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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2424 28.11.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION(EU) 2025/2424
of 25 November 2025
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 concerning certain emergency measures relating
to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in Italy
(notified under document C(2025) 8160)
(Only the Italian 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 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 those animals and products thereof within the Union and exports to third countries. In
the event of an outbreak of an infection with lumpy skin disease virus in bovine animals, there is a serious risk of the
spread of that disease to other establishments keeping bovine animals, particularly due its main mode of transmission
through vectors.
(2) 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.
(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582(4)lays down certain emergency measures related to outbreaks
of infection with lumpy skin disease virus in Italy. Article 1 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 provides for
the establishment, in Italy, of restricted zones, comprising protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, in
accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, as well as the establishment of vaccination
zones, in accordance with Part 1 of Annex IX to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361(5). In addition,
Article 1 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 provides that those protection, surveillance, and further
restricted zones, as well as the vaccination zones, are to comprise at least the areas listed in Annexes I and III thereto,
and the measures required to be applied in those zones are to be applied at least until the dates set out in those
Annexes.
(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) 2025/1582 of 29 July 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection
with lumpy skin disease virus in Italy and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1318 (OJ L, 2025/1582, 1.8.2025, ELI: http://
data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1582/oj).
(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361 of 28 November 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and the Council as regards rules for the use of certain veterinary medicinal products for the purpose of prevention and
control of certain listed diseases (OJ L 52, 20.2.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/361/oj).
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(4) Furthermore, Article 2 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 provides that Italy is to ensure that movements of
bovine animals from the protection, surveillance or further restricted zones set out in Annex I to that Implementing
Decision to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the further restricted zone in Italy or outside that
Member State are prohibited until the dates listed in that Annex.
(5) In addition, Article 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 provides that Italy is to apply, in the areas listed in
Annex II to that Implementing Decision, and for the periods specified in that Annex, the measures applicable to
further restricted zones, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. It also prohibits movements of
bovine animals from the areas listed in Annex II to that Implementing Decision to a destination located outside
those areas in Italy or outside that Member State for the periods specified in that Annex.
(6) Since the last amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 by Commission Implementing Decision
(EU) 2025/2087(6), Italy has notified the Commission of eight new outbreaks of infection with lumpy skin disease
virus in establishments keeping bovine animals in the provinces of Nuoro and Oristano, in the region of Sardinia,
which were reported between 15 October 2025 and 5 November 2025. In response to those outbreaks, Italy has
established protection and surveillance zones, in the provinces of Nuoro and Oristano, in the region of Sardinia,
where the disease control measures laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are applied.
(7) On 17 November 2025, Italy reported additional data to allow an assessment of the epidemiological situation in its
territory. That information demonstrates a significant improvement in the overall situation, supported by a
favourable risk assessment concerning the spread of infection with lumpy skin disease virus, the effective
implementation of the measures laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and the achievement of the
minimum vaccination coverage required in accordance with Annex IX to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361.
(8) Italy has also informed the Commission of delays in the implementation of eradication measures for several
outbreaks in the region of Sardinia, resulting in certain outbreaks remaining unresolved. Consequently, the duration
of the protection and surveillance zones established around those outbreaks must be prolonged, and this Decision
accordingly extends their period of application.
(9) In view of the evolving epidemiological situation in the region of Sardinia, it is necessary to reassess the restricted
zones listed in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582. In particular, the further restricted zone should
be lifted, while the protection and surveillance zones around those outbreaks for which eradication measures have
been delayed should be spatially adjusted and their duration prolonged. In addition, protection and surveillance
zones should be established around the eight additional confirmed outbreaks. Therefore, the references to the
further restricted zone in Articles 1 and 2 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 should be removed, and Part B
of Annex I to that Implementing Decision, which lists further restricted zone, should be deleted.
(10) In view of the lifting of the further restricted zone provided for in Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582, the
additional measures laid down in Article 3 of that Implementing Decision, which applied specifically to the area
listed in Anne II to that Decision, are no longer necessary. Consequently, Article 3 and the current Annex II to
Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 should be deleted. As a result of that deletion, the current Annex III, listing
the vaccination zones, should be renumbered as Annex II.
(6) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2087 of 14 October 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582
concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in Italy (OJ L, 2025/2087, 17.10.2025,
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2087/oj).
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(11) The size of the areas indicated as protection and surveillance zones in Annex I to Implementing Decision
(EU) 2025/1582, as amended by this Decision, as well as 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 and
surveillance zones, as well as of the duration of the measures to be applied therein, include the 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 in view of the presence of insect vectors. The chosen duration of the measures provided for in
this Decision has also taken into account the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the
World Organisation for Animal Health(7).
