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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/323 of 11 February 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186 (notified under document C(2025) 1015)

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Key Changes

  • Annex I lists specific areas within Brandenburg, Berlin, Märkisch-Oderland, Barnim and Oder-Spree that constitute the protection and surveillance zones, with measures applicable at least until 11 February 2025 or 24 February 2025 depending on the zone.
  • Annex II describes the area where further restricted zone measures apply, including parts of Brandenburg (Märkisch-Oderland, Barnim) and Berlin (Lichtenberg, Marzahn-Hellersdorf), with measures applicable from 25 February 2025 to 11 April 2025.
  • The decision repeals Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186.
  • It spatially and temporally defines protection and surveillance zones in Annex I, specifying the areas and the dates until which measures must be applied.
  • It defines further measures applicable to further restricted zones, as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, in the area listed in Annex II, and until the dates set out therein.

What it means

  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/323 concerns emergency measures related to foot and mouth disease in Germany. It defines restricted zones (protection and surveillance zones) and further restricted zones in specific areas of Germany to prevent the spread of the disease. This decision repeals and replaces Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186.

Impact Analysis

Farmers and Livestock Owners

  • Action item: Farmers should immediately implement enhanced biosecurity measures, strictly adhere to movement restrictions, and cooperate fully with veterinary authorities.

Food Producers and Processors

  • Action item: Food producers should assess their supply chains, identify alternative sources of raw materials if necessary, and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations.

Trade and Export

  • Action item: Government should engage with trading partners to provide assurances about the measures being taken to control the outbreak and minimize trade disruptions.

German Authorities

  • Action item: German authorities must ensure effective communication with stakeholders, provide clear guidance on the applicable measures, and allocate sufficient resources for disease control.

Consumers

  • Action item: Government should ensure transparency and provide information to the public about the situation and the measures being taken to protect animal health and food safety.

