Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/214 of 17 February 2022 amending certain Annexes to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 as regards the approval or withdrawal of the disease-free status of certain Member States or zones or compartments thereof as regards certain listed diseases and the approval of eradication programmes for certain listed diseases (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2022-02-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, animal disease, cattle, goat, infectious disease, sheep, veterinary inspection




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18.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 37/16








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/214
of 17 February 2022
         
amending certain Annexes to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 as regards the approval or withdrawal of the disease-free status of certain Member States or zones or compartments 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), Article 37(4), point (a) and Article 42(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.












(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 compulsory or optional eradication programmes. The changing epidemiological situation of certain diseases makes it necessary to list new disease-free Member States or zones thereof, to delete from the lists areas where disease outbreaks have been confirmed or where the conditions for maintaining the disease-free status are no longer met, and to approve certain compulsory or optional eradication programmes submitted to the Commission.












(4)


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 (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Regulation (EU) 2016/429, as well as the Commission acts based on it, such as Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement.












(5)


For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mycobacterium bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) (MTBC), infection with the rabies virus (RABV), 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.












(6)


It is opportune to list bovine animals, and ovine and caprine animals, separately for those diseases. Accordingly, Part II of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as amended by this Regulation, will have different Chapters for bovine animals and for caprine and ovine animals, and accordingly it is necessary to also amend Article 2 of that Implementing Regulation which refers to that Annex.












(7)


For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animals, Spain 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 Cáceres in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. Therefore, that zone should be listed as a zone free from Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animals in Part I, Chapter 1, of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.












(8)


For infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animals, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Portugal, and for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animals, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, and Portugal, have submitted to the Commission applications to have their compulsory eradication programmes approved. Following the assessment by the Commission, those applications have been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Chapter 2 of Part II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for the approval of eradication programmes. Therefore, the Member States or zones thereof covered by those eradication programmes should be listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having an approved eradication programme for those diseases in those animal populations.












(9)


For infection with MTBC, Spain 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 Autonomous Community of País Vasco. Therefore, that Autonomous Community should be listed as a zone free from MTBC in Annex II, Part I, to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.












(10)


For infection with MTBC, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland have submitted to the Commission applications to have their eradication programmes approved. Following the assessment by the Commission, those applications have been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Chapter 2 of Part II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for the approval of eradication programmes. Therefore, the Member States or zones thereof covered by those eradication programmes, as well as the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, should be listed in Annex II, Part II, to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having an approved eradication programme for infection with MTBC.












(11)


As regards infection with RABV, France has submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for recognition of disease-free status laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 are fulfilled in French Guiana. Therefore, French Guiana should be added to the territory of France which is already listed as free from RABV in Annex III, Part I, to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620.












(12)


Poland has notified to the Commission outbreaks of infection with RABV in several regions of the Voivodship Mazowieckie and Voivodship Świętokrzyskie, which are currently listed as disease-free status zones in Part I of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620. Therefore, the affected regions should be deleted from that list and the entry for that Member State in that list should be amended accordingly.












(13)


For infection with RABV, Poland and Romania have submitted to the Commission applications to have their eradication programmes approved. Following the assessment by the Commission, those applications have been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Chapter 2 of Part II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for the approval of eradication programmes. Therefore the Member States or zones thereof covered by those eradication programmes should be listed in Part II of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having an approved eradication programme for infection with RABV.












(14)


For infection with BVD, Austria, Finland and Sweden have submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for recognition of disease-free status from BVD laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 are fulfilled for the whole of their territories. In addition, Germany has submitted to the Commission information demonstrating that the conditions for recognition of disease-free status from BVD are fulfilled for certain zones of its territory. Germany has also submitted to the Commission applications to have eradication programmes approved for other zones of its territory. Following the assessment by the Commission, those applications have been shown to comply with the criteria laid down in Chapter 2 of Part II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 for the granting of disease-free status or for approval of eradication programmes for BVD, respectively. Therefore, those Member States or zones thereof should be listed accordingly in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having respectively disease-free status from BVD or an approved eradication programme for BVD.












