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of the European Union L series
2026/1404 24.6.2026
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/1404
of 22 June 2026
amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for
Canada 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 10 June 2026, the United States notified the Commission of three new outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states
of Indiana and New Jersey, which were confirmed on 3 June 2026 and 8 June 2026 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authority of 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.
(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 submitted further information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on its
territory and the measures that were taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI following those recent HPAI
outbreaks.
(8) The information provided by 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 authority of 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 that third country 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 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.
(9) In addition, Canada 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.
(10) In particular, on 21 May 2026 and 12 June 2026, Canada submitted updated information on the animal health
situation and the measures it had taken in relation to nine outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the provinces of Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan which were confirmed between 9 October 2025 and 24 April 2026
by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(11) Canada 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.
(12) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by Canada 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 Canada, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should be re-authorised. Therefore, the entries for
Canada in those tables in those Annexes should be amended accordingly.
(13) Taking into account the new HPAI outbreaks in the United States, and in order to avoid any unnecessary disruption in
trade with Canada, 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.
(14) 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, 22 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 row for the zone CA-2.277 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
‘CA
CA-2.277 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 9.10.2025 1.5.2026’
Canada
HE-LT20
(ii) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.288 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
‘CA
CA-2.288 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 20.10.2025 1.5.2026’
Canada
HE-LT20
(iii) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.290 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
‘CA
CA-2.290 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 25.10.2025 1.5.2026’
Canada
HE-LT20
(iv) in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.299 and CA-2.300 are replaced by the following:
CA-2.299 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, N, P1 30.10.2025 1.5.2026
‘CA
SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
Canada
CA-2.300 HE-LT20 N, P1 30.10.2025 1.5.2026’
(v) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.302 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
‘CA
CA-2.302 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 1.11.2025 1.5.2026’
Canada
HE-LT20
(vi) in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.330 and CA-2.331 are replaced by the following:
CA-2.330 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, N, P1 13.4.2026 10.6.2026
‘CA
SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER,
Canada
CA-2.331 HE-LT20 N, P1 15.4.2026 10.6.2026’
(vii) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.333 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
‘CA
CA-2.333 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 24.4.2026 11.6.2026’
Canada
HE-LT20
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(viii) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1394, US-2.1395 and
US-2.1396 are added after the row for the zone US-2.1393:
US-2.1394 N, P1 3.6.2026
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP,
United US-2.1395 SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, N, P1 8.6.2026
States HE-LT20
US-2.1396 N, P1 8.6.2026’
(b) in Part 2, in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.1394, US-2.1395 and
US-2.1396 are added after the description of the zone US-2.1393:
State of Indiana
Elkhart 49
US-2.1394
Elkhart County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 85.7156556°W 41.6698258°N)
State of Indiana
‘United Elkhart 50
US-2.1395
States Elkhart County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 85.7210643°W 41.6618965°N)
State of New Jersey
Passaic 01
US-2.1396
Passaic County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point
(GPS coordinates: 74.1434624°W 41.0066771°N)’
(2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:
(a) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.277 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 9.10.2025 1.5.2026
‘CA
CA-2.277
Canada
GBM P1 9.10.2025 1.5.2026’
(b) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.288 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 20.10.2025 1.5.2026
‘CA
CA-2.288
Canada
GBM P1 20.10.2025 1.5.2026’
(c) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.290 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 25.10.2025 1.5.2026
‘CA
CA-2.290
Canada
GBM P1 25.10.2025 1.5.2026’
(d) in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.299 and CA-2.300 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 30.10.2025 1.5.2026
CA-2.299
GBM P1 30.10.2025 1.5.2026
‘CA
Canada
POU, RAT N, P1 30.10.2025 1.5.2026
CA-2.300
GBM P1 30.10.2025 1.5.2026’
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(e) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.302 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 1.11.2025 1.5.2026’
‘CA
CA-2.302
Canada
GBM P1 1.11.2025 1.5.2026’
(f) in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.330 and CA-2.331 replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 13.4.2026 10.6.2026
CA-2.330
GBM P1 13.4.2026 10.6.2026
‘CA
Canada
POU, RAT N, P1 15.4.2026 10.6.2026
CA-2.331
GBM P1 15.4.2026 10.6.2026’
(g) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.333 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 24.4.2026 11.6.2026
‘CA
CA-2.333
Canada
GBM P1 24.4.2026 11.6.2026’
(h) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1394, US-2.1395 and US-2.1396 are
added after the row for the zone US-2.1393:
POU, RAT N, P1 3.6.2026
US-2.1394
GBM P1 3.6.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 8.6.2026
‘US
US-2.1395
United States
GBM P1 8.6.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 8.6.2026
US-2.1396
GBM P1 8.6.2026’
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