(12) Articles 2 and 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 prohibit the movement of bovine animals from
protection, surveillance or further restricted zones to destinations outside the external perimeter of the further
restricted zone in Italy or outside that Member State, until the dates listed in Annexes I and II thereto. In view of the
unresolved outbreaks in the region of Sardinia, that prohibition should continue to apply in the protection and
surveillance zones established in Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582, as amended by this Decision.
(13) The vaccination zones established in Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 remain necessary, and vaccination
should continue in accordance with Italy’s official vaccination plan dated 1 July 2025, which was submitted
pursuant to Article 6(4), point (a), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361. As the current Annex II is deleted, the
Annex listing the vaccination zones should remain in effect and be renumbered as Annex II to ensure continuation
of vaccination activities in the designated zones.
(14) The Annexes to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.
(15) In light of the epidemiological situation in Italy, the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision
(EU) 2025/1582 by this Decision should apply as soon as possible to prevent the further spread of the disease
within Italy, to other Member States or to third countries, and to avoid any unnecessary disturbance to trade within
the Union or unjustified barriers to trade with third countries.
(16) 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
Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1582 is amended as follows:
1. Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
Italy shall establish:
(a) restricted zones, which comprise protection and surveillance zones, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and under the conditions laid down in that Article; those protection and
surveillance zones shall comprise at least the areas listed in Annex I to this Decision, and the measures
required to be applied in such protection and surveillance zones shall be applied at least until the dates listed
in that Annex;
(7) https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2424/oj 3/7EN
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(b) vaccination zones, in accordance with Part 1 of Annex IX to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361, and under
the conditions laid down in that Annex; those vaccination zones shall comprise at least the areas listed in
Annex II to this Decision, and the measures required to be applied in such vaccination zones shall be applied
at least until the dates listed in that Annex.
Article 2
Italy shall prohibit movements of bovine animals from the protection and surveillance zones listed in Annex I to a
destination located outside the external perimeter of those zones in Italy or outside that Member State until the dates
listed in that Annex.’;
2. Article 3 is deleted;
3. The Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 25 November 2025.
For the Commission
Olivér VÁRHELYI
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks
Administrative area and ADIS Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the
Date until applicable
reference number of the outbreak restricted zone, referred to in Article 1
Protection zone:
Those parts of the region of Sardinia, contained within a circle
of a radius of 20 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89
coordinates Lat. 40.30429, Long. 9.22154 (2025/1), Lat.
40.31139, Long. 9.09821 (2025/3), Lat. 40.2623, Long.
9.082244 (2025/6), Lat. 40.28903, 9.102816 Long.(2025/9),
Lat. 40.33445, Long. 9.15608 (2025/12), Lat. 40.3399, Long.
9.167 (2025/19), Lat. 40.28833, Long. 9.157329 (2025/22),
Lat. 40.260758, Long. 9.168392 (2025/24), Lat. 40.33221,
Sardinia region Long. 9.08099 (2025/25), Lat. 40.3192, Long. 9.1386
IT-LSD-2025-00001 (2025/27), 9Lat., 40.30125, Long. 9.04641 (2025/37), Lat.
27.2.2026
IT-LSD-2025-00003 40.30794, Long. 9.07156 (2025/41), Lat. 40.29275, Long.
IT-LSD-2025-00006 9.116667 (2025/42), Lat. 40.284756, Long. 9.303752
IT-LSD-2025-00009 (2025/44), Lat. 40.20129, Long. 9.18471 (2025/46), Lat.
IT-LSD-2025-00012 40.30071, Long. 9.15876 (2025/51), Lat. 40.236442, Long.
IT-LSD-2025-00019 9.358689 (2025/71), Lat. 40.139252, Long. 9.329541
IT-LSD-2025-00022 (2025/72), Lat. 40.258, Long. 9.2563 (2025/73), Lat.
IT-LSD-2025-00024 40.200046, Long. 9.340078 (2025/74), Lat. 40.24263, Long.
IT-LSD-2025-00025 9.33967 (2025/75), Lat. 40.165, Long. 9.488219 (2025/76),
IT-LSD-2025-00027 Lat. 40.07977, Long. 9.37082 (2025/77), Lat. 40.090098,
IT-LSD-2025-00037 Long. 8.720283 (2025/78), Lat. 40.18562, Long. 9.10301
IT-LSD-2025-00041 (2025/79), Lat. 40.19251,Long. 9.094149 (2025/80)
IT-LSD-2025-00042
IT-LSD-2025-00044 Surveillance zone:
IT-LSD-2025-00046 Those parts of the region of Sardinia, contained within a circle
IT-LSD-2025-00051 of a radius of 20 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89
IT-LSD -2025-00071 coordinates Lat. 40.30429, Long. 9.22154 (2025/1), Lat.
