Document ID: 32022R1218
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<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>15.7.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 188/65</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1218
of 14 July 2022
amending certain Annexes to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 as regards the approval of the disease-free status of certain Member States or zones thereof as regards certain listed diseases and the approval of eradication programmes for certain listed diseases
(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 31(3) and 36(4) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down disease-specific rules for the diseases listed in accordance with Article&#160;5(1) thereof and lays down how those rules are to be applied to different categories of listed diseases. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides for the Member States to establish compulsory eradication programmes for the listed diseases referred to in Article&#160;9(1), point (b), thereof, and for optional eradication programmes for listed diseases referred to in Article&#160;9(1), point (c), thereof, and for the approval of such programmes by the Commission. That Regulation also provides for the approval or withdrawal by the Commission of the disease-free status of Member States or zones or compartments thereof with regard to certain listed diseases referred to in Article&#160;9(1), points (b) and (c), thereof.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and lays down the criteria for granting, maintaining, suspending and withdrawing disease-free status for Member States or zones or compartments thereof, and the requirements for the approval of compulsory or optional eradication programmes for Member States or zones or compartments thereof.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a> lays down implementing rules for the listed diseases referred to in Article&#160;9(1), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of animals, as regards the disease-free and non-vaccination status of certain Member States or zones or compartments thereof, and the approval of eradication programmes for those listed diseases. More particularly, it lists in the Annexes thereto, the Member States or zones or compartments thereof with disease-free status and it also lists the existing approved eradication programmes. The changing epidemiological situation of certain diseases makes it necessary to list new disease-free Member States or zones thereof and to approve certain eradication programmes submitted to the Commission.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>For infection with<span>Brucella abortus, B. melitensis</span> and<span>B. suis</span>, infection with<span>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</span> complex (<span>Mycobacterium bovis, M. caprae</span> and<span>M. tuberculosis</span>) (MTBC), enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL), infection with bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), and infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24) (BTV), several Member States have recently applied to the Commission to have disease-free status or eradication programmes approved for the whole or for part of their territory.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>For infection with<span>Brucella abortus, B. melitensis</span> and<span>B. suis</span> in bovine animals, Italy has submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for the recognition of disease-free status laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 are fulfilled in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Region of Calabria and in the Province of Teramo in the Region of Abruzzo. Therefore, those zones should be listed as free from infection with<span>Brucella abortus, B. melitensis</span> and<span>B. suis</span> in bovine animals in Part I, Chapter 1, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(6)</p></td><td><p>For infection with<span>Brucella abortus, B. melitensis</span> and<span>B. suis</span> in ovine and caprine animals, Italy has submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for the recognition of disease-free status laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 are fulfilled in the Province of Lecce in the Region of Puglia. Therefore, that zone should be listed as free from infection with<span>Brucella abortus, B. melitensis</span> and<span>B. suis</span> in ovine and caprine animals in Part I, Chapter 2, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(7)</p></td><td><p>For infection with MTBC, Italy has submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for recognition of disease-free status from infection with MTBC laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 are fulfilled in the Provinces of Aquila, Chieti and Teramo in the Region of Abruzzo, in the Province of Latina in the Region of Lazio, in the Provinces of Bari and Taranto in the Region of Puglia and in the Province of Nuoro in the Region of Sardinia. Therefore, those zones should be listed as free from infection with MTBC in Part I of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(8)</p></td><td><p>For infection with EBL, Croatia has submitted to the Commission an application to have an eradication programme approved for its territory. Following the assessment by the Commission, that application has been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Chapter 2 of Part II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for approval of eradication programmes for EBL. Therefore, this Member State should be listed accordingly in Part II of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having an approved eradication programme for EBL.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(9)</p></td><td><p>For infection with BVD, Denmark and Germany have submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for recognition of the disease-free status from BVD laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 are fulfilled on the whole territory of Denmark and in Landkreis Ravensburg, Erding, Weilheim-Schongau, Oberallg&#228;u and Fulda in Germany, respectively. Therefore, that Member State and those zones should be listed accordingly in Part I of Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having disease-free status from BVD.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(10)</p></td><td><p>For infection with BVD, Ireland has submitted to the Commission an application to have an eradication programme approved for its territory. Following the assessment by the Commission, that application has been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Part II, Chapter 2, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for approval of eradication programmes for BVD. Therefore, this Member State should be listed accordingly in Part II of Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having an approved eradication programme for BVD.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(11)</p></td><td><p>As regards infection with BTV, Germany has submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for recognition of disease-free status from BTV are fulfilled for the whole territory of Baden-W&#252;rttemberg, Hessen and Nordrhein-Westfalen. Following the assessment by the Commission, those applications have been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Part II, Chapter 2, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for the granting of disease-free status for BTV. Therefore, those zones should be listed in Part I of Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having disease-free status from BTV.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(12)</p></td><td><p>Annexes I, II, IV, VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 should therefore be amended accordingly.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(13)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes I, II, IV, VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 14 July 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
( 1 ) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1 .
