Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2660 of 7 October 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece (notified under document C(2024) 7090)
Date: 2024-10-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Central Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, animal disease, goat, sheep, transport of animals, veterinary inspection, viral disease




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2024/2660


10.10.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/2660
of 7 October 2024
         
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece


(notified under document C(2024) 7090)


(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(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 Article 259(1) point (c) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Sheep pox and goat pox is an infectious viral disease affecting caprine and ovine animals and it can have a severe impact on the concerned animal population and the profitability of farming causing disturbance to movements of consignments of those animals and products thereof within the Union and exports to third countries.












(2)


In the event of an outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox in caprine or ovine animals, there is a serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments of caprine or ovine animals.












(3)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 (2) supplements the rules for the control of the listed diseases referred to in Article 9(1), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and defined as category A, B and C diseases in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 (3). In particular, Articles 21 and 22 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 provide for the establishment of a restricted zone in the event of an outbreak of a category A disease, including sheep pox and goat pox, and for certain measures to be applied therein. In addition, Article 21(1) of that Delegated Regulation provides that the restricted zone is to comprise a protection zone, a surveillance zone, and, if necessary, further restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones.












(4)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 (4) was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and it lays down certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 provides that the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones to be established by that Member State, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, following outbreaks of that disease are to comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.












(5)


Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207, Greece has notified the Commission of additional outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine and caprine animals were kept. As a result, the Annex to that Implementing Decision was duly amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2498 (5), to take account of those additional outbreaks.












(6)


Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2498 Greece has notified the Commission of twenty five new outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine and caprine animals are kept, twenty one in the regional unit of Evros, one in the regional unit of Rhodopi, one in the regional unit if Serres and two in the regional unit of Kavala. All those new outbreaks are located within the limits of the perimeters of protection, surveillance and further restricted zones that were already established as a result of previous outbreaks in the same areas, except for the outbreaks in the regional units of Serres and Rhodopi.












(7)


Therefore, the areas listed as protection, surveillance and further restricted zones for Greece in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 should be further adjusted in order to prevent the further spread of the disease in Greece and to the rest of the Union, and the duration of the measures to be applied therein should be adjusted. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend the list of restricted zones and the duration of the measures to be applied therein set out in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.












(8)


The size of the zones and duration of the measures to apply in the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones should be based on the criteria set out in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and the rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the epidemiological situation as regards sheep pox and goat pox in the areas affected by that disease and the overall epidemiological situation of sheep pox and goat pox in the Member State concerned by that disease as well as the level of risk for the further spread of the disease. The duration of the measures should also take into account the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). In the current situation, there is high risk of further spread of the disease, in particular due to the fact that, according to the information provided by the competent authority, in the regional unit Evros a total number of twenty one new outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox have occurred in six days, the outbreaks in the regional unit of Kavala are the second and third one in the same area, more than forty kilometres away from the first one, while outbreaks in the regional units of Rhodopi and Serres are reported for the first time, suggesting that the disease tends both to persist and cover long distances.












(9)


Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the Union as regards sheep pox and goat pox, the period of application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 should be extended, and it should apply until 28 February 2025.












(10)


Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of sheep pox and goat pox and the need to prevent the disease from spreading from the affected establishments in Greece to other parts of that Member State or to other Member States, the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 by this Decision should apply as soon as possible.












(11)


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 1

Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207

Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 is amended as follows:






1.


Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4
Application
This Decision shall apply until 28 February 2025.’
;









2.


the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.




Done at Brussels, 7 October 2024.


For the Commission

Stella KYRIAKIDES
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.

(2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 64, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/687/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 of 3 December 2018 on the application of certain disease prevention and control rules to categories of listed diseases and establishing a list of species and groups of species posing a considerable risk for the spread of those listed diseases (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/1882/oj).

(4)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 of 29 August 2024 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece (OJ L 2024/2207, 30.8.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2207/oj).

(5)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2498 of 19 September 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece (OJ L 2024/2498, 24.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2498/oj).




