Date: 2025-08-13Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1749 of 12 August 2025 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom 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
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1749 amends Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 regarding the entry of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry from the United Kingdom into the Union. This amendment follows recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the UK. The regulation suspends entry from specific zones affected by the outbreaks and reauthorizes entry from a previously restricted zone.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **HPAI Outbreaks and Restrictions:**
* Following HPAI outbreaks in Devon, Norfolk (England) and Aberdeenshire (Scotland) in late July and early August 2025, the UK established restricted zones and implemented a stamping-out policy.
* Entry into the Union of poultry, germinal products of poultry, fresh meat of poultry, and game birds from these outbreak areas is suspended.
* Specific zones affected include GB2.386, GB2.387, GB2.388 and GB2.389.
* **Reauthorisation of Entry:**
* Entry of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds into the Union from zone GB2.383 is reauthorised following the implementation of a stamping out policy and completion of cleaning and disinfection after an HPAI outbreak in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
* **Amendment of Annexes:**
* Annex V (lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry) to Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404 is amended to reflect the new restrictions and reauthorisation:
* In Part 1, Section B, the row for zone GB2.383 is replaced and rows for GB2.386 to GB2.389 are added.
* In Part 2, the descriptions for zones GB2.386 to GB2.389 are added.
* Annex XIV (lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry and game birds) to Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404 is amended to reflect the new restrictions and reauthorisation:
* In Part 1, Section B, the row for zone GB2.383 is replaced and rows for GB2.386 to GB2.389 are added.
* **Entry into Force:**
* This Regulation enters into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (August 13th 2025).
Impact Analysis:
* **United Kingdom Veterinary Authority:**
* Impact: Responsible for implementing and enforcing the restricted zones and stamping-out policies.
* Action Required: Continue to provide updated information on the epidemiological situation and measures taken to prevent the spread of HPAI.
* **Poultry and Game Bird Producers and Exporters in the United Kingdom:**
* Impact: Producers and exporters in the restricted zones are prohibited from exporting poultry, germinal products, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds to the EU.
* Action Required: Comply with the restrictions and await reauthorisation following successful disease control measures.
* **EU Member States:**
* Impact: Must enforce the new restrictions on imports of poultry, germinal products, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds from the specified zones in the United Kingdom.
* Action Required: Update import controls and inspection procedures to reflect the changes in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404.
* **EU Importers of Poultry and Game Bird Products:**
* Impact: Must find alternative sources for poultry and game bird products previously imported from the restricted zones in the United Kingdom.
* Action Required: Ensure compliance with the updated import regulations and verify the origin of products.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404: A European Union regulation 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.
Regulation EU 2016/429: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases (Animal Health Law).
United Kingdom: A country in Europe that is subject to the regulations regarding the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products.
Devon, England: A county in England where outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry were confirmed.
Norfolk, England: A county in England where outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry were confirmed.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland: A country in Scotland where an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry was confirmed.
Pembrokeshire, Wales: A county in Wales where an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry was confirmed.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1749 13.8.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1749
of 12 August 2025
amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for
the United Kingdom 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
(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,
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) On 31 July 2025, the United Kingdom has notified the Commission of two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the counties of Devon and Norfolk, England, which were confirmed on 30 July 2025
by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6) On 1 August 2025, the United Kingdom has notified the Commission of a new outbreak of HPAI in poultry in the
country of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which was confirmed on 1 August 2025 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/2025/1749/oj 1/5EN
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(7) On 7 August 2025, the United Kingdom has notified the Commission of another new outbreak of HPAI in poultry in
the country of Norfolk, England, which was confirmed on 6 August 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(8) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authority of the United Kingdom 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.
(9) The United Kingdom has submitted further information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation in its
territory, as well as on the measures taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI following those recent HPAI
outbreaks.
(10) That information has been evaluated by the Commission. In view of the animal health situation in the areas under
restrictions established by the veterinary authority of the United Kingdom, the entry into the Union of
consignments, of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds from the
areas concerned by the outbreaks should be suspended in order to protect the animal health status of the Union,
taking into account the dates when the outbreaks were confirmed. Therefore, the entries for the United Kingdom in
the tables set out in in Section B, Part 1 and in Part 2 of Annex V, and the table set out in Section B, Part 1 of
Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should be amended accordingly.
(11) Furthermore, the United Kingdom has provided updated information to the Commission in relation to the
epidemiological situation in its territory as regards HPAI that previously gave rise to the suspension of the entry into
the Union of consignments of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds, as set
out in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.
(12) On 6 August 2025, the United Kingdom submitted updated information on the animal health situation and the
measures it has taken in relation to an outbreak of HPAI in poultry in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, which
was confirmed on 23 June 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(13) The United Kingdom informed the Commission that, following that outbreak of HPAI, it 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 establishment.
(14) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by the United Kingdom and considers that it has provided
appropriate guarantees that the animal health situation that has given rise to the suspension of the entry of
consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds into the Union
from the affected zone, as set out in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, no longer
represents a threat to animal or public health in the Union, and that, consequently, the entry into the Union of those
consignments from the affected zone in the United Kingdom from which entry into the Union has been suspended,
should be reauthorised. Therefore, the entries for that third country in the table set out in Section B, Part 1 and in
Part 2 of Annex V, and the table set out in Section B, Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/404 should be amended accordingly.
(15) Taking into account the recent HPAI outbreaks in the United Kingdom, and in order to avoid any unnecessary
disruption in trade with that third country, 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.
(16) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
2/5 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1749/ojEN
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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
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, 12 August 2025.
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 Kingdom is amended as follows:
(i) the row for the zone GB-2.383 is replaced by the following:
‘GB BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
United GB-2.383 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 23.6.2025 5.8.2025’
Kingdom HE-LT20
(ii) the following rows for the zones GB-2.386 to GB-2.389 are added after the row for the zone GB-2.385:
GB-2.386 N, P1 30.7.2025
‘GB GB-2.387 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, N, P1 30.7.2025
United SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
Kingdom GB-2.388 HE-LT20 N, P1 1.8.2025
GB-2.389 N, P1 6.8.2025’
(b) in Part 2, in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following descriptions for the zones GB-2.386 to GB-2.389
are added after the description of the zone GB-2.385:
near Tiverton, Mid Devon, Devon, England, GB
GB-2.386 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec,
coordinates Lat: N50.99 and Long: W3.52
near Attleborough, Breckland, Norfolk, England, GB
GB-2.387 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec,
coordinates Lat: N52.48 Long: E0.95
‘United
Kingdom
near Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, GB
GB-2.388 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec,
coordinates Lat: N57.63 and Long: W2.58
near Attleborough, Breckland, Norfolk, GB
GB-2.389 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec,
coordinates Lat: N52.49 and Long: E0.93’
(2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B, the entry for the United Kingdom is amended as follows:
(a) the row for the zone GB-2.383 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 23.6.2025 5.8.2025
‘GB
GB-2.383
United Kingdom
GBM P1 23.6.2025 5.8.2025’
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(b) the following rows for the zones GB-2.386 to GB-2.389 are added after the row for the zone GB-2.385:
POU, RAT N, P1 30.7.2025
GB-2.386
GBM P1 30.7.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 30.7.2025
GB-2.387
GBM P1 30.7.2025
‘GB
United Kingdom
POU, RAT N, P1 1.8.2025
GB-2.388
GBM P1 1.8.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 6.8.2025
GB-2.389
GBM P1 6.8.2025’
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1749/oj 5/5