Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2882 of 11 November 2024 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and 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

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/2882 12.11.2024 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2882 of 11 November 2024 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and 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) 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 Kingdom has notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N5 in poultry in the county of Yorkshire, England, which was confirmed on 5 November 2024 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).

(6) The United States has notified the Commission of seven outbreaks of HPAI subtype H5N1 in poultry in the states of California and Oregon, which were confirmed between 24 October 2024 and 2 November 2024 by 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/reg_impl/2021/404/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2882/oj 1/4EN OJ L, 12.11.2024

(7) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authority of the United Kingdom and 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.

(8) The United Kingdom and the United States have submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on their territories and the measures taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI following these recent outbreaks.

(9) 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 authorities of the United Kingdom and 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 should be suspended, in

order to protect the animal health status of the Union.

(10) 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 Kingdom and the United States.

(11) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom and the United States as regards HPAI, 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.

(12) 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.

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, 11 November 2024.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2882/ojEN OJ L, 12.11.2024 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 is amended as follows:

(i) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following row for the zone GB-2.329 is added after the row for the zone GB-2,328: ‘GB BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, United GB-2.329 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 5.11.2024’ Kingdom HE-LT20

(ii) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.686 to US-2.692 are added after the row for the zone US-2.685:

US-2.686 N, P1 24.10.2024 US-2.687 N, P1 24.10.2024 US-2.688 N, P1 29.10.2024 ‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, United US-2.689 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 29.10.2024 States HE-LT20 US-2.690 N, P1 30.10.2024 US-2.691 N, P1 30.10.2024 US-2.692 N, P1 2.11.2024’;

(b) Part 2 is amended as follows:

(i) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following description of the zone GB-2.329 is added after the description of the zone GB-2.328: near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, GB ‘United GB-2.329 The area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, Kingdom coordinates N53.86 and W0.24’

(ii) in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of zones US-2.686 to US-2.692 are added after the description of the zone US-2.685:

State of Oregon Clackamas 03 US-2.686

Clackamas County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 122.7154199°W 45.2437728°N) State of California ‘United Tulare 02 US-2.687

States Tulare County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.5174744°W 36.1371362°N) State of California Kings 01 US-2.688

Kings County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.6651141°W 36.2024680°N)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2882/oj 3/4EN OJ L, 12.11.2024 State of California Kings 02 US-2.689

Kings County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.6936533°W 36.2163605°N) State of California Kings 03 US-2.690

Kings County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.7121260°W 36.2956547°N) State of California Fresno 09 US-2.691

Fresno County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.8742469°W 36.6987976°N) State of California Sacramento 05 US-2.692

Sacramento County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 121.3495297°W 38.4882732°N)’;

(2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:

(a) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for the zone GB-2.329 are added after the rows for the zone GB-2.328: ‘GB POU, RAT N, P1 5.11.2024 United Kingdom GB-2.329 GBM P1 5.11.2024’

(b) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for zones US-2.686 to US-2.692 are added after the rows for the zone US-2.685:

POU, RAT N, P1 24.10.2024 US-2.686 GBM P1 24.10.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 24.10.2024 US-2.687 GBM P1 24.10.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 29.10.2024 US-2.688 GBM P1 29.10.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 29.10.2024 ‘US US-2.689 United States GBM P1 29.10.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 30.10.2024 US-2.690 GBM P1 30.10.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 30.10.2024 US-2.691 GBM P1 30.10.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 2.11.2024 US-2.692 GBM P1 2.11.2024’ 4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2882/oj