Date: 2025-09-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1777 of 2 September 2025 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 concerning emergency measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (notified under document C(2025) 6024)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2025/1777 amends Implementing Decision EU 2023/2447 regarding emergency measures against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The amendment updates the protection and surveillance zones within Member States, specifically adding zones for Bulgaria, and modifying existing zones for Spain and Portugal. This decision takes effect immediately to address the urgent epidemiological situation.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Overview:** The Annex to Implementing Decision EU 2023/2447 is replaced with an updated Annex to reflect new HPAI outbreaks and control measures.
* **Bulgaria:**
* New protection and surveillance zones are established in the Plovdiv region due to recent HPAI outbreaks in poultry establishments.
* Specific villages within the Rakovski and Kaloyanovo municipalities are included in the protection and surveillance zones.
* Applicability dates for the protection zones in Rakovski and Momino selo are until 21.9.2025.
* Applicability dates for the surveillance zones in Rakovski, Maritsa, Brezovo and Kaloyanovo municipalities are until 30.9.2025, and in Rakovski and Kaloyanovo municipalities until 22.9.2025.
* **Spain:**
* Modifications to surveillance zones in the provinces of Badajoz (comarca of Azuaga), Toledo (comarcas of Oropesa, Talavera de la Reina and Belvs de la Jara), Cáceres (comarca of Navalmoral de la Mata) and Vizcaya are detailed, including geographical coordinates and applicability dates.
* **Portugal:**
* Modifications to surveillance zones in the counties of Alcácer do Sal (Setúbal district), Viana do Alentejo and Montemor-o-Novo (Évora district) are detailed, including GPS coordinates and applicability dates.
* **Further Restricted Zones:** No further restricted zones are listed in the updated Annex.
Impact Analysis:
Member States:
* Impact: Required to implement and enforce the updated protection and surveillance zones as defined in the Annex.
* Action Required: Update regionalization measures to align with the new zones, ensuring compliance with Delegated Regulation EU 2020/687, and maintain measures until the specified dates.
European Commission:
* Impact: Responsible for monitoring the implementation of the decision and ensuring that Member States take appropriate disease control measures.
* Action Required: Continue to assess the epidemiological situation and update implementing decisions as necessary.
Poultry Farmers/Keepers of Captive Birds (in affected zones):
* Impact: Subject to restrictions and control measures within the protection and surveillance zones.
* Action Required: Comply with all disease control measures, including movement restrictions, biosecurity protocols, and surveillance requirements, as outlined in Delegated Regulation EU 2020/687.
Third Countries:
* Impact: May impose trade restrictions based on the regionalization defined in the Annex.
* Action Required: Monitor updates to the Annex to Implementing Decision EU 2023/2447 and adjust trade policies accordingly.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2023/2447: A European Commission Implementing Decision concerning emergency measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States.
Regulation EU 2016/429: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases (Animal Health Law).
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2020/687: A Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation EU 2016/429 as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases, including disease control measures for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI): An infectious viral disease in birds.
Bulgaria: A Member State of the European Union that notified the Commission of outbreaks of HPAI.
Spain: A Member State of the European Union that experienced new outbreaks of HPAI.
Portugal: A Member State of the European Union that experienced new outbreaks of HPAI.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1777 5.9.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION(EU) 2025/1777
of 2 September 2025
amending the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 concerning emergency measures in
relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States
(notified under document C(2025) 6024)
(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), point (c), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is an infectious viral disease in birds and can have a severe impact on the
profitability of poultry farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to third countries. HPAI
viruses can infect migratory birds, which can then spread these viruses over long distances during their autumn and
spring migrations. Therefore, the presence of HPAI viruses in wild birds poses a continuous threat for the direct and
indirect introduction of these viruses into holdings where poultry or captive birds are kept. In the event of an
outbreak of HPAI, there is a risk that the disease agent may spread to other holdings where poultry or captive birds
are kept.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 establishes the legislative framework for the prevention and control of diseases that are
transmissible to animals or humans. HPAI falls within the definition of a listed disease in that Regulation, and it is
subject to the disease prevention and control rules laid down therein. In addition, Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/687(2) supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards the rules for the prevention and control of
certain listed diseases, including disease control measures for HPAI.
(3) On 24 October 2023, the Commission adopted Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447(3)on the basis
of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and it lays down emergency measures at Union level in relation to outbreaks of HPAI.
(4) In particular, Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 provides that the protection, surveillance and further restricted
zones, to be established by the concerned Member States following outbreaks of HPAI, in accordance with Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2020/687, must comprise at least the areas listed as protection, surveillance and further restricted
zones in the Annex to that Implementing Decision. It also provides that the measures to be applied in those zones,
in accordance with that Delegated Regulation, must be maintained until at least the dates set out in that Annex.
(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 Decision (EU) 2023/2447 of 24 October 2023 concerning emergency measures in relation to outbreaks of
highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (OJ L, 2023/2447, 30.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/
2023/2447/oj).
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(5) The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 was recently amended by Commission Implementing
Decision (EU) 2025/1750(4) following new outbreaks of HPAI in Spain and Portugal in establishments where
captive birds were kept, which needed to be reflected in that Annex.
(6) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1750, Bulgaria notified the Commission of three
outbreaks of HPAI in establishments where poultry were kept, located in the Plovdiv region.