Key Entities Referenced

European Commission: The body responsible for adopting the Implementing Decision and ensuring its enforcement. Federal Republic of Germany: The Member State to which the Decision is addressed and responsible for its implementation. Regulation (EU) 2016/429: The Animal Health Law, which provides the legal basis for the emergency measures. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687: Supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 with rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882: On the application of certain disease prevention and control rules to categories of listed diseases. Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186: The previous decision concerning emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany, which is now repealed. Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed: The committee whose opinion was considered in the adoption of this Decision.
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Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/323 12.2.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/323 of 11 February 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186 (notified under document C(2025) 1015) (Only the German 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), point (c), thereof, Whereas: (1) Foot and mouth disease is an infectious viral disease affecting animals in the mammal order of Artiodactyla 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 foot and mouth disease in animals of listed species, there is a serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments keeping animals of listed species. (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 foot and mouth disease, and for certain measures to be applied therein. 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) 2025/186(4)was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and it lays down certain emergency measures relating to infection with foot and mouth disease virus in Germany in response to the outbreak confirmed on 10 January 2025 in the federal state of Brandenburg, close to that state’s border with the federal state of Berlin. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186 provides that the protection and surveillance zones to be established by Germany in the federal state of Brandenburg, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, following that outbreak 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) 2025/186 of 24 January 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/87 (OJ L, 2025/186, 28.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa. eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/186/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/oj 1/7EN OJ L, 12.2.2025 (5) Since the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186, the emergency measures to be applied in the restricted zones, and the timeline for their implementation, have been reviewed. As a consequence, the duration of those measures needs to be extended. Therefore, the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones for Germany, should be defined both spatially and temporally in Annex I to this Implementing Decision, in order to prevent the spread of the disease in Germany and to the rest of the Union, as well as to third countries. Providing for clarity on the exact scope of these areas, as well as on the measures to be applied therein, by setting them out in a legal act of the Union is also required in order to avoid unjustified disruptions in the movements of animals and products in the Union, as well as to third countries. (6) Furthermore, considering that the ongoing epidemiological investigation is still being conducted by the competent authority of Germany, and pending its conclusion, and in order to avoid any unjustified disruptions as regards the movements of animals and products in the Union, as well as to third countries, it is appropriate to apply further measures, namely those that are applicable to further restricted zones, as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, following the expiry of the emergency measures in the surveillance zone (the further measures). The further measures should be applied in an area defined both spatially and temporally in relation to the protection and surveillance zones foreseen before. (7) Accordingly, in order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid any unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly review at Union level the measures applicable in the restricted zones for foot and mouth disease, which comprise protection and surveillance zones, as well as to provide for further measures to be applied, in the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg in Germany in collaboration with that Member State. (8) Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186 should, therefore, be repealed and replaced by this Decision. (9) 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 Germany shall ensure that: (a) restricted zones, which comprise protection and surveillance zones are established immediately by the competent authority 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 and surveillance zones referred to in point (a) comprise at least the areas listed in Annex I to this Decision; (c) the measures required to be applied in the protection, and surveillance zones, are applied at least until the dates listed in Annex I to this Decision. Article 2 Germany shall apply the measures which are applicable to further restricted zones, as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, in the area listed in Annex II to this Decision, and until the dates set out therein. Article 3 Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186 is repealed. 