(15)


Spain has notified to the Commission outbreaks of infection with BTV serotype 4 in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, which affected the regions of Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, Hinojosa del Duque (Pedroches II), Pozoblanco (Pedroches I), Villanueva de Córdoba (Pedroches III), Montoro (Alto del Guadalquivir), Andújar and Linares in the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, The outbreaks have also affected the regions of Almadén, Almodóvar del Campo and Piedrabuena in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, as well as the Province of Badajoz and the regions of Coria, Valencia de Alcántara, Cáceres and Trujillo y Logrosán (Zorita) in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. Those affected regions, which are located in the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, and in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, respectively, are currently all listed as having disease-free status for infection with BTV, in Part I of Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620. The disease-free status of those regions for infection with BTV should be withdrawn, and the entry for Spain in that list should be amended accordingly.












(16)


In addition, Portugal has notified to the Commission outbreaks of infection with BTV serotype 4 in the Castelo Branco and Setubal districts. Since Castelo Branco and Setubal districts, as part of Portugal, are located in the disease-free status areas listed in Part I of Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, their disease-free status for infection with BTV should be withdrawn, and the entry for Portugal in that list should be amended accordingly.












(17)


Furthermore, as regards infection with BTV, Spain has submitted to the Commission an application to have an optional eradication programme approved. 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. Therefore the zones covered by that eradication programme should be listed in Part II of Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, as having an approved eradication programme for infection with BTV.












(18)


As regards the aquatic disease infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Denmark has informed the Commission that the conditions to maintain disease-free status for its whole territory are no longer met. Denmark is listed in Part I of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620. The entry for Denmark should therefore be deleted from that list.












(19)


Finland has notified to the Commission several outbreaks of IHN in the Åland Islands, in an area which is listed as having disease-free status in Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620. The disease-free status of the infected area should therefore be withdrawn and the zone should be deleted from Part I of that Annex, and the entry for that Member State in that list should be amended accordingly.












(20)


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












(21)


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
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 is amended as follows:






(1)


Article 2(3), is replaced by the following:

‘3.   The Member States or zones thereof with an approved compulsory eradication programme for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animal populations shall be listed in Chapter 1 of Part II of Annex I.


4.   The Member States or zones thereof with an approved compulsory eradication programme for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animal populations shall be listed in Chapter 2 of Part II of Annex I.’;











(2)


Annexes I, II, III, VII, VIII and XIII 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, 17 February 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, III, VII, VIII and XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 are amended as follows:






(1)


Annex I is amended as follows:






(a)


in Part I, Chapter 1, the entry for Spain is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘Spain


Whole territory’














(b)


Part II is replaced by the following:

                                             ‘PART II

Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis



CHAPTER 1


Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animal populations







Member State


Territory




Bulgaria


Whole territory




Greece


Whole territory




Hungary


Whole territory




Italy


Regione Abruzzo: Provincia di L’Aquila, Teramo, Chieti
Regione Basilicata
Regione Calabria
Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno
Regione Molise: Provincia di Isernia
Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia, Taranto
Regione Sicilia




Portugal


Região Autónoma dos Açores: Ilha de São Miguel
Região Madeira
Distritos Beja, Braga, Braganca, Evora, Lisboa, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real’





CHAPTER 2


Member States or zones thereof with an approved eradication programme for Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in ovine and caprine animal populations







Member State


Territory




Bulgaria


Whole territor




Croatia


Whole territory




Greece


Whole territory




Italy


Regione Basilicata
Regione Calabria: Provincia di Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentina
Regione Campania: Provincia di Caserta, Salerno, Avellino, Napoli
Regione Puglia: Provincia di Foggia, Lecce
Regione Sicilia




Portugal


Região Madeira
Distritos Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu’


















(2)


Annex II is amended as follows:






(a)


in Part I, the entry for Spain is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘Spain


Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias
Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia
Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco
Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias’














(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 (*1)



Territory




Bulgaria


Whole territory




Croatia


Whole territory




Cyprus


Whole territory




Greece


Whole territory




Ireland


Whole territory




Italy


Regione Abruzzo: Provincia di L’Aquila, Teramo, Chieti
Regione Basilicata: Provincia di Potenza
Regione Calabria
Regione Campania
Regione Lazio: Provincia di Latina, Roma
Regione Marche: Provincia di Macerata
Regione Puglia
Regione Sardegna: Provincia di Sassari, Nuoro
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)


Annex III is amended as follows:






(a)


Part I is amended as follows






(i)


the entry for France is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘France


Whole territory’














(ii)


the entry for Poland is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘Poland


Voivodship Dolnośląskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Kujawsko-pomorskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Lubelskie the following powiaty: m. Lublin, Łęczyński, Parczewski, Radzyński, Świdnicki
Voivodship Lubuskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Łódzkie the following powiaty: Bełchatowski, Brzeziński, Kutnowski, Łaski, Łęczycki, Łowicki, Łódzki Wschodni, m. Łódź, Pabianicki, Pajęczański, Piotrkowski, m. Piotrków Trybunalski, Poddębicki, Radomszczański, Rawski, Sieradzki, Skierniewicki, m. Skierniewice, Tomaszowski, Wieluński, Wieruszowski, Zduńskowolski, Zgierski
Voivodship Małopolskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Mazowieckie the following powiaty: Ciechanowski, Gostyniński, Makowski, Mławski, Ostrołęcki, m. Ostrołęka, Płocki, m. Płock, Przasnyski, Sierpecki, Żuromiński
Voivodship Opolskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Podlaskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Pomorskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Śląskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Świętokrzyskie the following powiaty: Buski, Kazimierski, Pińczowski, Włoszczowski
Voivodship Warmińsko-mazurskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Wielkopolskie: all powiaty
Voivodship Zachodniopomorskie: all powiaty’














(iii)


the entry for Spain is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘Spain


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 RABV







Member State


Territory




Poland


Voivodship Lubelskie the following powiaty: Bialski, m. Biała Podlaska, Biłgorajski, Chełmski, m. Chełm, Hrubieszowski, Janowski, Krasnostawski, Kraśnicki, Lubartowski, Lubelski, Łukowski, Opolski, Puławski, Rycki, Tomaszowski, Włodawski, Zamojski, m. Zamość
Voivodship Łódzkie the following powiaty: Opoczyński
Voivodship Mazowieckie the following powiaty: Białobrzeski, Garwoliński, Grodziski, Grójecki, Kozienicki, Legionowski, Lipski, Łosicki, Miński, Nowodworski, Ostrowski, Otwocki, Piaseczyński, Płoński, Pruszkowski, Przysuski, Pułtuski, Radomski, m. Radom, Siedlecki, m. Siedlce, Sochaczewski, Sokołowski, Szydłowiecki, m.st. Warszawa, Warszawski Zachodni, Węgrowski, Wołomiński, Wyszkowski, Zwoleński, Żyrardowski
Voivodship Podkarpackie
Voivodship Świętokrzyskie the following powiaty: Jędrzejowski, Kielecki, m. Kielce, Konecki, Opatowski, Ostrowiecki, Sandomierski, Skarżyski, Starachowicki, Staszowski




Romania


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




Finland


Whole territory




Germany


Bundesland Baden-Württemberg:
Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Freiburg
The following Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Tübingen: Alb-Donau-Kreis, Biberach, Bodenseekreis, Reutlingen, Sigmaringen, Tübingen, Zollernalbkreis, Stadtkreis Ulm.
Bundesland Bayern:
The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Ingolstadt, Stadt München, Stadt Rosenheim, Altötting, Berchtesgadener Land, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Ebersberg, Eichstätt, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg am Lech, Miesbach, Mühldorf am Inn, Lkr. München, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Lkr. Rosenheim, Starnberg, Traunstein
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, Unterallgäu, Donau-Ries
Bundesland Brandenburg
Bundesland Bremen
Bundesland Hamburg
Bundesland Hessen:
The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Kassel: Werra-Meißner, Lkr. Kassel, Stadt Kassel, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt
Regierungsbezirk Gießen
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 point 2 of Article 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689




