Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/203 of 28 January 2025 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, 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 2025/203 30.1.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/203 of 28 January 2025 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, 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) Canada has notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the province of British Columbia, which was confirmed on 31 December 2024by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR). (6) The United Kingdom has notified the Commission of five outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the counties of East Sussex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Yorkshire and Shropshire, England, which were confirmed between 17 January 2025and 21 January 2025by 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/2025/203/oj 1/10EN OJ L, 30.1.2025 (7) The United States has notified the Commission of 21 outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of California (1), Florida (2), Georgia (1), Indiana (2), Maryland (2), Missouri (1), Minnesota (1), New York (1), Oregon (1) and Ohio (9), which were confirmed between 9 January 2025and 17 January 2025by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR). (8) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authorities of Canada, 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. (9) Canada, 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 of HPAI. (10) 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 Canada, 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. (11) 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. (12) The United States has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to seven outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of California and Washington, which were confirmed between 15 October 2024and 14 November 2024, by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR). (13) The United States has also submitted information on the measures its has 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. (14) 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 in 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. (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 Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. (16) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in Canada, the United Kingdom and 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. (17) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 2/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/ojEN OJ L, 30.1.2025 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, 28 January 2025. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/oj 3/10EN OJ L, 30.1.2025 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 row for zone CA-2.254 is added after the row for the zone CA-2.253: BPP, BPR, DOC, ‘CA DOR, SP, SR, POU- CA-2.254 N, P1 31.12.2024’ Canada LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20 (ii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for the zones GB-2.343 to GB-2.347 are added after the row for the zone GB-2.342: GB-2.343 N, P1 17.1.2025 GB-2.344 N, P1 17.1.2025 BPP, BPR, DOC, ‘GB DOR, SP, SR, POU- United GB-2.345 N, P1 17.1.2025 LT20, HEP, HER, Kingdom HE-LT20 GB-2.346 N, P1 20.1.2025 GB-2.347 N, P1 21.1.2025’ (iii) the rows for the zones US-2.684 and US-2.685 are replaced by the following: US-2.684 BPP, BPR, DOC, N, P1 15.10.2024 22.12.2024 ‘US DOR, SP, SR, POU- United LT20, HEP, HER, States US-2.685 N, P1 16.10.2024 22.12.2024’ HE-LT20 (iv) the rows for the zones US-2.687, US-2.688 and US-2.689 are replaced by the following: US-2.687 N, P1 24.10.2024 10.12.2024 BPP, BPR, DOC, ‘US DOR, SP, SR, POU- United US-2.688 N, P1 29.10.2024 28.12.2024 LT20, HEP, HER, States HE-LT20 US-2.689 N, P1 29.10.2024 30.12.2024’ (v) the row for the zone US-2.691 is replaced by the following: ‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, United DOR, SP, SR, POU- US-2.691 N, P1 30.10.2024 30.12.2024’ States LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20 4/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/ojEN OJ L, 30.1.2025 (vi) the row for the zone US-2.699 is replaced by the following: ‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, United DOR, SP, SR, POU- US-2.699 N, P1 14.11.2024 30.12.2024’ States LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20 (vii) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.822 to US-2.842 are added after the row for the zone US-2.821: US-2.822 N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.823 N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.824 N, P1 9.1.2025 US-2.825 N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.826 N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.827 N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.828 N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.829 N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.830 N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.831 N, P1 14.1.2025 BPP, BPR, DOC, ‘US DOR, SP, SR, POU- United US-2.832 N, P1 16.1.2025 LT20, HEP, HER, States HE-LT20 US-2.833 N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.834 N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.835 N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.836 N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.837 N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.838 N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.839 N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.840 N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.841 N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.842 N, P1 16.1.2025’ (b) Part 2 is amended as follows: (i) in the entry for Canada, the following description of zone CA-2.254 is added after the row for the zone CA-2.253: British Columbia – Latitude 49.86, Longitude -118.15 The municipalities involved are: ‘Canada CA-2.254 3 km PZ: Edgewood 10 km SZ: Applegrove and Fauquier’ ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/oj 5/10EN OJ L, 30.1.2025 (ii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following descriptions of the zones GB-2.343 to GB-2.347 are added after the description of the zone GB-2.342: near Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, GB GB-2.343 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N53.91 and Long: W0.85 near Rye, Rother, East Sussex, England, GB GB-2.344 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N50.94 and Long: E0.67 near Mablethorpe, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire, England, GB ‘United GB-2.345 