Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2817 of 29 October 2024 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for the United States in the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds
Date: 2024-10-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: United States, avian influenza, fresh meat, game meat, import (EU), poultry, poultrymeat, veterinary inspection








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2024/2817


31.10.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2817
of 29 October 2024
         
amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for the United States in the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds
(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 230(1) and 232(1) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin must come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed in accordance with Article 230(1) of that Regulation in order to enter the Union.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 (2) lays down the animal health requirements that consignments of certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, from third countries or territories, or zones thereof, or compartments thereof in the case of aquaculture animals, must comply with in order to enter the Union.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 (3) lays down the lists of third countries, or territories, or zones thereof, from which the entry into the Union of the species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin falling within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 is permitted. Those lists and certain general rules concerning those lists are set out in Annexes I to XXII to that Implementing Regulation.












(4)


More particularly, Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 set out the lists of third countries, or territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union, respectively, of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds.












(5)


The United States has notified the Commission of three outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the states of California, Utah and Washington, which were confirmed on 15 October 2024 and 16 October 2024 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).












(6)


Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authority of the United States established restricted zones of at least 10 km around the affected establishments and implemented a stamping-out policy to control the presence of HPAI and limit the spread of that disease.












(7)


The United States has submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on its territory and the measures taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI following these recent outbreaks in the states of California, Utah and Washington.












(8)


That information has been evaluated by the Commission. The Commission considers that, in view of the animal health situation in the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authority of the United States, the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds from those areas concerned by the recent outbreaks in the states of California, Utah and Washington should be suspended, in order to protect the animal health status of the Union.












(9)


In addition, the United States has provided updated information to the Commission in relation to the epidemiological situation on its territory as regards HPAI that gave rise to the suspension of the entry into the Union of certain products, as set out in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.












(10)


The United States has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to 11 outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of Colorado (2), Florida (2), Idaho (2) and Minnesota (5), which were confirmed between 10 May 2024 and 20 August 2024 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).












(11)


The United States has also submitted information on the measures they have taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI. In particular, following these outbreaks of HPAI, the United States has implemented a stamping out policy in order to control and limit the spread of that disease, and also completed the requisite cleaning and disinfection following the implementation of the stamping out policy on the infected poultry establishments.












(12)


The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by the United States, and considers that it has provided appropriate guarantees that the animal health situation that gave rise to the suspension of the entry of consignments of certain products into the Union from the concerned zones, as set out in Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, no longer represents a threat to animal or public health within the Union, and that, consequently, the entry into the Union of those consignments from the concerned zones of the United States, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should be reauthorised.












(13)


Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should, therefore, be amended to take account of the current epidemiological situation as regards HPAI in the United States.












(14)


Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the United States as regards HPAI, and in order to avoid unnecessary disruption in trade with the United States, the amendments to be made to Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency.












(15)


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

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2

Entry into force and applicability

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 29 October 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





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

(2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 379, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/692/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof from which the entry into the Union of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/regimpl/2021/404/oj).




ANNEX
Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended as follows:






(1)


Annex V is amended as follows:






(a)


in Part 1, Section B, the entry for the United States is amended as follows:






(i)


the rows for the zones US-2.649 and US-2.650 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.649


BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20


N, P1


 


10.5.2024


15.10.2024




US-2.650


N, P1


 


20.5.2024


15.10.2024’














(ii)


the row for the zone US-2.662 is replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.662


BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20


N, P1


 


18.6.2024


7.9.2024’














(iii)


the rows for the zones US-2.666 to US-2.670 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.666


BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20


N, P1


 


27.6.2024


8.9.2024




US-2.667


N, P1


 


8.7.2024


12.9.2024




US-2.668


N, P1


 


9.7.2024


29.9.2024




US-2.669


N, P1


 


9.7.2024


18.10.2024




US-2.670


N, P1


 


9.7.2024


15.9.2024’














(iv)


the row for the zone US-2.672 is replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.672


BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20


N, P1


 


19.7.2024


12.9.2024’














(v)


the rows for the zones US-2.676 and US-2.677 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.676


BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20


N, P1


 


5.8.2024


7.9.2024




US-2.677


N, P1


 


20.8.2024


22.9.2024’














(vi)


the following rows for the zones US-2.683, US-2.684 and US-2.685 are added after the row for the zone US-2.682:











‘US

United States


US-2.683


BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20


N, P1


 


15.10.2024


 




US-2.684


N, P1


 


15.10.2024


 




US-2.685


N, P1


 


16.10.2024’


 


















(b)


in Part 2, in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions zones US-2.683, US-2.684 and US-2.685 are added after the description of the zone US-2.682:







‘United States


US-2.683


State of Utah
Cache 04
Cache County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 111.9158323°W 42.0175156°N)




US-2.684


State of Washington
Franklin 02
Franklin County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.0737252°W 46.4848210°N)




US-2.685


State of California
Tulare 01
Tulare County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 119.4042319°W 36.0359561°N)’


















(2)


in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B, the entry for the United States is amended as follows:






(a)


the rows for the zones US-2.649 and US-2.650 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.649


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


10.5.2024


15.10.2024




GBM


P1


 


10.5.2024


15.10.2024




US-2.650


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


20.5.2024


15.10.2024




GBM


P1


 


20.5.2024


15.10.2024’














(b)


the rows for the zone US-2.662 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.662


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


18.6.2024


7.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


18.6.2024


7.9.2024’














(c)


the rows for the zones US-2.666 to US-2.670 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.666


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


27.6.2024


8.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


27.6.2024


8.9.2024




US-2.667


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


8.7.2024


12.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


8.7.2024


12.9.2024




US-2.668


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


9.7.2024


29.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


9.7.2024


29.9.2024




US-2.669


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


9.7.2024


18.10.2024




GBM


P1


 


9.7.2024


18.10.2024




US-2.670


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


9.7.2024


15.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


9.7.2024


15.9.2024’














(d)


the rows for the zone US-2.672 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.672


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


19.7.2024


12.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


19.7.2024


12.9.2024’














(e)


the rows for the zones US-2.676 and US-2.677 are replaced by the following:











‘US

United States


US-2.676


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


5.8.2024


7.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


5.8.2024


7.9.2024




US-2.677


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


20.8.2024


22.9.2024




GBM


P1


 


20.8.2024


22.9.2024’














(f)


the following rows for zones US-2.683, US-2.684 and US-2.685 are added after the rows for the zone US-2.682:











‘US

United States


US-2.683


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


15.10.2024


 




GBM


P1


 


15.10.2024


 




US-2.684


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


15.10.2024


 




GBM


P1


 


15.10.2024


 




US-2.685


POU, RAT


N, P1


 


16.10.2024


 




GBM


P1


 


16.10.2024’


 















ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2817/oj
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