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

Official Journal EN 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).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/320/oj 3/9EN OJ L, 12.2.2025 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 4/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/320/ojEN OJ L, 12.2.2025 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) 6/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/320/ojEN OJ L, 12.2.2025 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 8/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/320/ojEN OJ L, 12.2.2025 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’.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/320/oj 9/9