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of the European Union L series
2025/320 12.2.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/320
of 11 February 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, territories, or zones
thereof, from which the entry into the Union of the consignments 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 Quebec, which was confirmed on 30 January 2025by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6) The United Kingdom has notified the Commission of two outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the counties of Norfolk
and Yorkshire, England, which were confirmed on 31 January 2025 and 5 February 2025, respectively, 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).
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(7) The United States has notified the Commission of 20 outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of Arizona (1),
California (1), Delaware (1), Indiana (2), Ohio (14) and Pennsylvania (1), which were confirmed between 23 January
2025and 29 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 Kingdom 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) On 3 February 2025and 4 February 2025, the United Kingdom has submitted updated information on the animal
health situation and the measures they have taken in relation to two outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the county of
Norfolk, which were confirmed on 17 December 2024and 24 December 2024, respectively, by laboratory analysis
(RT-PCR).
(13) The United Kingdom informed the Commission that, following these outbreaks 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
establishments.
(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 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 Kingdom,
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 new HPAI outbreaks in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States and the resolved HPAI outbreaks in
the United Kingdom.
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(16) In addition, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/125(4)amended Annexes V and XIV to Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2021/404 in order, inter alia, to suspend the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and
germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds from zone US-2.798 in the state of
Wisconsin in the United States in response to an outbreak of HPAI. On 22 January 2025, the competent authority
of the United States has sent a request to the Commission to amend the description of that zone in the entry for the
United States in Part 2 of Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, because the spelling of the affected
county was incorrect. The description of zone US-2.798 in the entry for the United States in Part 2 of Annex V
should, therefore, be amended accordingly.
(17) Taking into account the new HPAI outbreaks in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, and in order to
avoid unnecessary disruption in trade with the United Kingdom, 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.
(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
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 February 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/125 of 20 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 (OJ L, 2025/125, 21.1.2025 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/125/oj).
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ANNEX
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404
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-2.256 is added after the row for the zone
CA-2.255
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
‘CA
CA-2.256 POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 31.1.2025’;
Canada
HE-LT20
(ii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zone GB-2.337 is replaced by the following:
‘GB BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
United GB-2.337 POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 17.12.2024 30.1.2025’;
Kingdom HE-LT20
(iii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zone GB-2.340 is replaced by the following:
‘GB BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
United GB-2.340 POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 24.12.2024 27.1.2025’;
Kingdom HE-LT20
(iv) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for the zones GB-2.353 and GB-2.354 are added
after the row for the zone GB-2.352:
‘GB GB-2.353 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, N, P1 31.1.2025
United POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
Kingdom GB-2.354 HE-LT20 N, P1 5.2.2025’;
(v) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.860 to US-2.879 are added after
the row for the zone US-2.859:
US-2.860 N, P1 28.1.2025
US-2.861 N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.862 N, P1 29.1.2025
US-2.863 N, P1 27.1.2025
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR,
United US-2.864 POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 28.1.2025
States HE-LT20
US-2.865 N, P1 28.1.2025
US-2.866 N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.867 N, P1 23.1.2025
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US-2.868 N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.869 N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.870 N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.871 N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.872 N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.873 N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.874 N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.875 N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.876 N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.877 N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.878 N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.879 N, P1 27.1.2025’;
(b) Part 2 is amended as follows:
(i) in the entry for Canada, the following description of zone CA-2.256 is added after the row for the zone
CA-2.255:
Quebec- Latitude 46.28, Longitude -73.51
The municipalities involved are:
3km PZ: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon and St-Jean-de-Matha
‘Canada CA-2.256
10km SZ: Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Saint-Damien, Sainte-Béatrix, Sainte-Émélie-
