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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/359 18.1.2024
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/359
of 17 January 2024
amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for
Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States in the lists of third countries 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 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) Canada has notified the Commission of 2 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the
provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, which were confirmed on 8 December 2023and 13 December 2023by
laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6) The United States notified the Commission of 23 outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of California (9), Idaho
(1), Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (1), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1), South Dakota (4), and Washington (1),
which were confirmed between 14 December 2023and 30 December 2023by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1.
(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).
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(7) Following these recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authorities of Canada 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) Canada 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.
(9) That information has been evaluated by the Commission. The Commision considers that, in view of the animal
health situation in the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authorities of Canada and the United
States, the entry into the Union of consigments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of
poultry and game birds from those areas should be suspended, in order to protect the animal health status of the
Union.
(10) In addition, the United Kingdom and the United States have provided updated information to the Commission in
relation to the epidemiological situation on their territories as regards HPAI that gave rise to the suspension of the
entry of certain products into the Union, as set out in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/404.
(11) The United Kingdom has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to two
outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the counties of Devon and Northumberland, England, which were confirmed on
29 November 2023and 27 November 2023, respectively.
(12) The United States has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to 11 outbreaks of
HPAI in poultry estabmlishments in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota,
which were confirmed between 18 October 2023and 21 November 2023.
(13) The United Kingdom and the United States have also submitted information on the measures they have taken to
prevent the further spread of HPAI. In particular, following the outbreaks of HPAI, they have 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
establishment on their territories.
(14) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by the United Kingdom and the United States, and
considers that they have 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 in those
third countries, 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 Kingdom and the United States, from which entry into the
Union had been suspended, should be reauthorised.
(15) 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.
(16) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in Canada and the United States as regards HPAI, and in
order to avoid unnecessary disruption of trade with the United Kingdom and 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.
(17) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
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, 17 January 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 is amended as follows:
(i) in the entry for Canada, the following rows for the zones CA-2.227 and CA-2.228 are added after the row for
the zone CA-2.226:
CA-2.227 BPP, BPR, DOC, N, P1 8.12.2023
‘CA DOR, SP, SR, POU-
Canada LT20, HEP, HER,
CA-2.228 N, P1 13.12.2023’
HE-LT20
(ii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zones GB-2.325 and GB-2.326 are replaced by the
following:
GB-2.325 BPP, BPR, DOC, N, P1 27.11.2023 2.1.2024
‘GB
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United
LT20, HEP, HER,
Kingdom GB-2.326 N, P1 29.11.2023 1.1.2024’
HE-LT20
(iii) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.469 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.469 N, P1 18.10.2023 31.12.2023’
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
(iv) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zones US-2.472 and US-2.473 are replaced by the
following:
US-2.472 BPP, BPR, DOC, N, P1 19.10.2023 25.12.2023
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United
LT20, HEP, HER,
States US-2.473 N, P1 24.10.2023 31.12.2023’
HE-LT20
(v) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.477 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.477 N, P1 25.10.2023 2.1.2024’
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
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(vi) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.485 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.485 N, P1 27.10.2023 27.12.2023’
