 22.40744209 (2024/85)
excluding the areas contained in the protection zone
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Regional unit and ADIS reference Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the
Date until applicable
number of the outbreak restricted zone in Greece referred to in Article 1
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the regional units of Larisa and Trikala, contained
within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30,
ETRS89 coordinates Lat.39.71114, Long.22.56483 (2024/13),
Lat.39.71725, Long.22.55791(2024/14), Lat.39.75311,
Long.22.53438 (2024/16), Lat.39.73416
Long.22.39829 (2024/18), Lat.39.70568, Long.22.54803
(2024/19), Lat.39.72117, Long.22.55795 (2024/20),
Lat.39.71224, Long.22.55537 (2024/21), Lat.39.72519,
Long.22.55152 (2024/22), Lat.39.71893611,
Long.22.55735556 (2024/24), Lat.39.71858331,
Long.22.55214023 (2024/25), Lat.39.68830556, 26.10.2024– 3.11.2024
Long.22.54872222 (2024/39), Lat.39.723063,
Long.22.56726 (2024/49), Lat.39.715987, Long.22.544177
(2024/50), Lat.39.77315833, Long.22.56333889 (2024/51),
Lat.39., 74309722Long.22.45865 (2024/52), Lat.39.741209,
Long.22.540522 (2024/61), Lat.39.722158, Long.22.539035
(2024/62), Lat.39.744467, Long.22.453942 (2024/64) , Lat
39.773004, Long. 22.560469 (2024/70), Lat 39.776907,
Long. 22.562921 (2024/71), Lat 39.73016134, Long.
22.40806056 (2024/72), Lat. 39.730038, Long. 22.408776
(2024/81), Lat. 39.72974709, Long. 22.40936487 (2024/84),
Lat. 39.72706546, Long. 22.40744209 (2024/85)
Regional Unit of Corinthia Protection zone:
GR-PPR-2024-00017 Those parts of the regional unit of Corinthia, contained within a
GR-PPR-2024-00026 circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89
GR-PPR-2024-00030 coordinates Lat. 37.90655, Long. 22.32409 (2024/17), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00036 37.90738197, Long. 22.32509902 (2024/26), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00037 37.90916879, Long. 22.32662611 (2024/30), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00038 37.90743928, Long. 22.3292836 (2024/36), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00040 37.90524584, Long. 22.32466505 (2024/37), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00041 37.90346352, Long. 22.32520695 (2024/38), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00042 37.84748286, Long. 22.4120991 (2024/40), Lat. 37.84859,
GR-PPR-2024-00053 Long. 22.41390 (2024/41), Lat. 37.8460599, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00055 22.40909057 (2024/42), Lat. 37.91329163, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00056 22.32857931 (2024/53), Lat. 37.906098, Long. 22.335104
GR-PPR-2024-00057 (2024/55), Lat. 37.899091, Long. 22.324823 (2024/56), Lat. 8.11.2024
GR-PPR-2024-00059 37.906063, Long. 22.330503 (2024/57), Lat. 37.9088889,
GR-PPR-2024-00065 Long. 22.32611111 (2024/59), Lat. 37.904721, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00066 22.317336 (2024/65), Lat. 37.9097114, Long. 22.3310094
GR-PPR-2024-00068 (2024/66), Lat. 37.911767, Long. 22.329639 (2024/68), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00069 37.900379, Long. 22.333505 (2024/69), Lat. 37.83345649,
GR-PPR-2024-00073 Long. 22.41428781 (2024/73), Lat. 37.917366, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00077 22.329963 (2024/77), Lat. 37.885097, Long. 22.338061
GR-PPR-2024-00078 (2024/78), Lat. 37.911, Long. 22.3326 (2024/79), Lat.
GR-PPR-2024-00079 37.902798, Long. 22.331295 (2024/80), Lat. 37.88572766,
GR-PPR-2024-00080 Long. 22.33428451 (2024/82), Lat. 37.88195842, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00082 22.5035147 (2024/83), Lat. 37.87550833, Long.
GR-PPR-2024-00083 22.50396438 (2024/86), Lat. 37.89548333, Long. 22.481
GR-PPR-2024-00086 (2024/87)
GR-PPR-2024-00087
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Regional unit and ADIS reference Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the
Date until applicable
number of the outbreak restricted zone in Greece referred to in Article 1
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the regional unit of Corinthia, contained within a
circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89
coordinates Lat. 37.90655, Long. 22.32409 (2024/17), Lat.
37.90738197, Long. 22.32509902 (2024/26), Lat.
37.90916879, Long. 22.32662611 (2024/30), Lat.
37.90743928, Long. 22.3292836 (2024/36), Lat.
37.90524584, Long. 22.32466505 (2024/37), Lat.
37.90346352, Long. 22.32520695 (2024/38), Lat.
37.84748286, Long. 22.4120991 (2024/40), Lat. 37.84859,
Long. 22.41390 (2024/41), Lat. 37.8460599, Long.