Germany


Bundesland Baden-Württemberg:
Landkreis Ravensburg in Regierungsbezirk Tübingen
Bundesland Bayern:
The following cities and Landkreis in Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern: Dachau, Erding, Weilheim-Schongau
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, Oberallgäu
Bundesland Berlin
Bundesland Hessen:
Landkreis Fulda in Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Bundesland Niedersachsen
Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen
Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein


21 February 2022’














(5)


Annex VIII is amended as follows:






(a)


in Part I, the entry for Spain is amended as follows:






(i)


the entries for the Province of Córdoba and for the Province of Jaén in Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía are deleted;










(ii)


the entry for Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha is replaced by the following:






 



                                                      ‘Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha, except the following regions in the Province of Ciudad Real: Almadén, Almodóvar del Campo and Piedrabuena’;














(iii)


the entry for Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura is deleted;














(b)


in Part I, the entry for Portugal is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘Portugal


Whole territory, except distritos Beja, Castelo Branco, Evora, Faro, Portalegre, Santarem, Setubal’














(c)


Part II is replaced by the following:

                                             ‘PART II

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








Member State


Territory


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




Spain


Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía:
Province of Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Jáén, Málaga, Sevilla
Province of Granada: Motril (Costa de Granada)
Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón:
Province of Huesca: region of Boltaña, Jaca, Sabiñánigo
the following municipality in the region of Ayerbe: Las Peñas de Riglos
the following municipalities in the region of Huesca: Arguis, Casbas de Huesca, Ibieca, Igriés, Loporzano, Nueno and Siétamo;
the following municipalities in the region of Barbastro: Abiego, Adahuesca, Alquézar, Bierge, Colungo and Naval
the following municipalities in the region of Castejón de Sos: Castejón de Sos, Chía, Sahún, Seira, Sesué, Villanova
the following municipalities in the region of Graus: Campo, Foradada, Valle de Bardají
Province of Zaragoza: region of Jaca
Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha:
Province of Ciudad Real, the following regions: Almadén, Almodóvar del Campo and Piedrabuena
Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura
Comunidad Autónoma de Islas Baleares
Comunidad Autónoma de Navarra:
the region of Elizondo, Izurzun, Ochagavia, Pamplona, Santesteban
the following municipalities in the region of Estella: Guesálaz, Lezaun, Valle de Yerri, Cirauqui, Mañeru, Artazu, Guirguillano, Salinas de Oro, Abárzuza, Allín, Améscoa Baja, Larraona, Aranarache, Eulate
the following municipalities in the region of Sangüesa: Oroz-Betelu, Izagaondoa, Lumbier, Urraul Alto, Urraul Bajo, Romanzado, Lónguida, Aoiz, Erro, Arce, Esteribar, Luzaide- Valcarlos, Auritz Burguete, Orreaga-Roncesvalles
Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco:
Province of Guipúzcoa
Province of Bizkaia/Vizcaya
Province of Araba/Álava: municipality of Aramaio


21 February 2022’


















(6)


In Annex XIII, Part I is amended as follows:






(a)


the entry for Denmark is deleted;










(b)


the entry for Finland is replaced by the following:






Member State


Territory




‘Finland


Whole territory, except the coastal compartment comprised by the parts of Föglö, Lumparland, Lemland, Vårdö municipalities that are contained within a circle of radius 19,331 km, centered on WGS84 coordinates Lat 59.975253701°, Lon 20.454027317°’














(*1)  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’