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
(vii) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zones US-2.493, US-2.494 and US-2.495 are replaced by
the following:
US-2.493 BPP, BPR, DOC, N, P1 3.11.2023 28.12.2023
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.494 N, P1 6.11.2023 28.12.2023
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
US-2.495 N, P1 3.11.2023 28.12.2023’
(viii) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.502 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.502 N, P1 8.11.2023 2.1.2024’
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
(ix) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.505 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.505 N, P1 9.11.2023 26.12.2023’
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
(x) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.534 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United US-2.534 N, P1 21.11.2023 29.12.2023’
LT20, HEP, HER,
States
HE-LT20
(xi) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.584 to US-2.606 are added after the
row for the zone US-2.583:
US-2.584 N, P1 14.12.2023
US-2.585 N, P1 15.12.2023
BPP, BPR, DOC,
‘US US-2.586 N, P1 19.12.2023
DOR, SP, SR, POU-
United
LT20, HEP, HER,
States US-2.587 N, P1 19.12.2023
HE-LT20
US-2.588 N, P1 18.12.2023
US-2.589 N, P1 18.12.2023
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US-2.590 N, P1 18.12.2023
US-2.591 N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.592 N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.593 N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.594 N, P1 20.12.2023
US-2.595 N, P1 20.12.2023
US-2.596 N, P1 26.12.2023
US-2.597 N, P1 20.12.2023
US-2.598 N, P1 21.12.2023
US-2.599 N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.600 N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.601 N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.602 N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.603 N, P1 28.12.2023
US-2.604 N, P1 28.12.2023
US-2.605 N, P1 28.12.2023
US-2.606 N, P1 30.12.2023’
(b) Part 2 is amended as follows:
(i) in the entry for Canada, the following descriptions of the zones CA-2.227 and CA-2.228 are added after the
row for the zone CA-2.226:
Alberta – Latitude 49.77, Longitude -112.41
The municipalities involved are:
CA-2.227
3km PZ: Chin and Cranford
10km SZ: Barnwell, Chin, Coaldale, Cranford, and Tempest
‘Canada
British Columbia – Latitude 50.28, Longitude -118.9
The municipalities involved are:
CA-2.228
3km PZ: Lumby
10km SZ: Cherryville and Lumby’
(ii) in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.584 to US-2.606 are added after
the descriptions of the zone US-2.583:
State of Ohio
Darke 03
US-2.584
Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.4221161°W 40.3156041°N)
‘United States
State of Idaho
Latah 01
US-2.585
Latah County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 117.0641326°W 46.8254601°N)
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State of Kansas
Rice 03
US-2.586
Rice County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 98.3881123°W 38.4672556°N)
State of Kansas
McPherson 03
US-2.587
McPherson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 97.8228232°W 38.5859667°N)
State of South Dakota
Edmunds 10
US-2.588
Edmunds County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 98.9331162°W 45.5341091°N)
State of California
Sonoma 07
US-2.589
Sonoma County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 122.7335203°W 38.3475707°N)
State of California
Sonoma 08
US-2.590
Sonoma County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 122.7349377°W 38.3599102°N)
State of California
Sonoma 09
US-2.591
Sonoma County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 122.8290355°W 38.3690831°N)
State of Michigan
Muskegon 02
US-2.592
Muskegon County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 85.9941649°W 43.2647910°N)
State of Washington
King 09
US-2.593
King County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 122.1470934°W 47.4839091°N)
State of California
Merced 05
US-2.594
Merced County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 120.8291402°W 37.5121171°N)
State of California
Merced 06
US-2.595
Merced County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 120.7901850°W 37.4445084°N)
State of California
Merced 07
US-2.596
Merced County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 120.8752658°W 37.5127148°N)
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State of South Dakota
Charles Mix 09
US-2.597
Charles Mix County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 98.7492292°W 43.4731673°N)
State of South Dakota
Edmunds 11
US-2.598
Edmunds County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 98.9596198°W 45.4798391°N)
State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland 02
US-2.599
Northumberland County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 76.8128761°W 40.7296385°N)
State of Ohio
Hardin 02
US-2.600
Hardin County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 83.4057258°W 40.7217754°N)
State of Michigan
Muskegon 03
US-2.601
Muskegon County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 85.9905913°W 43.2588607°N)
