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REGUL ATIONS
COMMI SSION REGUL ATION (EU) 2022/2246 
of 15 November 2022
amending Annex es VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards chronic wast ing disease in live cervids 
(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 Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying 
down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongif orm encephalopathies (1), and in 
particular Article 23a, points (j) and (m), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible 
spongif orm encephalopathies in the Union. It applies to the production and placing on the mark et of live animals 
and products of animal origin and in certain specific cases to expor ts thereof. Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) 
No 999/2001 sets out the rules for intra-Un ion trade and Annex IX to that Regulation sets out the rules relating to 
imp orts into the Union. It also provid es, inter alia, for the adoptio n of safeguard measures in the event of outbreak s 
of TSEs.
(2) Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongif orm encephalopath y of cervids whic h is infectious and thus can 
cause disturbance to trade within the Union, impor ts into the Union and expor ts to third countr ies.
(3) Nor way informed the Commission, on 1 Apr il 2016 , of the first case of chronic wasting disease confir med in its 
territory , in a wild reindeer . That was the first time that chronic wasting disease had been detect ed in Europe and the 
first natural case in a reindeer in the world. From this first case until October 2021, Nor way conf irmed at least one 
case each year, with a total of thirty one cases: twenty in wild reindeer , two in red deer and nine in moose.
(4) Nor way adopt ed on 11 July 2016 a measure to prohibit the expor t from Nor way of live cervids, without prejudice 
to specific derogations .
(5) Since chronic wasting disease is an infec tious disease, there is a risk that it can spread to other cervid populations and 
to other regions in the Union and in the European Free Trade Association States. Commission Imp lementing 
Decision (EU) 2016/1918 (2)was theref ore adopt ed. It prohibited the move ment of live cervids from Nor way into 
the Union and provid ed for specific deroga tions.
(1)OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(2)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1918 of 28 October 2016 concer ning certain safegu ard measures in relation to 
chronic wasting disease (OJ L 296, 1.11.2016, p. 21).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 16.11.2022 L 295/1  (6) On 2 December 2016 , the European Food Safe ty Author ity (EFSA ) adopt ed a scientifi c opinion on chronic wasting 
disease in cervids (the 2016 EFSA Opinion) (3). This opinion recommended the implementation of a 3-year 
surveillance programme for chronic wasting disease in cervids in Eston ia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Nor way, Poland and Sweden, whic h are the Member States and the EFTA State s with a reindeer or a moose 
population, or with both populations, in order to detect and to estimate the prevalence and geographical spread of 
chronic wasting disease. The 2016 EFSA Opinion also concluded that the most likely pathwa y of introduction and 
spread of chronic wasting disease was the move ment of live cervids and highlighted that the use of natural cervid 
urine hunting lures increased the probability of introduction of chronic wasting disease. It theref ore recommended 
minimising the move ments of live cervids and discontinuing the use of cervid urine hunting lures.
(7) Following the adoption of the 2016 EFSA Opinion, Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 was amended by 
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1972 (4)in order to provide for a 3-ye ar monitori ng programme for chronic 
wasting disease in cervids, while Commission Imple menting Decision (EU) 2017/2181 (5)extende d the validity of 
Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1918 until the end of 2020 to allow for the safeg uard measures to remain 
applicable until the end of that 3-year monitori ng programme. Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2181 also added 
prohibitions and restr ictions regarding cervid urine hunting lures to the safeg uard measures.
(8) In 2018, Finland detected the first case of chronic wasting disease in the Union and an additional case in November 
2020. Sweden detect ed three cases of chronic wasting disease in 2019 and an additional case in Sept ember 2020. All 
cases of chronic wasting disease detected in Finland and Sweden were conf irmed in the context of the 3-year 
monitori ng programme for chronic wasting disease in cervids and were found in wild moose.
(9) On 11 November 2019 , the EFSA published the Scientific Opinion ‘Update on chronic wasting disease (CWD) III’(6)
(the 2019 EFSA Opinion) with various recommendations to the Commission, including in relation to the risk factors 
that can facilitate the spread of chronic wasting disease in the Union.