IT-LSD -2025-00072 40.31139, Long. 9.09821 (2025/3), Lat. 40.2623, Long.
IT-LSD -2025-00073 9.082244 (2025/6), Lat. 40.28903, Long. 9.102816 (2025/9),
IT-LSD -2025-00074 Lat. 40.33445, Long. 9.15608 (2025/12), Lat. 40.3399, Long.
IT-LSD -2025-00075 9.167 (2025/19), Lat. 40.28833, Long. 9.157329 (2025/22),
IT-LSD -2025-00076 Lat. 40.260758, Long. 9.168392 (2025/24), Lat. 40.33221,
IT-LSD -2025-00077 Long. 9.08099 (2025/25), Lat. 40.3192, Long. 9.1386
IT-LSD -2025-00078 (2025/27), Lat., 40.30125, Long. 9.04641 (2025/37), Lat. 27.2.2026 –
IT-LSD -2025-00079 40.30794, Long. 9.07156 (2025/41), Lat. 40.29275, Long. 16.3.2026
IT-LSD -2025-00080 9.116667 (2025/42), Lat. 40.284756, Long. 9.303752
(2025/44), Lat. 40.20129, Long. 9.18471 (2025/46), Lat.
40.30071, Long. 9.15876 (2025/51), Lat. 40.236442, Long.
9.358689 (2025/71), Lat. 40.139252, Long. 9.329541
(2025/72), Lat. 40.258, Long. 9.2563 (2025/73), Lat.
40.200046, Long. 9.340078 (2025/74), Lat. 40.24263, Long.
9.33967 (2025/75), Lat. 40.165, Long. 9.488219 (2025/76),
Lat. 40.07977, Long. 9.37082 (2025/77), Lat. 40.090098,
Long. 8.720283 (2025/78), Lat. 40.18562, Long. 9.10301
(2025/79), Lat. 40.19251,Long. 9.094149 (2025/80)
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2424/oj 5/7EN
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Administrative area and ADIS Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the
Date until applicable
reference number of the outbreak restricted zone, referred to in Article 1
Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Sardinia, contained within a circle
of a radius of 50 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89
coordinates 40.30429, Long. 9.22154 (2025/1), Lat.
40.31139, Long. 9.09821 (2025/3), Lat. 40.2623, Long.
9.082244 (2025/6), Lat. 40.28903, Long. 9.102816 (2025/9),
Lat. 40.33445, Long. 9.15608 (2025/12), Lat. 40.3399, Long.
9.167 (2025/19), Lat. 40.28833, Long. 9.157329 (2025/22),
Lat. 40.260758, Long. 9.168392 (2025/24), Lat. 40.33221,
Long. 9.08099 (2025/25), Lat. 40.3192, Long. 9.1386
(2025/27), Lat., 40.30125, Long. 9.04641 (2025/37), Lat.
40.30794, Long. 9.07156 (2025/41), Lat. 40.29275, Long.
16.3.2026
9.116667 (2025/42), Lat. 40.284756, Long. 9.303752
(2025/44), Lat. 40.20129, Long. 9.18471 (2025/46), Lat.
40.30071, Long. 9.15876 (2025/51), Lat. 40.236442, Long.
9.358689 (2025/71), Lat. 40.139252, Long. 9.329541
(2025/72), Lat. 40.139252, Long. 9.329541 (2025/72), Lat.
40.258, Long. 9.2563 (2025/73), Lat. 40.200046, Long.
9.340078 (2025/74), Lat. 40.24263, Long. 9.33967
(2025/75), Lat. 40.165, Long. 9.488219 (2025/76), Lat.
40.07977, Long. 9.37082 (2025/77), Lat. 40.090098, Long.
8.720283 (2025/78), Lat. 40.18562, Long. 9.10301
(2025/79), Lat. 40.19251, Long. 9.094149 (2025/80)
excluding the areas included in the protection zone.
6/7 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2424/ojEN
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ANNEX II
Part A:Vaccination zone II
The entire territory of:
— the region of Sardinia until last day of the recovery period, referred to in Part 4 of Annex IX to Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2023/361.
Part B:Vaccination zone I
The entire territory of:
— the region of Valle D’Aosta until last day of the recovery period, referred to in Part 4 of Annex IX to Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2023/361.’
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2424/oj 7/7