Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1336 of 3 July 2025 concerning certain interim emergency measures relating to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in France (notified under document C(2025) 4588)

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1336 4.7.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION(EU) 2025/1336 of 3 July 2025 concerning certain interim emergency measures relating to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in France (notified under document C(2025) 4588) (Only the French 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) Infection with lumpy skin disease virus is an infectious, vector-borne disease affecting bovine animals. Its occurrence can have a severe impact on the concerned animal population and on the profitability of farming, also 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 lumpy skin disease virus in bovine animals, there is a serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments of bovine animals particularly due its mode of transmission through vectors. (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 lumpy skin disease 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 at least a protection zone, a surveillance zone, and, if necessary, further restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones. (4) France has informed the Commission of the current situation, in its territory, as regards the infection of bovine animals with the lumpy skin disease virus, following an outbreak of that disease in kept bovine animals, in the commune of Chambéry, department of Savoie, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes which was reported on 30 June 2025. Following that report, France has reportedly established a restricted zone in the sense of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687; that comprises a protection zone and a surveillance zone, where the disease control measures foreseen in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are also applied. (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). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1336/oj 1/4EN OJ L, 4.7.2025 (5) In order to control the spread of infection with lumpy skin disease virus, as well as to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly identify at Union level the restricted zone for infection with lumpy skin disease virus, which comprises at least one protection zone and a surveillance zone. (6) The size of the protection zone and the surveillance zone, and the duration of the measures to be applied therein, are based on the criteria laid down in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, as well as on the rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. The criteria applied for the choice of the size of the protection zone and the surveillance zone, as well as of the duration of the measures to be applied therein, include a consideration of not only the epidemiological situation as regards infection with lumpy skin disease virus in the areas affected by that disease, but also of other epidemiological factors, including geographical parameters and the risk for the further spread of the disease. The chosen duration of the measures foreseen in this Decision has also taken into account the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health(4). (7) The areas identified as protection zone and as surveillance zone in France should therefore be set out in the Annex to this Decision accordingly, and the duration of that regionalisation should be established in Union law. (8) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of infection with lumpy skin disease virus and the need to prevent the disease from spreading from the affected establishment in France to other parts of that Member State or to other Member States, the measures laid down in this Implementing Decision should apply as soon as possible. (9) Accordingly, pending the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, the protection zone and the surveillance zone in France should be established immediately and listed in the Annex to this Decision and the duration of that zoning fixed. (10) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the Union as regards infection with lumpy skin disease virus, this Decision should apply until 14 August 2025. (11) 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 France shall ensure that: (a) a restricted zone, which comprises a protection zone and a surveillance zone, is established immediately by the competent authorities of that Member State in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and under the conditions laid down in that Article; (b) the protection zone and the surveillance zone referred to in point (a) comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision; (c) the measures required to be applied in the protection zone and the surveillance zone are applied at least until the dates listed in the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision shall apply until 14 August 2025. (4) https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/. 2/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1336/ojEN OJ L, 4.7.2025 Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 3 July 2025. For the Commission Olivér VÁRHELYI Member of the Commission ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1336/oj 3/4EN OJ L, 4.7.2025 ANNEX Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreak Administrative area and ADIS Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the Date until applicable reference number of the outbreak restricted zone in France, referred to in Article 1 Protection zone: Those parts of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, contained within a circle of a radius of 20 kilometres, 28.7.2025 centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.79778582, Long. 5.89422132 (FR-LSD-2025-00001). Surveillance zone: Region of Auvergne-Rhône- Those parts of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Alpes contained within a circle of a radius of 50 kilometres, 14.8.2025 centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. FR-LSD-2025-00001 45.79778582, Long. 5.89422132 (FR-LSD-2025-00001) excluding the areas included in the protection zone. Surveillance zone: Those parts of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 29.7.2025 – contained within a circle of a radius of 20 kilometres, 14.8.2025 centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.79778582, Long. 5.89422132 (FR-LSD-2025-00001). 4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1336/oj