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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/173 21.1.2026
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/173
of 20 January 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) The United Kingdom has notified the Commission of four new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
in poultry in the county of Nottinghamshire, in England, and in the council areas of Perth and Kinross and Scottish
Borders, in Scotland, which were confirmed between 31 December 2025 and 11 January 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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(6) The United States has notified the Commission of 19 new outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of Arkansas,
California, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, and
Pennsylvania, which were confirmed between 29 December 2025 and 13 January 2026 by laboratory analysis
(RT-PCR).
(7) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authorities of 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.
(8) The United Kingdom and the United States have submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological
situation on their respective territories and the measures they have taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI
following those recent HPAI outbreaks.
(9) That information has been evaluated by the Commission. In view of the animal health situation in the areas under
restrictions established by the veterinary authorities of 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 the areas concerned by the new outbreaks in those third countries should be suspended 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 those third countries 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, Canada and the United Kingdom have provided updated information to the Commission in relation to
the epidemiological situation on their respective territories 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) On 15 December 2025, 6 January 2026, and 12 January 2026, Canada submitted updated information on the
animal health situation and the measures it has taken in relation to five outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the
provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, which were confirmed between 22 October 2025 and
1 December 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(12) On 13 January 2026, the United Kingdom submitted updated information on the animal health situation and the
measures it has taken in relation to an outbreak of HPAI in poultry in the council area of South Lanarkshire, in
Scotland, which was confirmed on 12 November 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(13) Canada and the United Kingdom have informed the Commission that, following those earlier outbreaks of HPAI, they
have implemented a stamping out policy in order to control and limit the spread of that disease, and they have also
completed the requisite cleaning and disinfection following the implementation of the stamping out policy in the
infected poultry establishments.
(14) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by Canada and the United Kingdom, and considers that
they have 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 and the United Kingdom, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should
be re-authorised. Therefore, the entries for Canada and the United Kingdom in those tables in those Annexes should
be amended accordingly.
(15) Taking into account the new HPAI outbreaks in the United Kingdom and the United States, and in order to avoid any
unnecessary disruption in trade with Canada and 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.
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(16) 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.
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, 20 January 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 rows for the zones CA-2.292 and CA-2.293 are replaced by the following:
CA-2.292 N, P1 22.10.2025 14.1.2026
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR,
‘CA
SP, SR, POU-LT20,
Canada
CA-2.293 HEP, HER, HE-LT20 N, P1 22.10.2025 14.1.2026’;
(ii) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.295 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR,
‘CA
CA-2.295 SP, SR, POU-LT20, N, P1 28.10.2025 10.1.2026’;
Canada
HEP, HER, HE-LT20
(iii) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.307 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR,
‘CA
CA-2.307 SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, N, P1 12.11.2025 10.1.2026’;
Canada
HER, HE-LT20
(iv) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.318 is replaced by the following:
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR,
‘CA
CA-2.318 SP, SR, POU-LT20, N, P1 1.12.2025 10.1.2025’;
Canada
HEP, HER, HE-LT20
(v) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zone GB-2.421 is replaced by the following:
‘GB BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR,
United GB-2.421 SP, SR, POU-LT20, N, P1 12.11.2025 13.1.2026’;
Kingdom HEP, HER, HE-LT20
(vi) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zones GB-2.456 to GB-2.459 are added after the
row for the zone GB-2.455:
GB-2.456 N, P1 31.12.2025
‘GB GB-2.457 BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, N, P1 5.1.2026
United SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP,
Kingdom GB-2.458 HER, HE-LT20 N, P1 8.1.2026
GB-2.459 N, P1 11.1.2026’;
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(vii) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1218 to US-2.1236 are added
after the row for the zone US-2.1217:
US-2.1218 N, P1 29.12.2025
US-2.1219 N, P1 8.1.2026
US-2.1220 N, P1 31.12.2025
US-2.1221 N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1222 N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1223 N, P1 6.1.2026
US-2.1224 N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1225 N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1226 N, P1 2.1.2026
‘US BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR,
United US-2.1227 SP, SR, POU-LT20, N, P1 2.1.2026
States HEP, HER, HE-LT20
US-2.1228 N, P1 7.1.2026
US-2.1229 N, P1 5.1.2026
US-2.1230 N, P1 6.1.2026
US-2.1231 N, P1 9.1.2026
US-2.1232 N, P1 9.1.2026
US-2.1233 N, P1 12.1.2026
US-2.1234 N, P1 12.1.2026
US-2.1235 N, P1 13.1.2026
US-2.1236 N, P1 13.1.2026’;
(b) Part 2 is amended as follows:
(i) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following descriptions of the zones GB-2.456 to GB-2.459 are
added after the description of the zone GB-2.455:
near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, England, GB
GB-2.456 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on
WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N53.09 and Long: W0.90
near Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, GB
GB-2.457 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on
WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N56.72 and Long: W3.43
‘United Kingdom
near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, England, GB
GB-2.458 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on
WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N53.12 and Long: W0.77
near Penicuik, Scottish Borders, Scotland, GB
GB-2.459 the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on
WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N52.13 and Long: E1.28’;
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(ii) in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.1218 to US-2.1236 are
added after the description of the zone US-2.1217:
State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster 48
US-2.1218
Lancaster County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 76.2182181°W 40.2966908°N)
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh 09
US-2.1219
Lehigh County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 75.5374499°W 40.6342488°N)
State of Nebraska
Butler 03
US-2.1220
Butler County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 97.1516427°W 41.2963652°N)
State of Kansas
Nemaha 01
US-2.1221
Nemaha County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 96.0246418°W 39.9602633°N)
State of Kansas
Anderson 03
US-2.1222
Anderson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 95.3777451°W 38.4564845°N)
State of Kansas
Pottawatomie 02
US-2.1223
‘United States Pottawatomie County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting
with North point (GPS coordinates: 96.4404324°W 39.3243821°N)
State of Arkansas
Prairie 02
US-2.1224
Prairie County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 91.4135664°W 34.6979697°N)
State of California
Butte 05
US-2.1225
Butte County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 121.6220145°W 39.4683346°N)
State of New York
Queens 20
US-2.1226
Queens County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 73.8110491°W 40.7686723°N)
State of North Carolina
Sampson 03
US-2.1227
Sampson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 78.3671020°W 35.0527509°N)
State of North Carolina
Sampson 04
US-2.1228
Sampson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 78.2970334°W 35.0024484°N)
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State of Missouri
Texas 01
US-2.1229
Texas County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 91.7962470°W 37.5354452°N)
State of Indiana
LaGrange 67
US-2.1230
LaGrange County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 85.5918894°W 41.6873614°N)
State of New York
Bronx 05
US-2.1231
Bronx County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 73.8531701°W 40.9190500°N)
State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia 03
US-2.1232
Philadelphia County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 75.1068985°W 40.0789418°N)
State of Kansas
Pratt 01
US-2.1233
Pratt County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 98.7984492°W 37.8431137°N)
State of Minnesota
Meeker 21
US-2.1234
Meeker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 94.7544608°W 45.3591599°N)
State of Delaware
Kent 08
US-2.1235
Kent County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North
point (GPS coordinates: 75.3664130°W 39.0923244°N)
State of Georgia
Walker 01
US-2.1236
Walker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with
North point (GPS coordinates: 85.1349257°W 34.7294249°N)’;
(2) in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:
(a) in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.292 and CA-2.293 are replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 22.10.2025 14.1.2026
CA-2.292
GBM P1 22.10.2025 14.1.2026
‘CA
Canada
POU, RAT N, P1 22.10.2025 14.1.2026
CA-2.293
GBM P1 22.10.2025 14.1.2026’;
(b) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.295 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 28.10.2025 10.1.2026
‘CA
CA-2.295
Canada
GBM P1 28.10.2025 10.1.2026’;
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(c) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.307 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 12.11.2025 10.1.2026
‘CA
CA-2.307
Canada
GBM P1 12.11.2025 10.1.2026’;
(d) in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.318 is replaced by the following:
POU, RAT N, P1 1.12.2025 10.1.2025
‘CA
CA-2.318
Canada
GBM P1 1.12.2025 10.1.2025’;
(e) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zone GB-2.421 is replaced by the following:
‘GB POU, RAT N, P1 12.11.2025 13.1.2026
United GB-2.421
Kingdom GBM P1 12.11.2025 13.1.2026’;
(f) in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for the zones GB-2.456 to GB-2.459 are added after
the row for the zone GB-2.455:
POU, RAT N, P1 31.12.2025
GB-2.456
GBM P1 31.12.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 5.1.2026
GB-2.457
‘GB GBM P1 5.1.2026
United
Kingdom POU, RAT N, P1 8.1.2026
GB-2.458
GBM P1 8.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 11.1.2026
GB-2.459
GBM P1 11.1.2026’;
(g) in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1218 to US-2.1236 are added after the
row for the zone US-2.1217:
POU, RAT N, P1 29.12.2025
US-2.1218
GBM P1 29.12.2025
POU, RAT N, P1 8.1.2026
US-2.1219
GBM P1 8.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 31.12.2025
US-2.1220
GBM P1 31.12.2025
‘US POU, RAT N, P1 2.1.2026
United US-2.1221
States GBM P1 2.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1222
GBM P1 2.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 6.1.2026
US-2.1223
GBM P1 6.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1224
GBM P1 2.1.2026
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POU, RAT N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1225
GBM P1 2.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1226
GBM P1 2.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 2.1.2026
US-2.1227
GBM P1 2.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 7.1.2026
US-2.1228
GBM P1 7.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 5.1.2026
US-2.1229
GBM P1 5.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 6.1.2026
US-2.1230
GBM P1 6.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 9.1.2026
US-2.1231
GBM P1 9.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 9.1.2026
US-2.1232
GBM P1 9.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 12.1.2026
US-2.1233
GBM P1 12.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 12.1.2026
US-2.1234
GBM P1 12.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 13.1.2026
US-2.1235
GBM P1 13.1.2026
POU, RAT N, P1 13.1.2026
US-2.1236
GBM P1 13.1.2026’,
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