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 Kingdom dec, coordinates Lat: N53.34 and Long: E0.18 near Wem, North Shropshire, Shropshire, England, GB GB-2.346 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N52.89 and Long: W2.73 near Easingwold, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, GB GB-2.347 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N54.07 and Long: W 1.08’ (iii) in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.822 to US-2.842 are added after the description of the zone US-2.821: State of Florida Hillsborough 06 US-2.822 Hillsborough County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 82.5024975°W 28.0788012°N) State of Florida Orange 02 US-2.823 Orange County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 81.3934546°W 28.6664953°N) State of Oregon Union 04 US-2.824 Union County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 118.0167722°W 45.6018793°N) ‘United States State of Ohio Darke 07 US-2.825 Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7590943°W 40.4343137°N) State of Ohio Mercer 01 US-2.826 Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7023767°W 40.4561165°N) State of Missouri Newton 01 US-2.827 Newton County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 94.3380789°W 36.8870057°N) 6/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/ojEN OJ L, 30.1.2025 State of Minnesota Dakota 02 US-2.828 Dakota County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 93.1415862°W 44.5914563°N) State of New York Suffolk 05 US-2.829 Suffolk County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 72.5895019°W 41.0290004°N) State of California Riverside 04 US-2.830 Riverside County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 117.0474184°W 33.8760985°N) State of Maryland Caroline 02 US-2.831 Caroline County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 75.8508543°W 39.0642608°N) State of Maryland Queen Anne’s 02 US-2.832 Queen Anne’s County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 75.9187525°W 39.1649639°N) State of Georgia Elbert 01 US-2.833 Elbert County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 82.9010423°W 34.3355218°N) State of Indiana Jay 02 US-2.834 Jay County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7996984°W 40.4255887°N) State of Indiana Jay 03 US-2.835 Jay County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7996565°W 40.4824179°N) State of Ohio Darke 08 US-2.836 Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7796957°W 40.4109566°N) State of Ohio Darke 09 US-2.837 Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7797266°W 40.4067666°N) State of Ohio Darke 10 US-2.838 Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7791463°W 40.4049766°N) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/oj 7/10EN OJ L, 30.1.2025 State of Ohio Darke 11 US-2.839 Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7490313°W 40.4347525°N) State of Ohio Darke 12 US-2.840 Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.7801948°W 40.4183565°N) State of Ohio Mercer 02 US-2.841 Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.6480983°W 40.4491699°N) State of Ohio Mercer 03 US-2.842 Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 84.5809604°W 40.4558016°N)’ (2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows: (a) in the entry for Canada, the following rows for the zone CA-2.254 are added after the rows for the zone CA-2.253: POU, RAT N, P1 31.12.2024 ‘CA CA-2.254 Canada GBM P1 31.12.2024’ (b) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for the zones GB-2.343 to GB-2.347 are added after the rows for the zone GB-2.342: POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 GB-2.343 GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 GB-2.344 GBM P1 17.1.2025 ‘GB POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 United GB-2.345 Kingdom GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 20.1.2025 GB-2.346 GBM P1 20.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 21.1.2025 GB-2.347 GBM P1 21.1.2025’ (c) the rows for the zones US-2.684 and US-2.685 are replaced by the following: POU, RAT N, P1 15.10.2024 22.12.2024 US-2.684 ‘US GBM P1 15.10.2024 22.12.2024 United States POU, RAT N, P1 16.10.2024 22.12.2024 US-2.685 GBM P1 16.10.2024 22.12.2024’ 8/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/ojEN OJ L, 30.1.2025 (d) the rows for the zones US-2.687, US-2.688 and US-2.689 are replaced by the following: POU, RAT N, P1 24.10.2024 10.12.2024 US-2.687 GBM P1 24.10.2024 10.12.2024 ‘US POU, RAT N, P1 29.10.2024 28.12.2024 United US-2.688 States GBM P1 29.10.2024 28.12.2024 POU, RAT N, P1 29.10.2024 30.12.2024 US-2.689 GBM P1 29.10.2024 30.12.2024’ (e) the rows for the zone US-2.691 are replaced by the following: ‘US POU, RAT N, P1 30.10.2024 30.12.2024 United US-2.691 States GBM P1 30.10.2024 30.12.2024’ (f) the rows for the zone US-2.699 are replaced by the following: ‘US POU, RAT N, P1 14.11.2024 30.12.2024 United US-2.699 States GBM P1 14.11.2024 30.12.2024’ (g) the following rows for zones US-2.822 to US-2.842 are added after the rows for the zone US-2.821: POU, RAT N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.822 GBM P1 14.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.823 GBM P1 14.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 9.1.2025 US-2.824 GBM P1 9.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.825 GBM P1 14.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.826 ‘US GBM P1 14.1.2025 United States POU, RAT N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.827 GBM P1 14.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.828 GBM P1 16.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.829 GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.830 GBM P1 16.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 14.1.2025 US-2.831 GBM P1 14.1.2025 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/oj 9/10EN OJ L, 30.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.832 GBM P1 16.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.833 GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.834 GBM P1 16.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.835 GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.836 GBM P1 15.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.837 GBM P1 15.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.838 GBM P1 15.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.839 GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 17.1.2025 US-2.840 GBM P1 17.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 15.1.2025 US-2.841 GBM P1 15.1.2025 POU, RAT N, P1 16.1.2025 US-2.842 GBM P1 16.1.2025’ 10/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/203/oj