ANNEX
A.   Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks








Regional unit and ADIS reference number of the outbreaks


Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zone in Greece referred to in Article 2


Date until applicable





Regional unit of Evros

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00005
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00006
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00007
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00008
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00009
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00010
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00011
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00012
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00013
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00014
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00015
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00016
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00017
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00018
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00019
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00020
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00021
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00022
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00023
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00024
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00025
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00026
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00027
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00028
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00029
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00030
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00031
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00032
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00033
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00034
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00036
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00037
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00038
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00040
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00041
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00042
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00043
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00044
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00045
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00046
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00047
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00048
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00049
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00050
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00051
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00052
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00053
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00054
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00056
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00057
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00058



Protection zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Evros, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.49961111, Long. 26.54605556 (2024/5), Lat. 40.96145278, Long. 26.3345 (2024/6), Lat. 40.94543, Long. 26.275696 (2024/7), Lat. 40.876278, Long. 26.202551 (2024/8), Lat. 40.952487, Long. 26.280721 (2024/9) Lat. 40.920725, Long. 26.205981 (2024/10) Lat. 41.024363, Long. 26.302547 (2024/11),
Lat. 41.51720278, Long. 26.54510278 (2024/12),
Lat. 40.959944, Long. 26.336306 (2024/13), Lat. 40.93578, Long. 26.213778 (2024/14), Lat. 40.895996, Long. 26.222777 (2024/15), Lat. 40.900261, Long. 26.22288 (2024/16), Lat. 40.891842, Long. 26.146147 (2024/17), Lat. 40.933886, Long. 26.217318 (2024/18), Lat. 40.92507, Long. 26.212431 (2024/19), Lat. 41.278291, Long. 26.276953 (2024/20), Lat. 40.883228, Long. 26.157055 (2024/21), Lat. 40.923486, Long. 26.213196 (2024/22), Lat. 40.922552, Long. 26.209702 (2024/23), Lat. 40.925647, Long. 26.1662 (2024/24), Lat. 40.883022, Long. 26.227036 (2024/25), Lat 40.904757, Long. 26.178189 (2024/26), Lat. 40.848411, Long. 26.203314 (2024/27), Lat. 41.019251, Long. 26.269386 (2024/28), Lat. 41.48359444, Long. 26.57411944 (2024/29), Lat. 41.49358333, Long. 26.54305556 (2024/30), Lat. 41.51486111, Long. 26.54725 (2024/31), Lat. 40.89917, Long. 26.186411 (2024/32), Lat. 40.9941149, Long. 26.155657 (2024/33), Lat. 40.832839, Long. 26.131642 (2024/34), Lat.41.033936, Long. 26.289506 (2024/36), Lat. 40.907284, Long. 26.211295 (2024/37), Lat. 40.878159, Long. 26.19378 (2024/38), Lat. 41.462289, Long. 26.567053 (2024/40), Lat. 41.300453, Long. 26.443197 (2024/41), Lat. 41.519144, Long. 26.310606 (2024/42), Lat. 40.945707, Long. 26.276123 (2024/43), Lat. 40.942757, Long. 26.126487 (2024/44), Lat. 40.887613, Long. 26.15199 (2024/45), Lat. 41.028801, Long. 26.277341 (2024/46), Lat. 40.930925, Long. 26.11938 (2024/47), Lat. 40.885191, Long. 26.182334 (2024/48), Lat. 40.850308, Long. 26.091824 (2024/49), Lat. 40.851382, Long. 26.090704 (2024/50), Lat. 40.853496, Long. 26.089931 (2024/51), Lat. 41.217657, Long. 26.300685 (2024/52), Lat. 40.850681, Long. 26.01075 (2024/53), Lat. 40.849066, Long. 25.939879 (2024/54), Lat. 41.08794, Long. 26.279672 (2024/56), Lat. 40.87472, Long. 26.009628 (2024/57), Lat. 41.473893, Long. 26.555161 (2024/58)


