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| 15.7.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 188/65 |
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15.7.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 188/65

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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:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down disease-specific rules for the diseases listed in accordance with Article 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 9(1), point (b), thereof, and for optional eradication programmes for listed diseases referred to in Article 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 9(1), points (b) and (c), thereof. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down disease-specific rules for the diseases listed in accordance with Article 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 9(1), point (b), thereof, and for optional eradication programmes for listed diseases referred to in Article 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 9(1), points (b) and (c), thereof.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 (2) 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. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 (2) 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.

| (3) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 (3) lays down implementing rules for the listed diseases referred to in Article 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. |
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(3)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 (3) lays down implementing rules for the listed diseases referred to in Article 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.

| (4) | For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mycobacterium bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) (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. |
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(4)

For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mycobacterium bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) (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.

| (5) | For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis 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 Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animals in Part I, Chapter 1, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620. |
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(5)

For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis 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 Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animals in Part I, Chapter 1, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.

| (6) | For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis 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 Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animals in Part I, Chapter 2, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620. |
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(6)

For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis 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 Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animals in Part I, Chapter 2, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.

| (7) | 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. |
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(7)

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.

| (8) | 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. |
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(8)

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.

| (9) | 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, Oberallgäu 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. |
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(9)

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, Oberallgäu 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.

| (10) | 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. |
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(10)

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.

| (11) | 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-Württemberg, 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. |
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(11)

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-Württemberg, 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.

| (12) | Annexes I, II, IV, VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(12)

Annexes I, II, IV, VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (13) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, |
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(13)

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 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

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(1)  
  OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1.

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(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).

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(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).

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ANNEX

Annexes I, II, IV, VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 are amended as follows:

| (1) | Annex I is amended as follows:






  (a) | Part I is amended as follows:






  (i) | in Chapter 1, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:






  Member State | Territory |
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| ‘Italy | Regione Abruzzo: Provincia di Pescara, Teramo
  Regione Calabria: Provincia di Vibo Valentia
  Regione Campania: Province di Avellino, Benevento, Napoli
  Regione Emilia-Romagna
  Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
  Regione Lazio
  Regione Liguria
  Regione Lombardia
  Regione Marche
  Regione Molise: Provincia di Campobasso
  Regione Piemonte
  Regione Puglia: Province di Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Lecce
  Regione Sardegna
  Regione Toscana
  Regione Trentino – Alto Adige
  Regione Umbria
  Regione Valle d’Aosta
  Regione Veneto’ |

(1)

Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)

Part I is amended as follows:

(i)

in Chapter 1, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:

Member State

Territory

‘Italy

Regione Abruzzo: Provincia di Pescara, Teramo

Regione Calabria: Provincia di Vibo Valentia

Regione Campania: Province di Avellino, Benevento, Napoli

Regione Emilia-Romagna

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

Regione Lazio

Regione Liguria

Regione Lombardia

Regione Marche

Regione Molise: Provincia di Campobasso

Regione Piemonte

Regione Puglia: Province di Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Lecce

Regione Sardegna

Regione Toscana

Regione Trentino – Alto Adige

Regione Umbria

Regione Valle d’Aosta

Regione Veneto’

| (ii) | Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

  ‘
  CHAPTER 2


  Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animal populations







  Member State ((*)) | Territory |
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| Belgium | Whole territory |
| Czechia | Whole territory |
| Denmark | Whole territory |
| Germany | Whole territory |
| Estonia | Whole territory |
| Ireland | Whole territory |
| Spain | Whole territory |
| France | Région Auvergne et Rhône-Alpes
  Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
  Région Bretagne
  Région Centre-Val de Loire
  Région Corse
  Région Grande Est
  Région Hauts-de-France
  Région Ile-de-France
  Région Normandie
  Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  Région Occitanie
  Région Pays de la Loire
  Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur |
| Italy | Regione Abruzzo
  Regione Calabria: Province di Catanzaro, Cosenza
  Regione Campania: Provincia di Benevento
  Regione Emilia-Romagna
  Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
  Regione Lazio
  Regione Liguria
  Regione Lombardia
  Regione Marche
  Regione Molise
  Regione Piemonte
  Regione Puglia: Province di Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto
  Regione Sardegna
  Regione Toscana
  Regione Trentino – Alto Adige
  Regione Umbria
  Regione Valle d’Aosta
  Regione Veneto |
| Cyprus | Whole territory |
| Latvia | Whole territory |
| Lithuania | Whole territory |
| Luxembourg | Whole territory |
| Hungary | Whole territory |
| Netherlands | Whole territory |
| Austria | Whole territory |
| Poland | Whole territory |
| Portugal | Região Autónoma dos Açores |
| Romania | Whole territory |
| Slovenia | Whole territory |
| Slovakia | Whole territory |
| Finland | Whole territory |
| Sweden | Whole territory |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Northern Ireland |

