Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/186 of 24 January 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/87 (notified under document C(2025) 654)
Date: 2025-01-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Brandenburg, Germany, cattle, foot-and-mouth disease, import (EU), veterinary inspection








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2025/186


28.1.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/186
of 24 January 2025
         
concerning certain emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/87


(notified under document C(2025) 654)


(Only the German 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) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Foot and mouth disease is an infectious viral disease affecting animals in the mammal order of Artiodactyla and 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 foot and mouth disease in animals of listed species, there is a serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments keeping animals of listed species.












(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 foot and mouth disease, and for certain measures to be applied therein. 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) 2025/87 (4) was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and it lays down certain interim emergency measures relating to infection with foot and mouth disease virus in Germany in response to the outbreak confirmed on 10 January 2025 in the federal state of Brandenburg, close to that state’s border with the federal state of Berlin. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/87 provides that the protection and surveillance zones to be established by Germany in the federal state of Brandenburg, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, following that outbreak are to comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.












(5)


The size of the protection and surveillance zones as well as the duration of the measures to apply therein have been based on the criteria laid down in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and on the rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the epidemiological situation as regards foot and mouth disease in the areas affected by that disease and the overall epidemiological situation in Germany as regards that disease, as well as the level of risk for its further spread. The duration of the measures takes into account the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).












(6)


In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly define at Union level the restricted zones for foot and mouth disease, which comprises the protection and surveillance zones in the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg in Germany in collaboration with that Member State.












(7)


Given the urgency arising from the epidemiological situation in Germany as regards the spread of foot and mouth disease and the need to prevent the disease spreading from the affected establishment in Germany to other parts of that Member State and to other Member States or third countries, it is appropriate that the measures laid down in this Implementing Decision apply as soon as possible.












(8)


Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the Union as regards foot and mouth disease, this Decision should apply until 11 February 2025.












(9)


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
Germany shall ensure that:






(a)


restricted zones, which comprise protection and surveillance zones are established immediately by the competent authority of that Member State in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and under the conditions laid down in that Article;










(b)


the protection and surveillance zones referred to in point (a) comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision;










(c)


the measures required to be applied in the protection and surveillance zones, are applied at least until the dates listed in the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/87 is repealed.


Article 3
This Decision shall apply until 11 February 2025.


Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.




Done at Brussels, 24 January 2025.


For the Commission

Olivér VÁRHELYI
            

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) 2025/87 of 13 January 2025 concerning certain interim emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Germany (OJ L, 2025/87, 14.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/87/oj).




ANNEX
Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreak








ADIS reference number of the outbreak




Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zones in Germany referred to in Article 1




Date until applicable





DE-FMD-2025-00001


Protection zone for outbreak DE-FMD-2025-00001:
Brandenburg:






 


Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland:






—


Gemeinde Hoppegarten mit der Gemarkung Hönow,














 


Landkreis Barnim:






—


Gemeinde Ahrensfelde mit den Gemarkungen Eiche und Mehrow.








Berlin:
Teile des Bezirks Marzahn-Hellersdorf :






—


nördlich begrenzt durch die Stadtgrenze entlang der Landsberger Chaussee später Berliner Straße bis zur Mahlsdorfer Straße,










—


östlich begrenzt von der Mahlsdorfer Straße südlich entlang der Stadtgrenze bis zur Riesaer Straße,










—


südlich begrenzt von der Riesaer Straße bis Alice-Salomon-Platz, weiter entlang der Hellersdorfer Straße bis zur Einmündung Neue Grottkauer Straße über Märkischer Garten/Feldberger Ring bis zum Fluss Neue Wuhle,










—


westlich begrenzt durch den Fluss Neue Wuhle in nördlicher Richtung bis Landsberger Allee/Stadtgrenze






11.2.2025




Surveillance zone for outbreak DE-FMD-2025-00001:
Brandenburg:
Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland:






—


Gemeinde Hoppegarten den Gemarkungen Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten und Münchehofe,










—


Gemeinde Neuenhagen bei Berlin,










—


Gemeinde Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf,










—


Gemeinde Petershagen/Eggersdorf,










—


Gemeinde Altlandsberg mit den Gemarkungen Altlandsberg, Bruchmühle, Buchholz und Wegendorf,




Landkreis Barnim:






—


Gemeinde Ahrensfelde mit den Gemarkungen Ahrensfelde, Lindenberg und Blumberg,










—


Gemeinde Werneuchen mit den Gemarkungen Werneuchen, Krummensee, Seefeld und Löhme,










—


Gemeinde Panketal mit der Gemarkung Schwanebeck,










—


Stadt Bernau bei Berlin mit der Gemarkung Birkholz und der Ortslage Helenenau der Gemarkung Börnicke,




Landkreis Oder-Spree:






—


Gemeinde Schöneiche bei Berlin mit der Gemarkung Schöneiche bei Berlin.




Berlin:






—


Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf, sofern nicht bereits Teil der Schutzzone,










—


Bezirk Lichtenberg,










—


Teile des Bezirks Pankow,










—


nördlich begrenzt vom Ingwäonenweg 32 Berlin, weiter Straße 73 bis Strömannstraße, Strömannstraße bis Straße 72, Straße 72 bis Alt Karow 51,










—


östlich begrenzt durch die Bezirksgrenze, ab Bernauer Straße Stadtgrenze,










—


südlich begrenzt von der Herbert Baum Straße bis Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee, kompletter Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee,










—


westlich begrenzt durch Alt Karow bis Straße 52, Straße 52 bis Straße 45, Straße 45 bis Straße 47, Straße 47 bis Karower Damm, Karower Damm bis Alt-Blankenburg, Alt Blankenburg bis Krugstege - Heinersdorfer Straße, Heinerstdorfer Straße bis Heinersdorfer Graben, Heinersdorfer Graben bis Muspelsteig, Muspelsteig bis Haakonweg, Haakonweg bis Darßer Straße, Darßer Straße bis Roelckestraße, Roelckestraße bis Rennbahnstraße, Rennbahnstraße bis Parkstraße, Parkstraße bis Berliner Straße, Berliner Straße bis Herbert-Baum Straße,










—


Teile des Bezirks Treptow-Köpenick,










—


nördlich begrenzt durch die Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg (Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland) sowie im nordwestlichen Verlauf durch die Bezirksgrenze zu Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Forstflächen Jagen 321 sowie Jagen 465),










—


südwestlich begrenzt von der Genovevastraße, dem Däumlingsweg sowie den Forstflächen Jagen 319 und 320,










—


südlich begrenzt durch die S- und Regional-Bahn Trasse,










—


südöstlich begrenzt durch die Schöneicher Straße, Schöneicher Landstraße sowie die Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg (Landkreis Oder-Spree).






11.2.2025







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/186/oj
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