22.40909057 (2024/42), Lat. 37.91329163, Long.
22.32857931 (2024/53), Lat. 37.906098, Long. 22.335104
(2024/55), Lat. 37.899091, Long. 22.324823 (2024/56), Lat. 17.11.2024
37.906063, Long. 22.330503 (2024/57), Lat. 37.9088889,
Long. 22.32611111 (2024/59), Lat. 37.904721, Long.
22.317336 (2024/65), Lat. 37.9097114, Long. 22.3310094
(2024/66), Lat. 37.911767, Long. 22.329639 (2024/68), Lat.
37.900379, Long. 22.333505 (2024/69), Lat. 37.83345649,
Long. 22.41428781 (2024/73), Lat. 37.917366, Long.
22.329963 (2024/77), Lat. 37.885097, Long. 22.338061
(2024/78), Lat. 37.911, Long. 22.3326 (2024/79), Lat.
37.902798, Long. 22.331295 (2024/80), Lat. 37.88572766,
Long. 22.33428451 (2024/82), Lat. 37.88195842, Long.
22.5035147 (2024/83), Lat. 37.87550833, Long.
22.50396438 (2024/86), Lat. 37.89548333, Long. 22.481
(2024/87),excluding the areas contained in the protection zone
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the regional unit of Corinthia, contained within a
circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89
coordinates Lat. 37.90655, Long. 22.32409 (2024/17), Lat.
37.90738197, Long. 22.32509902 (2024/26), Lat.
37.90916879, Long. 22.32662611 (2024/30), Lat.
37.90743928, Long. 22.3292836 (2024/36), Lat.
37.90524584, Long. 22.32466505 (2024/37), Lat.
37.90346352, Long. 22.32520695 (2024/38), Lat.
37.84748286, Long. 22.4120991 (2024/40), Lat. 37.84859,
Long. 22.41390 (2024/41), Lat. 37.8460599, Long.
22.40909057 (2024/42), Lat. 37.91329163, Long.
22.32857931 (2024/53), Lat. 37.906098, Long. 22.335104
(2024/55), Lat. 37.899091, Long. 22.324823 (2024/56), Lat. 9.11.2024–17.11.2024
37.906063, Long. 22.330503 (2024/57), Lat. 37.9088889,
Long. 22.32611111 (2024/59), Lat. 37.904721, Long.
22.317336 (2024/65), Lat. 37.9097114, Long. 22.3310094
(2024/66), Lat. 37.911767, Long. 22.329639 (2024/68), Lat.
37.900379, Long. 22.333505 (2024/69), Lat. 37.83345649,
Long. 22.41428781 (2024/73), Lat. 37.917366, Long.
22.329963 (2024/77), Lat. 37.885097, Long. 22.338061
(2024/78), Lat. 37.911, Long. 22.3326 (2024/79), Lat.
37.902798, Long. 22.331295 (2024/80), Lat. 37.88572766,
Long. 22.33428451 (2024/82) Lat. 37.88195842, Long.
22.5035147 (2024/83), Lat. 37.87550833, Long.
22.50396438 (2024/86), Lat. 37.89548333, Long. 22.481
(2024/87)
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B. Further restricted zones
Areas included in the further restricted zone established in Greece as
Region Date until applicable
referred to in Article 1
The regional unit of Larisa, excluding the areas included in any
3.11.2024
protection or surveillance zone.
Region of Thessaly
The regional unit of Larisa 4.11.2024-16.12.2024
The following regional units:
— Trikala 25.11.2024
— Karditsa
Region of Western
The regional unit of Grevena 6.11.2024
Macedonia
— In the regional unit of Corinthia, the following
municipalities:
— Sikyona
— Xylokastro-Evrostina
— Velo-Vocha
— Nemea 17.11.2024
— In the regional unit of Arcadia, the municipal unit of
Levidi and the municipality of Gortynia
— In the regional unit of Argolis, the municipal unit of Alea
excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance
Region of zone.
Peloponnese
— In the regional unit of Corinthia, the following
municipalities:
— Sikyona
— Xylokastro-Evrostina
— Velo-Vocha 18.11.2024-17.12.2024
— Nemea
— In the regional unit of Arcadia, the municipal unit of
Levidi and the municipality of Gortynia
— In the regional unit of Argolis, the municipal unit of Alea
In the regional unit of Achaea the following municipal units:
— Aigeira
— Akrata
17.11.2024
— Kleitoria
excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance
zone.
Region of Western In the regional unit of Achaea the following municipal units:
Greece — Aigeira
18.11.2024-17.12.2024
— Akrata
— Kleitoria
The regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania 6.10.2024-4.11.2024
The regional unit of Ilia 13.10.2024-11.11.2024
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Areas included in the further restricted zone established in Greece as
Region Date until applicable
referred to in Article 1
Region of East In the regional unit of Rodopi the following municipalities :
Macedonia and — Iasmos 28.9.2024-27.10.2024
Thrace — Komotini
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