25.10.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Evros, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.49961111, Long. 26.54605556 (2024/5), Lat. 40.96145278, Long. 26.3345 (2024/6), Lat. 40.94543, Long. 26.275696 (2024/7), Lat. 40.876278, Long. 26.202551 (2024/8), Lat. 40.952487, Long. 26.280721 (2024/9) Lat. 40.920725, Long. 26.205981 (2024/10) Lat. 41.024363, Long. 26.302547 (2024/11), Lat. 41.51720278, Long. 26.54510278 (2024/12), Lat. 40.959944, Long. 26.336306 (2024/13), Lat. 40.93578, Long. 26.213778 (2024/14), Lat. 40.895996, Long. 26.222777 (2024/15), Lat. 40.900261, Long. 26.22288 (2024/16), Lat. 40.891842, Long. 26.146147 (2024/17), Lat. 40.933886, Long. 26.217318 (2024/18), Lat. 40.92507, Long. 26.212431 (2024/19), Lat. 41.278291, Long. 26.276953 (2024/20), Lat. 40.883228, Long. 26.157055 (2024/21), Lat. 40.923486, Long. 26.213196 (2024/22), Lat. 40.922552, Long. 26.209702 (2024/23), Lat. 40.925647, Long. 26.1662 (2024/24), Lat. 40.883022, Long. 26.227036 (2024/25), Lat 40.904757, Long. 26.178189 (2024/26), Lat. 40.848411, Long. 26.203314 (2024/27), Lat. 41.019251, Long. 26.269386 (2024/28), Lat. 41.48359444, Long. 26.57411944 (2024/29), Lat. 41.49358333, Long. 26.54305556 (2024/30), Lat. 41.51486111, Long. 26.54725 (2024/31), Lat. 40.89917, Long. 26.186411 (2024/32), Lat. 40.9941149, Long. 26.155657 (2024/33), Lat. 40.832839, Long. 26.131642 (2024/34), Lat.41.033936, Long. 26.289506 (2024/36), Lat. 40.907284, Long. 26.211295 (2024/37), Lat. 40.878159, Long. 26.19378 (2024/38), Lat. 41.462289, Long. 26.567053 (2024/40), Lat. 41.300453, Long. 26.443197 (2024/41), Lat. 41.519144, Long. 26.310606 (2024/42), Lat. 40.945707, Long. 26.276123 (2024/43), Lat. 40.942757, Long. 26.126487 (2024/44), Lat. 40.887613, Long. 26.15199 (2024/45), Lat. 41.028801, Long. 26.277341 (2024/46), Lat. 40.930925, Long. 26.11938 (2024/47), Lat. 40.885191, Long. 26.182334 (2024/48), Lat. 40.850308, Long. 26.091824 (2024/49), Lat. 40.851382, Long. 26.090704 (2024/50), Lat. 40.853496, Long. 26.089931 (2024/51), Lat. 41.217657, Long. 26.300685 (2024/52), Lat. 40.850681, Long. 26.01075 (2024/53), Lat. 40.849066, Long. 25.939879 (2024/54), Lat. 41.217657, Long. 26.300685 (2024/52), Lat. 40.850681, Long. 26.01075 (2024/53), Lat. 40.849066, Long. 25.939879 (2024/54), Lat. 41.08794, Long. 26.279672 (2024/56), Lat. 40.87472, Long. 26.009628 (2024/57), Lat. 41.473893, Long. 26.555161 (2024/58) excluding the areas contained in any protection zone