(10) Taking into account the detection of new cases of chronic wasting disease in Nor way, Finland and Sweden, pending 
the scientifi c assessment of the results of the monitor ing programme, and consider ing that additional time was 
needed to reflect on the recommendations of the 2019 EFSA Opinion, the period of application of Implementing 
Decision (EU) 2016/1918 was again extended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2167 (7), until 
31 December 2022 , to reflect the more recent conf irmations of chronic wasting disease in Finland and Sweden.
(11) Consider ing that the safeguard measures of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1918 have been applied since 2016, 
that the latest epidemiological situation regar ding chronic wasting disease does not allow to envisag e its eradication 
anyti me soon, that it would be legally inappropr iate to extend again the application of the safeg uard measures based 
on article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, and that measures should never theless remain applicable to keep on 
preventing chronic wasting disease from spreading further in the Union and the EFTA States, Annex es VIII and IX 
to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should be amended to include the measures currently laid down in Implementing 
Decision (EU) 2016/1918, adjust ed as necessar y to take into account the conf irmation of chronic wasting disease in 
Finland and Sweden.
(3)EFSA Jour nal 2017;15(1):4667.
(4)Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1972 of 30 October 2017 amending Annexes I and III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards a surveillance programme for chronic wasting disease in cervids in Estonia, 
Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden and repealing Commission Decision 2007/182/EC (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 14).
(5)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2181 of 21 November 2017 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1918 
concer ning certain safeguard measures in relation to chronic wasting disease (OJ L 307, 23.11.2017, p. 58).
(6)EFSA Jour nal 2019;17(11)5863.
(7)Commission Implementin g Decision (EU) 2020/2167 of 17 December 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1918 
concer ning certain safeguard measures in relation to chronic wasting disease by extending its period of application (OJ L 431, 
21.12.2020, p. 70).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 295/2 16.11.2022  (12) Consequently , based on conclusions from the 2016 and 2019 EFSA opinions, it is necessar y to maintain the 
prohibition of the mov ement of live cervids from Nor way into the Union. For practical reasons, that prohibition 
should continue to apply to live cervids mov ed in conjunction with human activity , but not to mov ements of wild 
cervids crossing the border of Nor way without any human inter vention. Specifi c derog ations from that prohibition 
should be laid down to allow certain mov ements of live cervids from Nor way into the Union, including the cross- 
border seasonal grazing of semi-domesticated reindeer , and the mov ements of semi-domesticate d reindeer to be 
used in cultural or spor tive events in Sweden. Howe ver, due to the animal health risk that the mov ements allowed 
by those derogat ions represents, notably in term s of environmental contamination with chronic wasting disease 
prions in the areas of destination, such mov ements should remain restr icted to defined areas in Finland and 
Sweden, and movements of live cervids from those areas should remain prohibit ed, without prejudice to specifi c 
derogat ions.
(13) Consider ing that chronic wasting disease has now been confir med in two Member States, and based on conclusions 
from the 2016 and 2019 EFSA opinions on the risk factors that can facilitate the spread of chronic wasting disease in 
the Union, it is necessar y to provide for a prohibition of the move ment of live cervids from a Member State 
concer ned by that disease to the rest of the Union. For practical reasons, that prohibition should apply to live 
cervids mov ed in conjunction with human activity , but not to movements of wild cervids without any human 
inter vention. Specifi c derogations to that prohibition should be laid down to allow certain mov ements of live 
cervids from the Member States concer ned by the chronic wasting disease, including with the purpose to ensure 
safe access to, and valor isation of, valuable cervid genetic resources between Member States concer ned.
(14) The prohibition of import of urine hunting lures derived from cervids and the prohibition of mov ement of urine 
hunting lures derived from cervids originating in Nor way should be maintained. In addition, the mov ements of 
cervid urine hunting lures derived from cervids originating in Member States where cases of chronic wasting disease 
have been conf irmed should be prohibited.
(15) Annex es VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should theref ore be amended according ly.
(16) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION:
Article 1
Annex es VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.
It shall apply from 1 Januar y 2023 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 November 2022 .
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENEN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 16.11.2022 L 295/3  ANNEX 
Annex es VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 are amended as follo ws:
1.Annex VIII is amended as follows:
(a) Chapt er A is amended as follows:
(i) Section B is delet ed;
(ii) the following Section C is added:
‘SECTION C
Conditions which apply to cervids
1.List of Member States and areas thereof established in relation to chronic wasting disease
1.1. Member States where cases of chronic wasting disease have been conf irmed:
(a) Finland
(b) Sweden
1.2. Areas of Finland and Sweden defined in relation to the risk of chronic wasting disease linked to 
traditional cross-border mov ements of live semi-domesticate d reindeer to and from Nor way:
(a) in Finland: the area locat ed between the Nor wegian-Finnish border and the Nor wegian-Finnish 
Reindeer Fence;
(b) in Sweden:
— the county of Nor rbott en,
— the county of Väste rbotten,
— the county of Jämtland,
— the county of Väste rnorrland,
— the Älvdalen municipality in the county of Dalar na,
— the municipalities of Nordanstig, Hudiksvall and Söderhamn in the county of Gävleborg.