( 2 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases ( OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 211 ).
( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 of 15 April 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of the disease-free and non-vaccination status of certain Member States or zones or compartments thereof as regards certain listed diseases and the approval of eradication programmes for those listed diseases ( OJ L 131, 16.4.2021, p. 78 ).
ANNEX
Annexes I, II, IV, VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 are amended as follows:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Annex I is amended as follows:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>Part I is amended as follows:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(i)</p></td><td><p>in Chapter 1, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#8216;Italy</p></td><td><p>Regione Abruzzo: Provincia di Pescara, Teramo</p><p>Regione Calabria: Provincia di Vibo Valentia</p><p>Regione Campania: Province di Avellino, Benevento, Napoli</p><p>Regione Emilia-Romagna</p><p>Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia</p><p>Regione Lazio</p><p>Regione Liguria</p><p>Regione Lombardia</p><p>Regione Marche</p><p>Regione Molise: Provincia di Campobasso</p><p>Regione Piemonte</p><p>Regione Puglia: Province di Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Lecce</p><p>Regione Sardegna</p><p>Regione Toscana</p><p>Regione Trentino &#8211; Alto Adige</p><p>Regione Umbria</p><p>Regione Valle d&#8217;Aosta</p><p>Regione Veneto&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(ii)</p></td><td><p>Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;<span>CHAPTER 2</span></p><p><span>Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from infection with<span>Brucella abortus, B. melitensis</span> and<span>B. suis</span> in ovine and caprine animal populations</span></p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State<a>&#160;(<span>(*)</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>R&#233;gion Auvergne et Rh&#244;ne-Alpes</p><p>R&#233;gion Bourgogne-Franche-Comt&#233;</p><p>R&#233;gion Bretagne</p><p>R&#233;gion Centre-Val de Loire</p><p>R&#233;gion Corse</p><p>R&#233;gion Grande Est</p><p>R&#233;gion Hauts-de-France</p><p>R&#233;gion Ile-de-France</p><p>R&#233;gion Normandie</p><p>R&#233;gion Nouvelle-Aquitaine</p><p>R&#233;gion Occitanie</p><p>R&#233;gion Pays de la Loire</p><p>R&#233;gion Provence-Alpes-C&#244;te d&#8217;Azur</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>Regione Abruzzo</p><p>Regione Calabria: Province di Catanzaro, Cosenza</p><p>Regione Campania: Provincia di Benevento</p><p>Regione Emilia-Romagna</p><p>Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia</p><p>Regione Lazio</p><p>Regione Liguria</p><p>Regione Lombardia</p><p>Regione Marche</p><p>Regione Molise</p><p>Regione Piemonte</p><p>Regione Puglia: Province di Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto</p><p>Regione Sardegna</p><p>Regione Toscana</p><p>Regione Trentino &#8211; Alto Adige</p><p>Regione Umbria</p><p>Regione Valle d&#8217;Aosta</p><p>Regione Veneto</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>Regi&#227;o Aut&#243;noma dos A&#231;ores</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>Part II is amended as follows:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(i)</p></td><td><p>in Chapter 1, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#8216;Italy</p></td><td><p>Regione Abruzzo: Provincia dell&#8217;Aquila, di Chieti</p><p>Regione Basilicata</p><p>Regione Calabria: Provincia di Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria</p><p>Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno</p><p>Regione Molise: Provincia di Isernia</p><p>Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia, Taranto</p><p>Regione Sicilia&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(ii)</p></td><td><p>in Chapter 2, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#8216;Italy</p></td><td><p>Regione Basilicata</p><p>Regione Calabria: Provincia di Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia</p><p>Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno, Avellino, Napoli</p><p>Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia</p><p>Regione Sicilia&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Annex II is amended as follows:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>Part I is replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;PART I</p><p><span>Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from infection with MTBC</span></p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Canarias</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Galicia</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma del Pa&#237;s Vasco</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma del Principado de Asturias</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>Regione Abruzzo</p><p>Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Matera</p><p>Regione Emilia-Romagna</p><p>Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia</p><p>Regione Lazio: Provincia di Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Viterbo</p><p>Regione Liguria</p><p>Regione Lombardia</p><p>Regione Marche: Provincia di Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Pesaro-Urbino</p><p>Regione Molise</p><p>Regione Piemonte</p><p>Regione Puglia: Provincia di Bari, Taranto</p><p>Regione Sardegna: Citta metropolitana di Cagliari, Provincia di Nuoro, Oristano, Sud Sardegna</p><p>Regione Toscana</p><p>Regione Trentino &#8211; Alto Adige</p><p>Regione Umbria</p><p>Regione Valle d&#8217;Aosta</p><p>Regione Veneto</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>Regi&#227;o Algarve: all distritos</p><p>Regi&#227;o Aut&#243;noma dos A&#231;ores except Ilha de S&#227;o Miguel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>Whole territory&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>Part II is replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;PART II</p><p><span>Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for infection with MTBC</span></p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State<a>&#160;(<span>(*)</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Potenza</p><p>Regione Calabria</p><p>Regione