3.11.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Evros, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.49961111, Long. 26.54605556 (2024/5), Lat. 40.96145278, Long. 26.3345 (2024/6), Lat. 40.94543, Long. 26.275696 (2024/7), Lat. 40.876278, Long. 26.202551 (2024/8), Lat. 40.952487, Long. 26.280721 (2024/9) Lat. 40.920725, Long. 26.205981 (2024/10) Lat. 41.024363, Long. 26.302547 (2024/11), Lat. 41.51720278, Long. 26.54510278 (2024/12), Lat. 40.959944, Long. 26.336306 (2024/13), Lat. 40.93578, Long. 26.213778 (2024/14), Lat. 40.895996, Long. 26.222777 (2024/15), Lat. 40.900261, Long. 26.22288 (2024/16), Lat. 40.891842, Long. 26.146147 (2024/17), Lat. 40.933886, Long. 26.217318 (2024/18), Lat. 40.92507, Long. 26.212431 (2024/19), Lat. 41.278291, Long. 26.276953 (2024/20), Lat. 40.883228, Long. 26.157055 (2024/21), Lat. 40.923486, Long. 26.213196 (2024/22), Lat. 40.922552, Long. 26.209702 (2024/23), Lat. 40.925647, Long. 26.1662 (2024/24), Lat. 40.883022, Long. 26.227036 (2024/25), Lat 40.904757, Long. 26.178189 (2024/26), Lat. 40.848411, Long. 26.203314 (2024/27), Lat. 41.019251, Long. 26.269386 (2024/28), Lat. 41.48359444, Long. 26.57411944 (2024/29), Lat. 41.49358333, Long. 26.54305556 (2024/30), Lat. 41.51486111, Long. 26.54725 (2024/31), Lat. 40.89917, Long. 26.186411 (2024/32), Lat. 40.9941149, Long. 26.155657 (2024/33), Lat. 40.832839, Long. 26.131642 (2024/34), Lat.41.033936, Long. 26.289506 (2024/36), Lat. 40.907284, Long. 26.211295 (2024/37), Lat. 40.878159, Long. 26.19378 (2024/38), Lat. 41.462289, Long. 26.567053 (2024/40), Lat. 41.300453, Long. 26.443197 (2024/41), Lat. 41.519144, Long. 26.310606 (2024/42), Lat. 40.945707, Long. 26.276123 (2024/43), Lat. 40.942757, Long. 26.126487 (2024/44), Lat. 40.887613, Long. 26.15199 (2024/45), Lat. 41.028801, Long. 26.277341 (2024/46), Lat. 40.930925, Long. 26.11938 (2024/47), Lat. 40.885191, Long. 26.182334 (2024/48), Lat. 40.850308, Long. 26.091824 (2024/49), Lat. 40.851382, Long. 26.090704 (2024/50), Lat. 40.853496, Long. 26.089931 (2024/51), Lat. 41.217657, Long. 26.300685 (2024/52), Lat. 40.850681, Long. 26.01075 (2024/53), Lat. 40.849066, Long. 25.939879 (2024/54), Lat. 41.217657, Long. 26.300685 (2024/52), Lat. 40.850681, Long. 26.01075 (2024/53), Lat. 40.849066, Long. 25.939879 (2024/54), Lat. 41.08794, Long. 26.279672 (2024/56), Lat. 40.87472, Long. 26.009628 (2024/57), Lat. 41.473893, Long. 26.555161 (2024/58).


26.10.2024-3.11.2024





Regional unit of Kavala

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00035
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00039
GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00060



Protection zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Kavala, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 40.855895, Long. 24.176609 (2024/35), Lat. 40.884672, Long. 24.663783 (2024/39), Lat. 40.9007455, Long. 24.66838316 (2024/60)


25.10.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional units of Kavala and Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 40.855895, Long. 24.176609 (2024/35), Lat. 40.884672, Long. 24.663783 (2024/39),), Lat. 40.9007455, Long. 24.66838316 (2024/60), excluding the areas contained in any protection zone


3.11.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Kavala, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 40.855895, Long. 24.176609 (2024/35), Lat. 40.884672, Long. 24.663783 (2024/39), Lat. 40.9007455, Long. 24.66838316 (2024/60)


26.10.2024-3.11.2024





Regional unit of Serres

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00055



Protection zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.02794, Long. 23.704541 (2024/55),


25.10.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.02794, Long. 23.704541 (2024/55), excluding the areas contained in any protection zone


3.11.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.02794, Long. 23.704541 (2024/55)


26.10.2024 – 3.11.2024





Regional unit of Rhodopi

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00059



Protection zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 40.983496, Long. 25.421738 (2024/59)


24.10.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 40.983496, Long. 25.421738 (2024/59), excluding the areas contained in any protection zone


2.11.2024





Surveillance zone:

Those parts of the regional unit of Serres, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. Lat. 40.983496, Long. 25.421738 (2024/59)


25.10.2024 – 2.11.2024




B.   Further restricted zones








Regional unit


Areas included in the further restricted zones established in Greece as referred to in Article 2


Date until applicable





Regional unit of Evros



The regional unit of Evros excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


3.11.2024




The regional unit of Evros


4.11.2024 – 3.12.2024





Regional unit of Rhodopi



The regional unit of Rhodopi excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


2.11.2024




The regional unit of Rhodopi


3.11.2024 – 3.12.2024





Regional unit of Kavala



The regional unit of Kavala excluding the municipality of Thasos and the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


21.10.2024




The regional unit of Kavala excluding the municipality of Thasos


22.10.2024 – 3.12.2024





Regional unit of Serres



The municipalities of Amphipolis, Visaltia, Emmanouil Pappas, Serres and Nea Zichni, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


3.11.2024




The municipalitiesof Amphipolis, Visaltia, Emmanouil Pappas, Serres and Nea Zichni


4.11.2024-3.12.2024





Regional unit of Drama



The municipality of Doxato


3.12.2024





Regional unit of Xanthi



The municipality of Topiros


3.12.2024







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2660/oj
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