(7) Following those outbreaks, Bulgaria has taken the disease control measures required in accordance with Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones around the outbreaks.
(8) The Commission has examined the disease control measures taken by Bulgaria and it is satisfied that the boundaries
of the protection and surveillances zones established by that Member State are at a sufficient distance from the
establishment where the outbreaks of HPAI have been confirmed.
(9) In the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447, there are currently no areas listed as protection and
surveillance zones for Bulgaria.
(10) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade
being imposed by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly lay down at Union level, in collaboration with Bulgaria,
the protection and surveillance zones established by that Member State, in accordance with Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/687.
(11) Therefore, protection and surveillance zones for Bulgaria should be listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision
(EU) 2023/2447.
(12) Accordingly, the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should be amended to update regionalisation at
Union level in order to take account of the protection and surveillance zones established by Bulgaria, in accordance
with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, as well as to set out the duration of the measures applicable therein.
(13) Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(14) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of HPAI, it is important that the
amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 by this Decision take effect as soon as possible.
(15) 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
The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1750 of 12 August 2025 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision
(EU) 2023/2447 concerning emergency measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member
States (OJ L, 2025/1750, 18.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1750/oj).
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Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 September 2025.
For the Commission
Olivér VÁRHELYI
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Part A
Protection zones in the concerned Member States* as referred to in Article 1, point (a), and Article 2:
Member State: Bulgaria
Date until applicable in
accordance with
ADIS reference number of the
Area comprising: Article 39 of Delegated
outbreak
Regulation
(EU) 2020/687
Plovdiv region
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00008 — Rakovski
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00009 — Momino selo 21.9.2025
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-000010 The following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:
— Glavatar
Part B
Surveillance zones in the concerned Member States* as referred to in Article 1, point (a), and Article 3:
Member State: Bulgaria
Date until applicable in
accordance with
ADIS reference number of the
Area comprising: Article 55 of Delegated
outbreak
Regulation
(EU) 2020/687
Plovdiv region
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:
— Shishmantsi
— Boltarino
— Strayama
The following villages in Maritsa municipality:
— Manolsko Konare
— Yasno pole
— Dink
— Kalekovets
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00008
— Krislovo
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00009 30.9.2025
The following villages in Brezovo municipality:
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-000010 — Padarsko
— Borets
— Otets Kirilovo
— Drangovo
— Streltsi
The following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:
— Razhevo
— Razhevo Konare
— Dalgo pole
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Date until applicable in
accordance with
ADIS reference number of the
Area comprising: Article 55 of Delegated
outbreak
Regulation
(EU) 2020/687
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:
- Rakovski
- Momino selo 22.9.2025 –
30.9.2025
The following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:
- Glavatar
Member State: Spain
Date until applicable in
accordance with
ADIS reference number of the
Area comprising: Article 55 of Delegated
outbreak
Regulation
(EU) 2020/687
Those parts in the province of Badajoz of the comarca of
Azuaga beyond the area described in the protection zone and
contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centered 28.8.2025
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long - 5,858931247, lat
38,260806792
ES-HPAI(P)-2025-00001
Those parts in the province of Badajoz of the comarca of
Azuaga contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, 20.8.2025 –
centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long 28.8.2025
- 5,858931247, lat 38,260806792
Those parts in the province of Toledo of the comarcas of
Oropesa, Talavera de la Reina and Belvís de la Jara, and in the
province of Cáceres of the comarca of Navalmoral de la Mata
beyond the area described in the protection zone and 1.9.2025
contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centered
on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long - 5,1395444, lat
ES-HPAI(P)-2025-00002 39,8054028
Those parts in the province of Toledo of the comarcas of
Oropesa end Belvis de la Jara contained within a circle of a 24.8.2025 –
radius of 3 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 1.9.2025
coordinates long - 5,1395444, lat 39,8054028
Those parts in the province of Vizcaya contained within a
circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, 5.9.2025
ETRS89 coordinates long - 2,9450083, lat 43,4246139
ES-HPAI(NON-P)-2025-00009
Those parts in the province of Vizcaya contained within a
28.8.2025 –
circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centered on UTM 30,
5.9.2025
ETRS89 coordinates long - 2,9450083, lat 43,4246139
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Member State: Portugal
Date until applicable in
accordance with
ADIS reference number of the
Area comprising: Article 55 of Delegated
outbreak
Regulation
(EU) 2020/687
The parts from the county of Alcácer do Sal from the district
of Setúbal, the county of Viana do Alentejo and the county of
Montemor-o-Novo both from the district of Évora, that are 5.9.2025
contained within the circle of 10 kilometers radius, centered
on GPS coordinates 38.403607N, -8.316925W
PT-HPAI(NON-P)-2025-00014
The parts from the county of Alcácer do Sal from the district
of Setúbal and the county of Viana do Alentejo from the
28.8.2025 –
district of Évora, that are contained within circle of 3
5.9.2025
kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.403607N,
-8.316925W
Part C
Further restricted zones in the concerned Member States* as referred to in Article 1, point (b), and Article 4:
Member State: None
Date until measures are
to remain applicable in
Area comprising:
accordance with
Article 4
* In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the
Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee
established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from
the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87)
in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member State include
the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.
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