2/7 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/ojEN OJ L, 12.2.2025 Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 11 February 2025. For the Commission Olivér VÁRHELYI Member of the Commission ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/oj 3/7EN OJ L, 12.2.2025 ANNEX I Restricted zones established around the confirmed outbreak ADIS reference number of the Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted Date until outbreak zones in Germany referred to in Article 1 applicable Protection zone for outbreak DE-FMD-2025-00001: Brandenburg: Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland: — Gemeinde Hoppegarten mit der Gemarkung Hönow, Landkreis Barnim: — Gemeinde Ahrensfelde mit den Gemarkungen Eiche und Mehrow. Berlin: 11.2.2025 Teile des Bezirks Marzahn-Hellersdorf : — nördlich begrenzt durch die Stadtgrenze entlang der Landsberger Chaussee später Berliner Straße bis zur Mahlsdorfer Straße, — östlich begrenzt von der Mahlsdorfer Straße südlich entlang der Stadtgrenze bis zur Riesaer Straße, — südlich begrenzt von der Riesaer Straße bis Alice-Salomon-Platz, weiter entlang der Hellersdorfer Straße bis zur Einmündung Neue Grottkauer Straße über Märkischer Garten/Feldberger Ring bis zum Fluss Neue Wuhle, — westlich begrenzt durch den Fluss Neue Wuhle in nördlicher Richtung bis Landsberger Allee/Stadtgrenze DE-FMD-2025-00001 Surveillance zone for outbreak DE-FMD-2025-00001: Brandenburg: Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland: — Gemeinde Hoppegarten den Gemarkungen Dahlwitz- Hoppegarten und Münchehofe, — Gemeinde Neuenhagen bei Berlin, — Gemeinde Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, — Gemeinde Petershagen/Eggersdorf, — Gemeinde Altlandsberg mit den Gemarkungen Altlandsberg, Bruchmühle, Buchholz und Wegendorf, Landkreis Barnim: 11.2.2025 — Gemeinde Ahrensfelde mit den Gemarkungen Ahrensfelde, Lindenberg und Blumberg, — Gemeinde Werneuchen mit den Gemarkungen Werneuchen, Krummensee, Seefeld und Löhme, — Gemeinde Panketal mit der Gemarkung Schwanebeck, — Stadt Bernau bei Berlin mit der Gemarkung Birkholz und der Ortslage Helenenau der Gemarkung Börnicke, Landkreis Oder-Spree: — Gemeinde Schöneiche bei Berlin mit der Gemarkung Schöneiche bei Berlin. 4/7 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/ojEN OJ L, 12.2.2025 ADIS reference number of the Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted Date until outbreak zones in Germany referred to in Article 1 applicable Berlin: — Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf, sofern nicht bereits Teil der Schutzzone, — Bezirk Lichtenberg, — Teile des Bezirks Pankow, — nördlich begrenzt vom Ingwäonenweg 32 Berlin, weiter Straße 73 bis Strömannstraße, Strömannstraße bis Straße 72, Straße 72 bis Alt Karow 51, — östlich begrenzt durch die Bezirksgrenze, ab Bernauer Straße Stadtgrenze, — südlich begrenzt von der Herbert Baum Straße bis Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee, kompletter Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee, — westlich begrenzt durch Alt Karow bis Straße 52, Straße 52 bis Straße 45, Straße 45 bis Straße 47, Straße 47 bis Karower Damm, Karower Damm bis Alt-Blankenburg, Alt Blankenburg bis Krugstege - Heinersdorfer Straße, Heinerstdorfer Straße bis Heinersdorfer Graben, Heinersdorfer Graben bis Muspelsteig, Muspelsteig bis Haakonweg, Haakonweg bis Darßer Straße, Darßer Straße bis Roelckestraße, Roelckestraße bis Rennbahnstraße, Rennbahnstraße bis Parkstraße, Parkstraße bis Berliner Straße, Berliner Straße bis Herbert-Baum Straße, — Teile des Bezirks Treptow-Köpenick, — nördlich begrenzt durch die Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg (Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland) sowie im nordwestlichen Verlauf durch die Bezirksgrenze zu Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Forstflächen Jagen 321 sowie Jagen 465), — südwestlich begrenzt von der Genovevastraße, dem Däumlingsweg sowie den Forstflächen Jagen 319 und 320, — südlich begrenzt durch die S- und Regional-Bahn Trasse, — südöstlich begrenzt durch die Schöneicher Straße, Schöneicher Landstraße sowie die Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg (Landkreis Oder-Spree). Surveillance zone for outbreak DE-FMD-2025-00001: Brandenburg: Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland: — Gemeinde Hoppegarten mit den Gemarkungen Hönow, Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten und Münchehofe, — Gemeinde Neuenhagen bei Berlin, — Gemeinde Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, 12.2.2025- — Gemeinde Petershagen/Eggersdorf, 24.2.2025 — Gemeinde Altlandsberg mit den Gemarkungen Altlandsberg, Bruchmühle, Buchholz und Wegendorf, Landkreis Barnim: — Gemeinde Ahrensfelde mit den Gemarkungen Eiche, Mehrow, Ahrensfelde, Lindenberg und Blumberg, — Gemeinde Werneuchen mit den Gemarkungen Werneuchen, Krummensee, Seefeld und Löhme, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/oj 5/7EN OJ L, 12.2.2025 ADIS reference number of the Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted Date until outbreak zones in Germany referred to in Article 1 applicable — Gemeinde Panketal mit der Gemarkung Schwanebeck, — Stadt Bernau bei Berlin mit der Gemarkung Birkholz und der Ortslage Helenenau der Gemarkung Börnicke, Landkreis Oder-Spree: — Gemeinde Schöneiche bei Berlin mit der Gemarkung Schöneiche bei Berlin, Berlin: — Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf, — Bezirk Lichtenberg, — Teile des Bezirks Pankow, — nördlich begrenzt vom Ingwäonenweg 32 Berlin, weiter Straße 73 bis Strömannstraße, Strömannstraße bis Straße 72, Straße 72 bis Alt Karow 51, — östlich begrenzt durch die Bezirksgrenze, ab Bernauer Straße Stadtgrenze, — südlich begrenzt von der Herbert Baum Straße bis Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee, kompletter Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee, — westlich begrenzt durch Alt Karow bis Straße 52, Straße 52 bis Straße 45, Straße 45 bis Straße 47, Straße 47 bis Karower Damm, Karower Damm bis Alt-Blankenburg, Alt Blankenburg bis Krugstege - Heinersdorfer Straße, Heinerstdorfer Straße bis Heinersdorfer Graben, Heinersdorfer Graben bis Muspelsteig, Muspelsteig bis Haakonweg, Haakonweg bis Darßer Straße, Darßer Straße bis Roelckestraße, Roelckestraße bis Rennbahnstraße, Rennbahnstraße bis Parkstraße, Parkstraße bis Berliner Straße, Berliner Straße bis Herbert-Baum Straße, — Teile des Bezirks Treptow-Köpenick, — nördlich begrenzt durch die Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg (Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland) sowie im nordwestlichen Verlauf durch die Bezirksgrenze zu Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Forstflächen Jagen 321 sowie Jagen 465), — südwestlich begrenzt von der Genovevastraße, dem Däumlingsweg sowie den Forstflächen Jagen 319 und 320, — südlich begrenzt durch die S- und Regional-Bahn Trasse, — südöstlich begrenzt durch die Schöneicher Straße, Schöneicher Landstraße sowie die Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg (Landkreis Oder-Spree) 6/7 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/ojEN OJ L, 12.2.2025 ANNEX II Description of the area referred to in Article 2 Date until applicable Brandenburg: Diejenigen Teile des Bundeslands Brandenburg, die innerhalb eines Umkreises von sechs Kilometern um folgende ETRS89-Koordinaten liegen: Breitengrad 52.563232, Längengrad 13.634274. Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland: — Gemeinde Hoppegarten mit der Gemarkung Hönow und Teilen der Gemarkung Dahlwitz- Hoppegarten, — Gemeinde Neuenhagen bei Berlin mit Teilen der Gemarkung Neuenhagen bei Berlin, — Gemeinde Altlandsberg mit Teilen der Gemarkung Altlandsberg, Landkreis Barnim: — Gemeinde Ahrensfelde mit den Gemarkungen Eiche und Mehrow sowie mit Teilen der Gemarkungen Ahrensfelde und Blumberg, — Gemeinde Werneuchen mit Teilen der Gemarkungen Krummensee und Seefeld, — Gemeinde Panketal mit Teilen der Gemarkung Schwanebeck, Berlin: Bezirk Lichtenberg: 25.2.2025- — Im Osten: Landesgrenze Berlin-Brandenburg, bzw. Bezirksgrenze zum Bezirk Marzahn- 11.4.2025 Hellersdorf, — Im Norden: Landesgrenze Berlin-Brandenburg, — Im Westen: Entlang des Gleisverlaufs der S-Bahnlinie 75 von S Pölchaustr. Richtung Blankenburg folgend, — Im Süden Bezirksgrenze zu Marzahn Hellersdorf, Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf: — Im Norden: Beginnend S-Bahnhof Gehrenseestr. der Hohenschönhauser Str. und dann der Ahrensfelder Chaussee als Bezirksgrenze in Richtung Norden folgend bis Kreuzung Märkische Allee/Landesgrenze, dann weiter auf der Landesgrenze nach Süden bis Landsberger Allee, weiter nach Osten über Landsberger Chaussee und Berliner Str. bis zur Mahlsdorfer Str., — Im Osten: Von der Mahlsdorfer Str. südlich entlang der Stadtgrenze bis zur Riesaer Str., — Im Süden: Von der Riesaer Str. bis Alice-Salomon-Platz, weiter entlang der Hellersdorfer Straße bis zur Einmündung Cecilienstr., weiter auf der Celilienstr. bis Blumberger Damm, dann dem Blumberger Damm nördlich folgend bis Kreuzung Landsberger Allee, der Landsberger Allee westlich folgend bis Bezirksgrenze S-Bahnlinie 75, — Im Westen: S-Bahnlinie 75 von der Landsberger Allee entlang Bezirksgrenze bis S-Bahnhof Gehrenseestr ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/323/oj 7/7

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