(ii)

Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘
  CHAPTER 2

Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animal populations

Member State ((*))

Territory

Belgium

Whole territory

Czechia

Whole territory

Denmark

Whole territory

Germany

Whole territory

Estonia

Whole territory

Ireland

Whole territory

Spain

Whole territory

France

Région Auvergne et Rhône-Alpes

Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Région Bretagne

Région Centre-Val de Loire

Région Corse

Région Grande Est

Région Hauts-de-France

Région Ile-de-France

Région Normandie

Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Région Occitanie

Région Pays de la Loire

Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Italy

Regione Abruzzo

Regione Calabria: Province di Catanzaro, Cosenza

Regione Campania: Provincia di Benevento

Regione Emilia-Romagna

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

Regione Lazio

Regione Liguria

Regione Lombardia

Regione Marche

Regione Molise

Regione Piemonte

Regione Puglia: Province di Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto

Regione Sardegna

Regione Toscana

Regione Trentino – Alto Adige

Regione Umbria

Regione Valle d’Aosta

Regione Veneto

Cyprus

Whole territory

Latvia

Whole territory

Lithuania

Whole territory

Luxembourg

Whole territory

Hungary

Whole territory

Netherlands

Whole territory

Austria

Whole territory

Poland

Whole territory

Portugal

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Romania

Whole territory

Slovenia

Whole territory

Slovakia

Whole territory

Finland

Whole territory

Sweden

Whole territory

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Northern Ireland

| (b) | Part II is amended as follows:






  (i) | in Chapter 1, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:






  Member State | Territory |
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| ‘Italy | Regione Abruzzo: Provincia dell’Aquila, di Chieti
  Regione Basilicata
  Regione Calabria: Provincia di Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria
  Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno
  Regione Molise: Provincia di Isernia
  Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia, Taranto
  Regione Sicilia’ |

(b)

Part II is amended as follows:

(i)

in Chapter 1, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:

Member State

Territory

‘Italy

Regione Abruzzo: Provincia dell’Aquila, di Chieti

Regione Basilicata

Regione Calabria: Provincia di Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria

Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno

Regione Molise: Provincia di Isernia

Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia, Taranto

Regione Sicilia’

| (ii) | in Chapter 2, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:






  Member State | Territory |
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| ‘Italy | Regione Basilicata
  Regione Calabria: Provincia di Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia
  Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno, Avellino, Napoli
  Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia
  Regione Sicilia’ |

(ii)

in Chapter 2, the entry for Italy is replaced by the following:

Member State

Territory

‘Italy

Regione Basilicata

Regione Calabria: Provincia di Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia

Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno, Avellino, Napoli

Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia

Regione Sicilia’

| (2) | Annex II is amended as follows:






  (a) | Part I is replaced by the following:

  ‘PART I

  Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from infection with MTBC







  Member State | Territory |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | Whole territory |
| Czechia | Whole territory |
| Denmark | Whole territory |
| Germany | Whole territory |
| Estonia | Whole territory |
| Spain | Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias
  Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia
  Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco
  Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias |
| France | Whole territory |
| Italy | Regione Abruzzo
  Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Matera
  Regione Emilia-Romagna
  Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
  Regione Lazio: Provincia di Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Viterbo
  Regione Liguria
  Regione Lombardia
  Regione Marche: Provincia di Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Pesaro-Urbino
  Regione Molise
  Regione Piemonte
  Regione Puglia: Provincia di Bari, Taranto
  Regione Sardegna: Citta metropolitana di Cagliari, Provincia di Nuoro, Oristano, Sud Sardegna
  Regione Toscana
  Regione Trentino – Alto Adige
  Regione Umbria
  Regione Valle d’Aosta
  Regione Veneto |
| Latvia | Whole territory |
| Lithuania | Whole territory |
| Luxembourg | Whole territory |
| Hungary | Whole territory |
| Netherlands | Whole territory |
| Austria | Whole territory |
| Poland | Whole territory |
| Portugal | Região Algarve: all distritos
  Região Autónoma dos Açores except Ilha de São Miguel |
| Slovenia | Whole territory |
| Slovakia | Whole territory |
| Finland | Whole territory |
| Sweden | Whole territory’ |

(2)

Annex II is amended as follows:

(a)

