# Commission Implementing Decision of 28 November 2014 concerning certain protective measures in relation to highly pathogenic            avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in Germany (notified under document C(2014) 9112) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text            with EEA relevance) (2014/864/EU)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 28 November 2014

# concerning certain protective measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in Germany

# *(notified under document C(2014) 9112)*

# (Only the German text is authentic)

# (Text with EEA relevance)

# (2014/864/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with                           a view to the completion of the internal market(1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,                        

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in                           intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease in birds, including poultry. Infections with avian influenza viruses in domestic                              poultry cause two main forms of that disease that are distinguished by their virulence. The low pathogenic form generally                              only causes mild symptoms, while the highly pathogenic form results in very high mortality rates in most poultry species.                              That disease may have a severe impact on the profitability of poultry farming.

(2)Avian influenza is mainly found in birds, but under certain circumstances infections can also occur in humans even though                              the risk is generally very low.

(3)In the event of an outbreak of avian influenza, there is a risk that the disease agent might spread to other holdings where                              poultry or other captive birds are kept. As a result it may spread from one Member State to other Member States or to third                              countries through trade in live birds or their products.

(4)Council Directive 2005/94/EC(3) sets out certain preventive measures relating to the surveillance and the early detection of avian influenza and the minimum                              control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of that disease in poultry or other captive birds. That Directive                              provides for the establishment of protection and surveillance zones in the event of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian                              influenza.

(5)Following the notification by Germany of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in a turkey fattening                              holding in the commune of Heinrichswalde, in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the Land Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,                              on 5 November 2014, Commission Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU(4) was adopted.

(6)Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU provides that the protection and surveillance zones established by Germany, in accordance                              with Directive 2005/94/EC, are to comprise at least the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in the Annex to                              that Implementing Decision. Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU is to apply until 22 December 2014.

(7)The interim protective measures put in place following the outbreak in Germany have now been reviewed within the framework                              of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed.

(8)In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being                              imposed by third countries, it is necessary to define the protection and surveillance zones established in Germany at Union                              level in collaboration with that Member State and to fix the duration of that regionalisation. In addition, the boundaries                              of the areas listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU need to be amended slightly in order to enlarge the                              surveillance zone and to take better account of certain administrative boundaries in that Member State.

(9)For the sake of clarity, Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU should be repealed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

Germany shall ensure that the protection and surveillance zones established in accordance with Article 16(1) of Directive                     2005/94/EC comprise at least the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in Parts A and B of the Annex to this Decision.                  

# Article 2U.K.

Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU is repealed.

# Article 3U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

Vytenis Andriukaitis                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.

## PART AU.K.

Protection zone as referred to in Article 1:

## PART BU.K.

Surveillance zone as referred to in Article 1:

1

OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.                           

2

OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.                           

3

Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive                              92/40/EEC (OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16).                           

4

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/778/EU of 6 November 2014 concerning certain interim protective measures in relation                              to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in Germany (OJ L 325, 8.11.2014, p. 26).