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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/3111 11.12.2024
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/3111
of 6 December 2024
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918 concerning certain emergency measures relating
to sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria
(notified under document C(2024) 8774)
(Only the Bulgarian 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) Sheep pox and goat pox is an infectious viral disease affecting caprine and ovine 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 an outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox 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 sheep pox and goat pox, 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 zone around or adjacent to the protection and
surveillance zones.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2778(4) was adopted within the framework of Regulation
(EU) 2016/429, and it laid down certain interim emergency measures relating to infection with sheep pox and goat
pox in Bulgaria.
(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) 2024/2778 of 24 October 2024 concerning certain interim emergency measures relating to
sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria (OJ L, 2024/2778, 29.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2778/oj).
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(5) After the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2778, Bulgaria notified the Commission of an additional
outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox in an establishment where ovine and caprine animals were kept. As a result,
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918(5) repealed and replaced Implementing Decision
(EU) 2024/2778. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918 provides that the protection,
surveillance and further restricted zones to be established by Bulgaria, in accordance with Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/687, are to comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(6) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918, Bulgaria has notified the Commission of two
further outbreaks of infection with sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine animals were kept, located
in the regional unit of Haskovo. The new outbreaks are located within the perimeter of the further restricted zones
that were already established as a result of previous outbreaks in the same areas.
(7) Therefore, the areas listed as protection, surveillance and further restricted zones for Bulgaria in the Annex to
Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918 should be adjusted, spatially and temporally, in order to prevent the
further spread of the disease in Bulgaria and to the rest of the Union, and the duration of the measures to be applied
therein should be adjusted.
(8) The size of the zones and duration of the measures to apply in the protection, surveillance and further restricted
zones should be based on the criteria set out 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 sheep pox and goat pox
in the areas affected by that disease and the overall epidemiological situation of sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria
as well as the level of risk for the further spread of the disease. 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(6)).
(9) The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(10) 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) 2024/2918 should be prolonged until 28 February 2025. 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) 2024/2918
Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 4, the date ‘31 January 2025’ is replaced by ‘28 February 2025’;
2. the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
(5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2918 of 19 November 2024 concerning certain emergency measures relating to
sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2778 (OJ L, 2024/2918, 22.11.2024, ELI: http://
data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2918/oj).
(6) Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health, Terrestrial Code Online Access – WOAH – World
Organisation for Animal Health.
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Article 2
Addressee
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2024.
For the Commission
Olivér VÁRHELYI
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
A. Protection and surveillance zones established around confirmed outbreaks
Areas established as protection and surveillance zones,
Region and ADIS reference number of the
part of the restricted zones in Bulgaria referred to in Date until applicable
outbreak
Article 1
Protection zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained
30.11.2024
within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.71774,
Long. 26.31818 (2024/5)
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained
Region of Haskovo
within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred 9.12.2024
BG-CAPRIPOX-2024-00005
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.71774,
Long. 26.31818 (2024/5), excluding the areas
contained in the protection zone
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained
1.12.2024– 9.12.2024
within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.71774,
Long. 26.31818 (2024/5)
Protection zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained
within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred
11.12.2024
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.9698,
Long. 25.6564 (2024/3), Lat. 41.96, Long. 25.65
(2024/4), Lat. 41.96618 Long. 25.66267
(2024/6), Lat 1.91051, Long. 25.54653(2024/7)
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained
Region of Haskovo
within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred
BG-CAPRIPOX-2024-00003
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.9698,
BG-CAPRIPOX-2024-00004 20.12.2024
Long. 25.6564 (2024/3), Lat. 41.96, Long. 25.65
BG-CAPRIPOX-2024-00006
(2024/4), Lat. 41.96618 Long. 25.66267
BG-CAPRIPOX-2024-00007
(2024/6), Lat 1.91051, Long. 25.54653(2024/7)
excluding the areas contained in the protection
zone
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained
within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred
12.12.2024– 20.12.2024
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.9698,
Long. 25.6564 (2024/3), Lat. 41.96, Long. 25.65
(2024/4), Lat. 41.96618, Long. 25.66267
(2024/6), Lat 1.91051, Long. 25.54653(2024/7)
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B. Further restricted zones
Areas included in the further restricted zones established in Bulgaria
Regional unit Date until applicable
as referred to in Article 2
Municipalities Radnevo,Stara Zagora 16.11.2024– 20.12.2024
Region of Stara Zagora
Municipalities Galabovo and Opan 21.12.2024– 19.1.2025
Entire territory of the region of Haskovo, excluding the areas
19.1.2025
included in any protection or surveillance zone
Region of Haskovo
Entire territory of the region of Haskovo 21.12.2024– 19.1.2025
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