State of Minnesota
Todd 10
US-2.602
Todd County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 94.7052432°W 46.0260087°N)
State of California
Sonoma 10
US-2.603
Sonoma County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 122.7362595°W 38.3602098°N)
State of California
Sonoma 11
US-2.604
Sonoma County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 122.7441352°W 38.3520376°N)
State of California
Marin 01
US-2.605
Marin County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 122.8896928°W 38.3566960°N)
State of South Dakota
Edmunds 12
US-2.606
Edmunds County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 98.9562551°W 45.4808892°N)’
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(2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:
(a) in the entry for Canada, the following rows for the zones CA-2.227 and CA-2.228 are added after the row for the
zone CA-2.226:
POU, RAT N, P1 8.12.2023
CA-2.227
GBM P1 8.12.2023
‘CA
Canada
POU, RAT N, P1 13.12.2023
CA-2.228
GBM P1 13.12.2023’
(b) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zones GB-2.325 and GB-2.326 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 27.11.2023 2.1.2024
GB-2.325
‘GB GBM P1 27.11.2023 2.1.2024
United
Kingdom POU, RAT N, P1 29.11.2023 1.1.2024
GB-2.326
GBM P1 29.11.2023 1.1.2024’
(c) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zone US-2.469 are replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 18.10.2023 31.12.2023
United US-2.469
States GBM P1 18.10.2023 31.12.2023’
(d) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zones US-2.472 and US-2,473 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 19.10.2023 25.12.2023
US-2.472
‘US GBM P1 19.10.2023 25.12.2023
United
States POU, RAT N, P1 24.10.2023 31.12.2023
US-2.473
GBM P1 24.10.2023 31.12.2023’
(e) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zone US-2.477 are replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 25.10.2023 2.1.2024
United US-2.477
States GBM P1 25.10.2023 2.1.2024’
(f) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zone US-2.485 are replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 27.10.2023 27.12.2023
United US-2.485
States GBM P1 27.10.2023 27.12.2023’
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(g) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zones US-2.493, US-2.494 and US-2.495 are replaced by the
following:
POU, RAT N, P1 3.11.2023 28.12.2023
US-2.493
GBM P1 3.11.2023 28.12.2023
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 6.11.2023 28.12.2023
United US-2.494
States GBM P1 6.11.2023 28.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 3.11.2023 28.12.2023
US-2.495
GBM P1 3.11.2023 28.12.2023’
(h) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zone US-2.502 are replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 8.11.2023 2.1.2024
United US-2.502
States GBM P1 8.11.2023 2.1.2024’
(i) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zone US-2.505 are replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 9.11.2023 26.12.2023
United US-2.505
States GBM P1 9.11.2023 26.12.2023’
(j) in the entry for the United States, the rows for the zone US-2.534 are replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 21.11.2023 29.12.2023
United US-2.534
States GBM P1 21.11.2023 29.12.2023’
(k) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.584 to US-2.606 are added after the rows
for the zone US-2.583:
POU, RAT N, P1 14.12.2023
US-2.584
GBM P1 14.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 15.12.2023
US-2.585
GBM P1 15.12.2023
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 19.12.2023
United US-2.586
States GBM P1 19.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.587
GBM P1 19.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 18.12.2023
US-2.588
GBM P1 18.12.2023
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POU, RAT N, P1 18.12.2023
US-2.589
GBM P1 18.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 18.12.2023
US-2.590
GBM P1 18.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.591
GBM P1 19.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.592
GBM P1 19.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 19.12.2023
US-2.593
GBM P1 19.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 20.12.2023
US-2.594
GBM P1 20.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 20.12.2023
US-2.595
GBM P1 20.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 26.12.2023
US-2.596
GBM P1 26.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 20.12.2023
US-2.597
GBM P1 20.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 21.12.2023
US-2.598
GBM P1 21.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.599
GBM P1 27.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.600
GBM P1 27.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.601
GBM P1 27.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 27.12.2023
US-2.602
GBM P1 27.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 28.12.2023
US-2.603
GBM P1 28.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 28.12.2023
US-2.604
GBM P1 28.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 28.12.2023
US-2.605
GBM P1 28.12.2023
POU, RAT N, P1 30.12.2023
US-2.606
GBM P1 30.12.2023’
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