Part I is replaced by the following:

‘PART I

Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from infection with MTBC

Member State

Territory

Belgium

Whole territory

Czechia

Whole territory

Denmark

Whole territory

Germany

Whole territory

Estonia

Whole territory

Spain

Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias

Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia

Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias

France

Whole territory

Italy

Regione Abruzzo

Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Matera

Regione Emilia-Romagna

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

Regione Lazio: Provincia di Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Viterbo

Regione Liguria

Regione Lombardia

Regione Marche: Provincia di Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Pesaro-Urbino

Regione Molise

Regione Piemonte

Regione Puglia: Provincia di Bari, Taranto

Regione Sardegna: Citta metropolitana di Cagliari, Provincia di Nuoro, Oristano, Sud Sardegna

Regione Toscana

Regione Trentino – Alto Adige

Regione Umbria

Regione Valle d’Aosta

Regione Veneto

Latvia

Whole territory

Lithuania

Whole territory

Luxembourg

Whole territory

Hungary

Whole territory

Netherlands

Whole territory

Austria

Whole territory

Poland

Whole territory

Portugal

Região Algarve: all distritos

Região Autónoma dos Açores except Ilha de São Miguel

Slovenia

Whole territory

Slovakia

Whole territory

Finland

Whole territory

Sweden

Whole territory’

| (b) | Part II is replaced by the following:

  ‘PART II

  Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for infection with MTBC







  Member State ((*)) | Territory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bulgaria | Whole territory |
| Croatia | Whole territory |
| Cyprus | Whole territory |
| Greece | Whole territory |
| Ireland | Whole territory |
| Italy | Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Potenza
  Regione Calabria
  Regione Campania
  Regione Lazio: Provincia di Roma
  Regione Marche: Provincia di Macerata
  Regione Puglia: Provincia di Barletta-Adria-Trani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce
  Regione Sardegna: Provincia di Sassari
  Regione Sicilia |
| Malta | Whole territory |
| Portugal | Região Autónoma dos Açores: Ilha de São Miguel
  Região Autónoma da Madeira
  Distritos Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu |
| Romania | Whole territory |
| Spain | Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía
  Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón
  Comunidad Autónoma de Islas Baleares
  Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria
  Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha
  Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León
  Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña
  Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura
  Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja
  Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
  Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia
  Comunidad Autónoma de Navarra,
  Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Northern Ireland |

(b)

Part II is replaced by the following:

‘PART II

Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for infection with MTBC

Member State ((*))

Territory

Bulgaria

Whole territory

Croatia

Whole territory

Cyprus

Whole territory

Greece

Whole territory

Ireland

Whole territory

Italy

Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Potenza

Regione Calabria

Regione Campania

Regione Lazio: Provincia di Roma

Regione Marche: Provincia di Macerata

Regione Puglia: Provincia di Barletta-Adria-Trani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce

Regione Sardegna: Provincia di Sassari

Regione Sicilia

Malta

Whole territory

Portugal

Região Autónoma dos Açores: Ilha de São Miguel

Região Autónoma da Madeira

Distritos Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu

Romania

Whole territory

Spain

Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía

Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón

Comunidad Autónoma de Islas Baleares

Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria

Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha

Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León

Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña

Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura

Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja

Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid

Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia

Comunidad Autónoma de Navarra,

Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Northern Ireland

| (3) | in Annex IV, Part II is replaced by the following:

  ‘PART II

  Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for EBL








  Member State | Territory | Date of initial approval as referred to in Article 15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Croatia | Whole territory | 18 July 2022’ |

(3)

in Annex IV, Part II is replaced by the following:

‘PART II

Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for EBL

Member State

Territory

Date of initial approval as referred to in Article 15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689

Croatia

Whole territory

18 July 2022’

| (4) | in Annex VII, Parts I and II are replaced by the following:

  ‘PART I

  Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from BVD







  Member State | Territory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | Whole territory |
| Denmark | Whole territory |
| Finland | Whole territory |
| Germany | Bundesland Baden-Württemberg
  Bundesland Bayern:
  The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Ingolstadt, Stadt München, Stadt Rosenheim, Altötting, Berchtesgadener Land, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Ebersberg, Eichstätt, Erding, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg am Lech, Miesbach, Mühldorf am Inn, Lkr. München, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Lkr. Rosenheim, Starnberg, Traunstein, Weilheim-Schongau
  The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern: Stadt Landshut, Stadt Passau, Stadt Straubing, Freyung-Grafenau, Kelheim, Lkr. Landshut, Lkr. Passau, Regen, Rottal-Inn
  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
  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
  The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken: Stadt Ansbach, Stadt Erlangen, Stadt Fürth, Nürnberg, Schwabach, Lkr. Ansbach, Lkr. Erlangen-Höchstadt, Lkr. Fürth, Nürnberger Land, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Roth, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
  The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken: Stadt Aschaffenburg, Stadt Schweinfurt, Stadt Würzburg, Lkr. Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, Röhn-Grabfeld, Haßberge, Kitzingen, Miltenberg, Main-Spessart, Lkr. Schweinfurt, Lkr. Würzburg
  The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben: Stadt Augsburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten im Allgäu, Memmingen, Aichach-Friedberg, Dillingen an der Donau, Neu-Ulm, Lindau, Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Donau-Ries
  Bundesland Brandenburg
  Bundesland Bremen
  Bundesland Hamburg
  Bundesland Hessen
  Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz
  Bundesland Saarland
  Bundesland Sachsen
  Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt
  Bundesland Thüringen |
| Sweden | Whole territory |

(4)

in Annex VII, Parts I and II are replaced by the following:

‘PART I

Member States or zones thereof with disease-free status from BVD

Member State

Territory

Austria

Whole territory

Denmark

Whole territory

Finland

Whole territory

Germany

Bundesland Baden-Württemberg

Bundesland Bayern:

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Ingolstadt, Stadt München, Stadt Rosenheim, Altötting, Berchtesgadener Land, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Ebersberg, Eichstätt, Erding, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg am Lech, Miesbach, Mühldorf am Inn, Lkr. München, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Lkr. Rosenheim, Starnberg, Traunstein, Weilheim-Schongau

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern: Stadt Landshut, Stadt Passau, Stadt Straubing, Freyung-Grafenau, Kelheim, Lkr. Landshut, Lkr. Passau, Regen, Rottal-Inn

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

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

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken: Stadt Ansbach, Stadt Erlangen, Stadt Fürth, Nürnberg, Schwabach, Lkr. Ansbach, Lkr. Erlangen-Höchstadt, Lkr. Fürth, Nürnberger Land, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Roth, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken: Stadt Aschaffenburg, Stadt Schweinfurt, Stadt Würzburg, Lkr. Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, Röhn-Grabfeld, Haßberge, Kitzingen, Miltenberg, Main-Spessart, Lkr. Schweinfurt, Lkr. Würzburg

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben: Stadt Augsburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten im Allgäu, Memmingen, Aichach-Friedberg, Dillingen an der Donau, Neu-Ulm, Lindau, Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Donau-Ries

Bundesland Brandenburg

Bundesland Bremen

Bundesland Hamburg

Bundesland Hessen

Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz

Bundesland Saarland

Bundesland Sachsen

Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt

Bundesland Thüringen

Sweden

Whole territory

PART II

Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for BVD

| Member State | Territory | Date of initial approval as referred to in Article 15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | Bundesland Bayern: | The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Dachau |

Member State

Territory

Date of initial approval as referred to in Article 15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689

Germany

Bundesland Bayern:

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Dachau

| | The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern: Deggendorf, Lkr. Straubing-Bogen, Dingolfing-Landau |
| --- | --- |

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern: Deggendorf, Lkr. Straubing-Bogen, Dingolfing-Landau

| | The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben: Lkr. Augsburg, Günzburg, Ostallgäu |
| --- | --- |

The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben: Lkr. Augsburg, Günzburg, Ostallgäu

Bundesland Berlin

Bundesland Niedersachsen

Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen

Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein

21 February 2022

Ireland

Whole territory

18 July 2022’

| (5) | in Annex VIII, in Part 1, the entry for Germany is replaced by the following:






  Member State | Territory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ‘Germany | Bundesland Baden-Württemberg
  Bundesland Bayern
  Bundesland Berlin
  Bundesland Brandenburg
  Bundesland Bremen
  Bundesland Hamburg
  Bundesland Hessen
  Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  Bundesland Niedersachsen
  Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen
  Bundesland Sachsen
  Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt
  Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein
  Bundesland Thüringen’ |

(5)

in Annex VIII, in Part 1, the entry for Germany is replaced by the following:

Member State

Territory

‘Germany

Bundesland Baden-Württemberg

Bundesland Bayern

Bundesland Berlin

Bundesland Brandenburg

Bundesland Bremen

Bundesland Hamburg

Bundesland Hessen

Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Bundesland Niedersachsen

Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen

Bundesland Sachsen

Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt

Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein

Bundesland Thüringen’

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((*))  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.’

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