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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/2817 31.10.2024
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2817
of 29 October 2024
amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for
the United States in the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry
into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of
poultry and game birds
(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 Articles 230(1) and 232(1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin
must come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed in accordance with
Article 230(1) of that Regulation in order to enter the Union.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692(2)lays down the animal health requirements that consignments
of certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, from third countries
or territories, or zones thereof, or compartments thereof in the case of aquaculture animals, must comply with in
order to enter the Union.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404(3) lays down the lists of third countries, or territories, or
zones thereof, from which the entry into the Union of the species and categories of animals, germinal products and
products of animal origin falling within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 is permitted. Those lists
and certain general rules concerning those lists are set out in Annexes I to XXII to that Implementing Regulation.
(4) More particularly, Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 set out the lists of third countries,
or territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union, respectively, of consignments of poultry and
germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds.
(5) The United States has notified the Commission of three outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in
poultry in the states of California, Utah and Washington, which were confirmed on 15 October 2024 and
16 October 2024by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments
of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 379, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/
reg_del/2020/692/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries, territories or zones
thereof from which the entry into the Union of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance
with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/
eli/regimpl/2021/404/oj).
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(6) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authority of the United States established restricted zones
of at least 10 km around the affected establishments and implemented a stamping-out policy to control the
presence of HPAI and limit the spread of that disease.
(7) The United States has submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on its territory and
the measures taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI following these recent outbreaks in the states of California,
Utah and Washington.
(8) That information has been evaluated by the Commission. The Commission considers that, in view of the animal
health situation in the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authority of the United States, the entry
into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game
birds from those areas concerned by the recent outbreaks in the states of California, Utah and Washington should be
suspended, in order to protect the animal health status of the Union.
(9) In addition, the United States has provided updated information to the Commission in relation to the
epidemiological situation on its territory as regards HPAI that gave rise to the suspension of the entry into the
Union of certain products, as set out in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.
(10) The United States has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to 11 outbreaks of
HPAI in poultry in the states of Colorado (2), Florida (2), Idaho (2) and Minnesota (5), which were confirmed
between 10 May 2024and 20 August 2024by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(11) The United States has also submitted information on the measures they have taken to prevent the further spread of
HPAI. In particular, following these outbreaks of HPAI, the United States has implemented a stamping out policy in
order to control and limit the spread of that disease, and also completed the requisite cleaning and disinfection
following the implementation of the stamping out policy on the infected poultry establishments.
(12) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by the United States, and considers that it has provided
appropriate guarantees that the animal health situation that gave rise to the suspension of the entry of
consignments of certain products into the Union from the concerned zones, as set out in Annexes V and XIV to
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, no longer represents a threat to animal or public health within the
Union, and that, consequently, the entry into the Union of those consignments from the concerned zones of the
United States, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should be reauthorised.
(13) Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should, therefore, be amended to take account of
the current epidemiological situation as regards HPAI in the United States.
(14) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the United States as regards HPAI, and in order to avoid
unnecessary disruption in trade with the United States, the amendments to be made to Annexes V and XIV to
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency.
(15) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404
Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this
Regulation.
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Article 2
Entry into force and applicability
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 October 2024.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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ANNEX
Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended as follows:
(1) Annex V is amended as follows:
(a) in Part 1, Section B, the entry for the United States is amended as follows:
(i) the rows for the zones US-2.649 and US-2.650 are replaced by the following:
US-2.649 N, P1 10.5.2024 15.10.2024
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
United States POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
US-2.650 N, P1 20.5.2024 15.10.2024’
(ii) the row for the zone US-2.662 is replaced by the following:
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
US-2.662 N, P1 18.6.2024 7.9.2024’
United States POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
(iii) the rows for the zones US-2.666 to US-2.670 are replaced by the following:
US-2.666 N, P1 27.6.2024 8.9.2024
US-2.667 N, P1 8.7.2024 12.9.2024
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
US-2.668 N, P1 9.7.2024 29.9.2024
United States POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
US-2.669 N, P1 9.7.2024 18.10.2024
US-2.670 N, P1 9.7.2024 15.9.2024’
(iv) the row for the zone US-2.672 is replaced by the following:
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
US-2.672 N, P1 19.7.2024 12.9.2024’
United States POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
(v) the rows for the zones US-2.676 and US-2.677 are replaced by the following:
US-2.676 N, P1 5.8.2024 7.9.2024
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
United States POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
US-2.677 N, P1 20.8.2024 22.9.2024’
(vi) the following rows for the zones US-2.683, US-2.684 and US-2.685 are added after the row for the zone
US-2.682:
US-2.683 N, P1 15.10.2024
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
US-2.684 N, P1 15.10.2024
United States POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
US-2.685 N, P1 16.10.2024’
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(b) in Part 2, in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions zones US-2.683, US-2.684 and US-2.685
are added after the description of the zone US-2.682:
State of Utah
Cache 04
US-2.683
Cache County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates:
111.9158323°W 42.0175156°N)
State of Washington
Franklin 02
‘United States US-2.684
Franklin County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 119.0737252°W 46.4848210°N)
State of California
Tulare 01
US-2.685
Tulare County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates:
119.4042319°W 36.0359561°N)’
(2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B, the entry for the United States is amended as follows:
(a) the rows for the zones US-2.649 and US-2.650 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 10.5.2024 15.10.2024
US-2.649
GBM P1 10.5.2024 15.10.2024
‘US
United States
POU, RAT N, P1 20.5.2024 15.10.2024
US-2.650
GBM P1 20.5.2024 15.10.2024’
(b) the rows for the zone US-2.662 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 18.6.2024 7.9.2024
‘US
US-2.662
United States
GBM P1 18.6.2024 7.9.2024’
(c) the rows for the zones US-2.666 to US-2.670 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 27.6.2024 8.9.2024
US-2.666
GBM P1 27.6.2024 8.9.2024
POU, RAT N, P1 8.7.2024 12.9.2024
US-2.667
GBM P1 8.7.2024 12.9.2024
POU, RAT N, P1 9.7.2024 29.9.2024
‘US
US-2.668
United States
GBM P1 9.7.2024 29.9.2024
POU, RAT N, P1 9.7.2024 18.10.2024
US-2.669
GBM P1 9.7.2024 18.10.2024
POU, RAT N, P1 9.7.2024 15.9.2024
US-2.670
GBM P1 9.7.2024 15.9.2024’
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(d) the rows for the zone US-2.672 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 19.7.2024 12.9.2024
‘US
US-2.672
United States
GBM P1 19.7.2024 12.9.2024’
(e) the rows for the zones US-2.676 and US-2.677 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 5.8.2024 7.9.2024
US-2.676
GBM P1 5.8.2024 7.9.2024
‘US
United States
POU, RAT N, P1 20.8.2024 22.9.2024
US-2.677
GBM P1 20.8.2024 22.9.2024’
(f) the following rows for zones US-2.683, US-2.684 and US-2.685 are added after the rows for the zone US-2.682:
POU, RAT N, P1 15.10.2024
US-2.683
GBM P1 15.10.2024
POU, RAT N, P1 15.10.2024
‘US
US-2.684
United States
GBM P1 15.10.2024
POU, RAT N, P1 16.10.2024
US-2.685
GBM P1 16.10.2024’
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