2.Movements of live cervids from Nor way into the Union
2.1. The mov ements of live cervids from Nor way into the Union shall be prohibit ed.
2.2. By way of derogation from point 2.1, the following move ments of live cervids shall be permitted :
(a) mov ements from Nor way to the areas in Sweden liste d in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticate d 
reindeer for seasonal grazing, provided that the compe tent author ity of Sweden gives its prior 
written consent to such movements;
(b) the retur n from Nor way to the areas in Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticat ed 
reindeer after seasonal grazing in Nor way, provid ed that the compet ent author ity of Sweden gives 
its prior written consent to such movements;
(c) mov ements from Nor way to the areas in Finland listed in point 1.2(a) of live semi-domesticat ed 
reindeer for seasonal grazing;
(d) the retur n from Nor way to Finland of live semi-domesticated reindeer which have grazed in 
Nor way in the area locat ed between the Nor wegian-Finnish border and the Nor wegian-Finnish 
Reindeer Fence;
(e) mov ements from Nor way to Sweden or Finland of live cervids for direct slaughter , provid ed that 
the compet ent author ity of the Member State of destination gives its prior written consent to such 
mov ements;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 295/4 16.11.2022  (f) mov ements from Nor way to the areas in Sweden liste d in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticate d 
reindeer for spor tive or cultural events, provid ed that the compe tent author ity of Sweden gives its 
prior written consent to the move ment of each consignment ;
(g) the retur n from Nor way to the areas in Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticat ed 
reindeer after having taken part in spor tive or cultural events in Nor way, provided that the 
compet ent author ity of Sweden gives its prior written consent to the movement of each 
consignment ;
(h) transit of live cervids from Nor way through Sweden or Finland and destined to Nor way, provided 
that the compe tent author ity of the Member State of transit gives its prior written consent.
3.Movements of live cervids out of the areas of Finland and Sweden with a tradition of cross-border 
mov ements with Nor way of semi-domesticat ed reindeer
3.1. The mov ements of live cervids out of the areas listed in point 1.2 shall be prohibit ed.
3.2. By way of derog ation from point 3.1, the follo wing movements of live cervids out of the areas listed in 
point 1.2 shall be permitted:
(a) mov ements of live cervids to Nor way, provided that the compet ent author ity of Nor way gives its 
prior written consent to such mov ements;
(b) mov ements of live cervids for direct slaughter in Finland or Sweden, provid ed that the compet ent 
author ity of destination gives its prior written consent to such mov ements;
(c) mov ements from the areas of Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) to Finland of live forest reindeer , 
provi ded that the compet ent author ity of Finland gives its prior written consent to such 
mov ements;
(d) mov ements of live cervids from a confined establishment as defined in Article 4(48) of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*) and located in an area listed in 
point 1.2(b) of this Annex, to a conf ined establishment, as defined in Article 4(48) of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429, in Sweden, provid ed that the compet ent author ity of Sweden gives its prior 
written consent to such mov ements.
4.Movements of live cervids out of a Member State where chronic wasting disease has been confir med
4.1. Without prejudice to the provi sions laid down in point 3, the movements of live cervids out of a 
Member State listed in point 1.1 to other Member State s shall be prohibit ed.
4.2. By way of derogation from point 4.1, the following movements of live cervids out of a Member State 
listed in point 1.1 shall be permitted:
(a) mov ements of live cervids for direct slaughter in another Member State listed in point 1.1 or 
Nor way;
(b) mov ements of live cervids for purposes other than direct slaughter to another Member State liste d 
in point 1.1 or Nor way, provided that the compet ent author ity of destination gives its prior 
written consent to such mov ements;
(c) mov ements of live cervids from a conf ined establishment as defined in, Article 4(48) of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429 to a confined establishment, as defined in Article 4(48) of Regulation (EU) 
2016/429, in another Member State, provid ed that the compet ent author ity of destination gives 
its prior written consent to such movements.’;
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(*) 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 16.11.2022 L 295/5  (b) in Chapt er C, the following Section C is added:
‘SECTION C
Urine hunting lures from cervids
1.The mov ement into the Union of consignments of urine hunting lures derived from cervids originating in 
Nor way shall be prohibited.
2.The manufacture, placing on the market and use of urine hunting lures derived from cervids originating in the 
Member States listed in Chapt er A, Section C, point 1.1 shall be prohibit ed.’;
2.in Annex IX, in Chapt er F, the following point 3 is added:
‘3. The importation into the Union of urine hunting lures derived from cervids shall be prohibit ed.’.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 295/6 16.11.2022