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of the European Union L series
2026/1207 3.6.2026
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/1207
of 2 June 2026
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 Article 230(1), Article 232(1), point (b) and Article 232(3), point (b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin
from third countries or territories are only to be allowed to enter into the Union if the third countries or territories
concerned are listed in accordance with Article 230(1) of that Regulation.
(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,
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 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 21 May 2026 and 22 May 2026, Canada has notified the Commission of two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic
avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, which were confirmed on 12 May
2026 and 19 May 2026, respectively, by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6) On 21 May 2026, the United States has notified the Commission of a total of six new outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in
the states of Indiana and Minnesota, which were confirmed between 15 May 2026 and 20 May 2026 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) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authorities of Canada and the United States notified the
establishment of restricted zones of at least 10 km around the affected establishments and the implementation of a
stamping-out policy to control the presence of HPAI and limit the spread of that disease.
(8) Canada and the United States have submitted further information to the Commission on the epidemiological
situation on their respective territories and the measures that were taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI
following those recent HPAI outbreaks.
(9) The information provided by Canada and the United States has been evaluated by the Commission. In view of the
animal health situation in the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authorities of Canada and the
United States, it is appropriate 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 the areas concerned by the new outbreaks in
those third countries 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 Canada and the United States in the tables set out in Section
B of Part 1 and in Part 2 of Annex V, and the table set out in Section B of Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should be amended accordingly.
(10) In addition, the United Kingdom has provided updated information to the Commission in relation to the
epidemiological situation on its territory as regards earlier outbreaks of HPAI that gave rise to the suspension of the
entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and
game birds, as set out in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex V, and in the table in Section B of Part 1 of
Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.
(11) In particular, on 21 May 2026 and 28 May 2026, the United Kingdom submitted updated information on the animal
health situation and the measures it had taken in relation to four outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the counties of
Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, in England, which were confirmed between 11 April 2026 and 17 April 2026 by
laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(12) The United Kingdom has informed the Commission that, following those earlier outbreaks of HPAI, it had
implemented a stamping out policy in order to control and limit the spread of that disease, and it had also
completed the requisite cleaning and disinfection following the implementation of the stamping out policy in the
infected poultry establishments.
(13) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by the United Kingdom in that regard and considers that it
has provided appropriate guarantees that the animal health situation that had given rise to the suspension of the
entry of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds
into the Union from the affected zones, as set out in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex V, and in the table in
Section B of Part 1 of Annex 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 zones of the United Kingdom, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should be
re-authorised. Therefore, the entries for the United Kingdom in those tables in those Annexes should be amended
accordingly.
(14) Taking into account the new HPAI outbreaks in Canada and the United States, and in order to avoid any 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.
(15) 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 and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this
Regulation.
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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, 2 June 2026.
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 is amended as follows:
(i) in the entry for Canada, the following rows for the zones CA-2.337 and CA-2.338 are added after the
row for the zone CA-2.336:
CA-2.337 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, N, P1 12.5.2026
‘CA
SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
Canada
CA-2.338 HE-LT20 N, P1 19.5.2026’;
(ii) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zones GB-2.467 to GB-2.470 are replaced by the
following:
GB-2.467 N, P1 11.4.2026 27.5.2026
‘GB GB-2.468 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, N, P1 14.4.2026 21.5.2026
United SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
Kingdom GB-2.469 HE-LT20 N, P1 14.4.2026 21.5.2026
GB-2.470 N, P1 17.4.2026 21.5.2026’;
(iii) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1380 to US-2.1385 are added
after the row for the zone US-2.1379:
US-2.1380 N, P1 15.5.2026
US-2.1381 N, P1 15.5.2026
‘US US-2.1382 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, N, P1 20.5.2026
United SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
States US-2.1383 HE-LT20 N, P1 18.5.2026
US-2.1384 N, P1 18.5.2026
US-2.1385 N, P1 19.5.2026’;
(b) Part 2 is amended as follows:
(i) in the entry for Canada, the following descriptions of the zones CA-2.337 and CA-2.338 are added after
the description of the zone CA-2.336:
Saskatchewan – Latitude 50.0, Longitude -104.52
The municipalities involved are:
CA-2.337 3km PZ: Caledonia No. 99, Corinne, and Milestone
10km SZ: Bratt’s Lake, Caledonia No. 99, Corinne, Milestone, and
Wilcox
‘Canada
Alberta – Latitude 51.67, Longitude -112.34
The municipalities involved are:
CA-2.338
3km PZ: Craigmyle and Starland
10km SZ: Craigmyle, Special Area No. 2, and Starland’;
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(ii) in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.1380 to US-2.1385 are
added after the description of the zone US-2.1379:
State of Minnesota
Becker 12
US-2.1380
Becker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 95.4102666°W 46.8812624°N)
State of Minnesota
Becker 13
US-2.1381
Becker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 95.3845299°W 46.8727923°N)
State of Minnesota
Becker 14
US-2.1382
Becker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 95.3962366°W 46.8758123°N)
‘United
States
State of Indiana
Elkhart 43
US-2.1383
Elkhart County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 85.6982159°W 41.6528338°N)
State of Indiana
LaGrange 91
US-2.1384
LaGrange County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 85.4574597°W 41.6544568°N)
State of Indiana
LaGrange 92
US-2.1385
LaGrange County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 85.5057809°W 41.7636505°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 zones CA-2.337 and CA-2.338 are added after the row for
the zone CA-2.336:
POU, RAT N, P1 12.5.2026
CA-2.337
GBM P1 12.5.2026
‘CA
Canada
POU, RAT N, P1 19.5.2026
CA-2.338
GBM P1 19.5.2026’;
(b) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zones GB-2.467 to GB-2.470 are replaced by the
following:
POU, RAT N, P1 11.4.2026 27.5.2026
GB-2.467
GBM P1 11.4.2026 27.5.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 14.4.2026 21.5.2026
GB-2.468
‘GB GBM P1 14.4.2026 21.5.2026
United
Kingdom POU, RAT N, P1 14.4.2026 21.5.2026
GB-2.469
GBM P1 14.4.2026 21.5.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 17.4.2026 21.5.2026
GB-2.470
GBM P1 17.4.2026 21.5.2026’;
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(c) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1380 to US-2.1385 are added after the
row for the zone US-2.1379:
POU, RAT N, P1 15.5.2026
US-2.1380
GBM P1 15.5.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 15.5.2026
US-2.1381
GBM P1 15.5.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 20.5.2026
US-2.1382
GBM P1 20.5.2026
‘US
United States
POU, RAT N, P1 18.5.2026
US-2.1383
GBM P1 18.5.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 18.5.2026
US-2.1384
GBM P1 18.5.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 19.5.2026
US-2.1385
GBM P1 19.5.2026’.
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