DECISIONS 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/1998 
of 28 November 2019 
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 as regards the period of application of the animal 
health protection measures for salamanders in relation to the fungus Batr achoc hytr ium 
salamandr ivor ans 
(notif ied under document C(2019) 8551) 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regar d to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concer ning veterinar y checks applicable in intra-U nion 
trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 
10(4) thereof, 
Havi ng rega rd to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the orga nisation of 
veteri nary checks on animals entering the Community from third countr ies and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 (3) established certain animal health protection measures for 
intra-Un ion trade in salamanders and the introduction into the Union of such animals in relation to the fungus 
Batr achochytr ium salamandr ivorans (Bsal). The Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 is applicable until 
31 December 2019. 
(2) Several Member States and stak eholders informed the Commission about their limited exper ience with the practical 
imp lementation of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 and that so far, the compet ent author ities quarantined 
and certified only a handful of salamander consignments. 
(3) Moreover , several recent scientific and epidemiological findings have enhanced the current knowledg e about a 
number of aspects pertaining to Bsal, as well as confir ming that Bsal is endemic in several Asian countr ies and its 
appearance in Spain. 
(4) Never theless, significant knowledg e gaps remain about its nature and diagnosis. In particular , these advances have 
not yet led to a clearer geographical demarcation of its presence in the majority of countr ies and neither to the 
imp rovement of the methods for its diagnosis nor to the pote ntial measures to be applied for mitig ating the risk of 
its spread via traded consignments. 
(5) The detailed animal health prote ction measures provided for in the Imple menting Decision (EU) 2018/320 should 
theref ore remain unchang ed. 
(6) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), consolidates the legal framewor k for a 
common Union animal health policy through a sing le, simplified and flexible regulat ory framewor k for animal 
health. In particular , it provides for safeg uard measures in the event of animal diseases. That Regulation will start to 
apply as from 21 Apr il 2021. 
(7) Theref ore, the application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 should be prolonged until the date of 
application of that Regulation. 
(1)OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. 
(2)OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. 
(3)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 of 28 Febr uary 2018 on certain animal health protection measures for intra- 
Union trade in salamanders and the introduction into the Union of such animals in relation to the fungus Batrachoc hytrium 
salamandr ivorans (OJ L 62, 5.3.2018, p. 18). 
(4)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) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1). EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 2.12.2019                                                                                                                                         L 310/35   (8) Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on Plants, 
Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Article 11 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/320 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘Article 11 
Applicability 
This Decision shall apply until 20 Apr il 2021.’ 
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2019.  
For the Commission 
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS 
Member of the Commission     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 310/36                                                                                                                                         2.12.2019