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)
Date: 2022-07-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, animal disease, cattle, goat, infectious disease, sheep, veterinary inspection




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15.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 188/65








            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.












(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.












(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.












(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.












(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.












(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.












(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,





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
            





(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, 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




‘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




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




‘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




‘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’














(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’














(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










 


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




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’










((*))  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.’