de-l’Énergie, Sainte-Mélanie, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Gabriel-de-
Brandon, Saint-Norbert, and St-Jean-de-Matha’;
(ii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following descriptions of the zones GB-2.353 and GB-2.354 are
added after the description of the zone GB-2.352:
near Loddon, South Norfolk, Norfolk, England, GB
GB-2.353 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec,
coordinates Lat: N52.50 and Long: E1.53
‘United
Kingdom
near Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, GB
GB-2.354 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec,
coordinates Lat: N53.84 and Long: W0.70’;
(iii) in the entry for the United States, the row for zone US-2.798 is replaced by the following:
State of Wisconsin
Burnett 01
‘United States US-2.798
Burnett County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 92.0723185°W 45.9267560°N)’;
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(iv) in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.860 to US-2.879 are added
after the description of the zone US-2.859:
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh 07
US-2.860
Lehigh County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 75.7088676°W 40.7393246°N)
State of Arizona
Pinal 02
US-2.861
Pinal County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 111.9595682°W 33.0867618°N)
State of California
Madera 02
US-2.862
Madera County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 120.1598750°W 37.2143866°N)
State of Indiana
Adams 01
US-2.863
Adams County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.8072149°W 40.6798357°N)
State of Indiana
Jackson 01
US-2.864
Jackson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 85.9348582°W 39.0819297°N)
State of Delaware
Kent 06
US-2.865
‘United States Kent County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 75.4408332°W 39.2611583°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 04
US-2.866
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7663638°W 40.4816238°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 05
US-2.8567
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7681340°W 40.4438746°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 06
US-2.868
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7577919°W 40.4857327°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 07
US-2.869
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7132254°W 40.4813974°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 08
US-2.870
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.6874501°W 40.4911341°N)
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State of Ohio
Mercer 09
US-2.871
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.6738100°W 40.5032122°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 10
US-2.872
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7250371°W 40.4977986°N)
State of Ohio
Darke 13
US-2.873
Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7333712°W 40.4343406°N)
State of Ohio
Darke 15
US-2.874
Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.5913143°W 40.4061736°N)
State of Ohio
Darke 16
US-2.875
Darke County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7189877°W 40.4104992°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 11
US-2.876
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7792603°W 40.7672610°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 12
US-2.877
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7223038°W 40.4970683°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 13
US-2.878
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.6574480°W 40.4603309°N)
State of Ohio
Mercer 14
US-2.879
Mercer County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS
coordinates: 84.7037015°W 40.4887561°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-2.256 are added after the rows for the zone
CA-2.255:
‘CA
CA-2.256 POU, RAT N, P1 31.1.2025’
Canada
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(b) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zone GB-2.337 are replaced by the following:
‘GB POU, RAT N, P1 17.12.2024 30.1.2025
United GB-2.337
Kingdom GBM P1 17.12.2024 30.1.2025’;
(c) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zone GB-2.340 are replaced by the following:
‘GB POU, RAT N, P1 24.12.2024 27.1.2025
United GB-2.340
Kingdom GBM P1 24.12.2024 27.1.2025’;
(d) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for zones GB-2.353 and GB-2.354 are added after the
rows for the zone GB-2.352:
POU, RAT N, P1 31.1.2025
GB-2.353
‘GB GBM P1 31.1.2025
United
Kingdom POU, RAT N, P1 5.2.2025
GB-2.354
GBM P1 5.2.2025’;
(e) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for zones US-2.860 to US-2.879 are added after the rows for
the zone US-2.859:
POU, RAT N, P1 28.1.2025
US-2.860
GBM P1 27.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.861
GBM P1 29.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 29.1.2025
US-2.862
GBM P1 29.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.863
GBM P1 27.1.2025
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 28.1.2025
United US-2.864
States GBM P1 28.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 28.1.2025
US-2.865
GBM P1 28.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.866
GBM P1 23.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.867
GBM P1 23.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.868
GBM P1 23.1.2025
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POU, RAT N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.869
GBM P1 24.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.870
GBM P1 24.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.871
GBM P1 24.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.872
GBM P1 24.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 23.1.2025
US-2.873
GBM P1 23.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.874
GBM P1 24.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 24.1.2025
US-2.875
GBM P1 24.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.876
GBM P1 27.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.877
GBM P1 27.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.878
GBM P1 27.1.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 27.1.2025
US-2.879
GBM P1 27.1.2025’.
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