Campania</p><p>Regione Lazio: Provincia di Roma</p><p>Regione Marche: Provincia di Macerata</p><p>Regione Puglia: Provincia di Barletta-Adria-Trani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce</p><p>Regione Sardegna: Provincia di Sassari</p><p>Regione Sicilia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>Regi&#227;o Aut&#243;noma dos A&#231;ores: Ilha de S&#227;o Miguel</p><p>Regi&#227;o Aut&#243;noma da Madeira</p><p>Distritos Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragan&#231;a, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Andaluc&#237;a</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Arag&#243;n</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Islas Baleares</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Cantabria</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Castilla-La Mancha</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Castilla y Le&#243;n</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Catalu&#241;a</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Extremadura</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de La Rioja</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Madrid</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Murcia</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Navarra,</p><p>Comunidad Aut&#243;noma de Valencia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>in Annex IV, Part II is replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;PART II</p><p><span>Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for EBL</span></p><table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td><td><p>Date of initial approval as referred to in Article&#160;15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td><td><p>18&#160;July 2022&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>in Annex VII, Parts I and II are replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;PART I</p><p><span>Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from BVD</span></p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Bundesland Baden-W&#252;rttemberg</p><p>Bundesland Bayern:</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Ingolstadt, Stadt M&#252;nchen, Stadt Rosenheim, Alt&#246;tting, Berchtesgadener Land, Bad T&#246;lz-Wolfratshausen, Ebersberg, Eichst&#228;tt, Erding, Freising, F&#252;rstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg am Lech, Miesbach, M&#252;hldorf am Inn, Lkr. M&#252;nchen, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Lkr. Rosenheim, Starnberg, Traunstein, Weilheim-Schongau</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern: Stadt Landshut, Stadt Passau, Stadt Straubing, Freyung-Grafenau, Kelheim, Lkr. Landshut, Lkr. Passau, Regen, Rottal-Inn</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberpfalz: Stadt Amberg, Stadt Regensburg, Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Lkr. Amberg-Sulzbach, Cham, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Lkr. Regensburg, Schwandorf, Tirschenreuth</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken: Stadt Bamberg, Stadt Bayreuth, Stadt Coburg, Stadt Hof, Lkr. Bamberg, Lkr. Bayreuth, Lkr. Coburg, Forchheim, Lkr. Hof, Kronach, Kulmbach, Lichtenfels, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken: Stadt Ansbach, Stadt Erlangen, Stadt F&#252;rth, N&#252;rnberg, Schwabach, Lkr. Ansbach, Lkr. Erlangen-H&#246;chstadt, Lkr. F&#252;rth, N&#252;rnberger Land, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Roth, Wei&#223;enburg-Gunzenhausen</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken: Stadt Aschaffenburg, Stadt Schweinfurt, Stadt W&#252;rzburg, Lkr. Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, R&#246;hn-Grabfeld, Ha&#223;berge, Kitzingen, Miltenberg, Main-Spessart, Lkr. Schweinfurt, Lkr. W&#252;rzburg</p><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben: Stadt Augsburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten im Allg&#228;u, Memmingen, Aichach-Friedberg, Dillingen an der Donau, Neu-Ulm, Lindau, Oberallg&#228;u, Unterallg&#228;u, Donau-Ries</p><p>Bundesland Brandenburg</p><p>Bundesland Bremen</p><p>Bundesland Hamburg</p><p>Bundesland Hessen</p><p>Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</p><p>Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz</p><p>Bundesland Saarland</p><p>Bundesland Sachsen</p><p>Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt</p><p>Bundesland Th&#252;ringen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>PART II</p><p><span>Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for BVD</span></p><table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td><td><p>Date of initial approval as referred to in Article&#160;15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Bundesland Bayern:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Dachau</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern: Deggendorf, Lkr. Straubing-Bogen, Dingolfing-Landau</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben: Lkr. Augsburg, G&#252;nzburg, Ostallg&#228;u</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Bundesland Berlin</p><p>Bundesland Niedersachsen</p><p>Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen</p><p>Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein</p></td><td><p>21&#160;February 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Whole territory</p></td><td><p>18&#160;July 2022&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>in Annex VIII, in Part 1, the entry for Germany is replaced by the following:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#8216;Germany</p></td><td><p>Bundesland Baden-W&#252;rttemberg</p><p>Bundesland Bayern</p><p>Bundesland Berlin</p><p>Bundesland Brandenburg</p><p>Bundesland Bremen</p><p>Bundesland Hamburg</p><p>Bundesland Hessen</p><p>Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</p><p>Bundesland Niedersachsen</p><p>Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen</p><p>Bundesland Sachsen</p><p>Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt</p><p>Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein</p><p>Bundesland Th&#252;ringen&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
( (*) ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.’
( (*) ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.’