Date: 2025-09-02Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1772 of 1 September 2025 amending Annexes V, XIV and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Argentina 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 of meat products from poultry
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1772 amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, modifying Annexes V, XIV, and XV concerning the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry, germinal products of poultry, fresh meat of poultry, and meat products from Argentina and the United States. These amendments address recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in these countries. The regulation took effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (2nd September 2025).
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Argentina:**
* The entry into the Union of fresh meat and meat products from poultry and game birds from Argentina is no longer authorised due to an HPAI outbreak in Buenos Aires.
* Risk mitigating treatment D is now required for the entry into the Union of meat products from poultry from Argentina.
* Updates were made to the table in Section A, Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404.
* The entries for Argentina in Section B, Part 1 of Annex XIV and Section A, Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404 have been amended to reflect the current epidemiological situation.
* **United States:**
* Entry into the Union of consignments of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds from the restricted zone US2.1041 (Los Angeles County, California) is suspended due to a new HPAI outbreak. This outbreak was confirmed on 15 August 2025.
* The restrictions on consignments of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds from zone US2.1009 (New Jersey), which had been previously suspended due to an earlier HPAI outbreak, have been lifted.
* Updates were made to 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.
* **Amendments to Annexes:**
* Annexes V, XIV, and XV to Implementing Regulation EU 2021/404 are amended according to the Annex of this regulation.
* Specific changes are detailed for the United States and Argentina within these annexes, including additions and replacements of rows related to affected zones.
Impact Analysis:
* **European Union:**
* Impact: The regulation aims to protect the animal health status within the Union by adjusting import restrictions based on the HPAI situation in Argentina and the United States.
* Action Required: Ensure that relevant authorities and stakeholders are aware of the updated import rules and restrictions.
* **Argentina:**
* Impact: Export of fresh meat and meat products from poultry and game birds to the EU is suspended, and meat products from poultry require risk mitigating treatment D.
* Action Required: Comply with the new restrictions and treatment requirements for meat product exports.
* **United States:**
* Impact: Exports from zone US2.1041 are suspended, while exports from zone US2.1009, which had been previously suspended, are now re-authorised.
* Action Required: Ensure compliance with the new zonal restrictions and updated requirements for exports to the EU.
* **Exporters/Importers:**
* Impact: Must comply with the updated import/export regulations, including any zonal restrictions or treatment requirements.
* Action Required: Review current trade practices and ensure compliance with the new requirements to avoid disruption.
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 in accordance with Regulation EU 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Argentina: A country in South America, subject to amendments regarding entry into the Union due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
United States: A country in North America, subject to amendments regarding entry into the Union due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Regulation EU 2016/429: A European Union regulation on transmissible animal diseases, also known as the Animal Health Law.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2020/692: A European Union regulation supplementing Regulation EU 2016/429 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.
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: A province in Argentina where an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry was reported.
State of California, United States: A state in the United States where a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry was reported.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1772 2.9.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1772
of 1 September 2025
amending Annexes V, XIV and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries
for Argentina 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 of meat products from 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, XIV and XV 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, and of meat products from
poultry.
(5) On 25 August 2025, Argentina notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
in poultry in the province of Buenos Aires, which was confirmed on 19 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/2025/1772/oj 1/4EN
OJ L, 2.9.2025
(6) The lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof set out in Section B, Part 1 of Annex XIV and in Section A of
Part 1 of Annex XV to Regulation (EU) 2021/404 specify that the entry into the Union from Argentina of
consignments of fresh meat of and meat products from poultry and game birds are authorised. In addition, Section
A of Part 1 of Annex XV to Regulation (EU) 2021/404 does not currently require any risk-mitigating treatments for
the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products from poultry from that third country.
(7) Due to the risk of the introduction of HPAI into the Union linked with the entry of consignments of fresh meat of and
meat products from poultry and game birds from Argentina, and in the absence of guarantees allowing for
regionalisation of that third country, the entry into the Union of such consignments from Argentina should no
longer be authorised. In addition, the risk mitigating treatment D, in accordance with Annex XXVI to Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2020/692, should be required for the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products from
poultry from that third country.
(8) The entries for Argentina in the lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof set out in the table in Section B,
Part 1 of Annex XIV and in the table in Section A, Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404
should therefore be amended to take account of the current epidemiological situation in that third country.
(9) Additionally, on 21 August 2025, the United States has notified the Commission of a new outbreak of HPAI in
poultry in the state of California, which was confirmed on 15 August 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(10) Following that recent outbreak of HPAI, the veterinary authority of the United States established a restricted zone of
at least 10 km around the affected establishment and implemented a stamping-out policy to control the presence of
HPAI and limit the spread of that disease.
(11) On 21 August 2025, the United States also 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 that recent
HPAI outbreak.
(12) That information has been evaluated by the Commission. In view of the animal health situation in the area 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 the area concerned by
the outbreak should be suspended in order to protect the animal health status of the Union, taking into account the
date when the outbreak was confirmed. Therefore, the entries for the United States in the tables 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.
(13) Furthermore, the United States 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.
(14) On 15 August 2025, the United States 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 state of New Jersey, which was confirmed
on 20 March 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(15) The United States 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.
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(16) 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 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 States 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 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.
(17) Taking into account the recent HPAI outbreaks in Argentina and the United States, and in order to avoid any
unnecessary disruption in trade with the United States, the amendments to be made to Annexes V, XIV and XV to
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency.
(18) 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
Annexes V, XIV and XV 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, 1 September 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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OJ L, 2.9.2025
ANNEX
Annexes V, XIV and XV 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 row for the zone US-2.1009 is replaced by the following:
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
United US-2.1009 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 20.3.2025 17.8.2025’
States HE-LT20
(ii) the following row for the zone US-2.1041 is added after the row for the zone US-2.1040:
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
United US-2.1041 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 15.8.2025’
States HE-LT20
(b) in Part 2, in the entry for the United States, the following description for the zone US-2.1041 is added after the
description of the zone US-2.1040:
State of California
‘United Los Angeles 01
US-2.1041
States Los Angeles County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 118.2544582°W 34.0768154°N)’
(2) in Annex XIV, Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:
(a) the entry for Argentina is replaced by the following:
‘AR
AR-0 POU, RAT, GBM P1 19.8.2025’
Argentina
(b) in the entry for the United States, the row for the zone US-2.1009 is replaced by the following:
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 20.3.2025 17.8.2025
United States US-2.1009
GBM P1 20.3.2025 17.8.2025’
(c) in the entry for the United States, the following row for the zone US-2.1041 is added after the row for the zone
US-2.1040:
POU, RAT N, P1 15.8.2025
‘US
US-2.1041
United States
GBM P1 15.8.2025’
(3) in Annex XV, Part 1, Section A, the entry for Argentina is replaced by the following:
AR-0 C C C C C C C D D D MPST
‘AR AR-1 C C C C C C C D D D MPST
Argentina
MPNT(**)
AR-2 A A C A A C C D D D
MPST’
4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1772/oj