Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1761 of 22 August 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria (notified under document C(2025) 5808)
Date: 2025-08-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Haskovo region, Kardzhali region, Plovdiv region, Stara Zagora region, 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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2025/1761


27.8.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/1761
of 22 August 2025
         
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria


(notified under document C(2025) 5808)


(Only the Bulgarian 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)


Sheep pox and goat pox is an infectious viral disease affecting caprine and ovine animals 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 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 zone around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones.












(4)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160 (4) was adopted following outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria, and it lays down emergency measures to be taken by that Member State. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160 provides that the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones to be established by Bulgaria, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, are to comprise at least the areas listed in Parts A and B of Annex I to that Implementing Decision.












(5)


Since the last amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160, Bulgaria has notified the Commission of forty additional outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine animals were kept, located in the regions of Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, and Haskovo, within the already established restricted zones, as well as in the region of Kardzhali, outside the already established restricted zones listed in Annex I to that Implementing Decision.












(6)


In the current epidemiological situation, there is a high risk for the further spread of sheep pox and goat pox, in particular due to the fact that, according to the information provided by Bulgaria, there are numerous new outbreaks in the already affected regions, mostly in the region of Plovdiv, suggesting that the disease continues to circulate. There is also the new outbreak located outside the established restricted zones set out in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160, in the region of Kardzhali, suggesting that the disease has moved outside the restricted areas, despite the disease control measures already in place.












(7)


Therefore, the restricted zone, comprising protection, surveillance and further restricted zones in Bulgaria, set out in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160 should be adjusted, both spatially and temporally, in order to prevent the further spread of sheep pox and goat pox in the territory of Bulgaria and to the rest of the Union.












(8)


The size of the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones, and the duration of the measures to be applied therein, is based on the criteria set out in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, as well as on the rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. The criteria applied for the choice of the size of the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, as well as of the duration of the measures to be applied therein, include a consideration of not only the epidemiological situation as regards sheep pox and goat pox in the areas affected by that disease, but also of the overall epidemiological situation of sheep pox and goat pox in the entire territory of Bulgaria, and of the level of risk for the further spread of the disease. For the determination of the duration of the measures the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (5) have also been taken into account.












(9)


In view of the epidemiological situation, it is also necessary to prolong the duration of the additional measures applicable in the restricted zones, namely the prohibition of movements of sheep and goats from the protection and surveillance zones to any destinations located outside the external perimeter of the immediately surrounding further restricted zones, and from each further restricted zone to a destination located outside the external perimeter of this further restricted zone, including to destinations located in different further restricted zones, as set out in Part B of Annex I as well as the prohibition of movements of animals originating from those areas of Bulgaria that are not subject to restrictions due to sheep pox and goat pox to any of the areas within the external perimeter of the further restricted zones.












(10)


In view of the epidemiological situation, it is also necessary to amend the areas set out in Annex II to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160, in the territory of Bulgaria where further emergency measures like those applicable to further restricted zones, as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, as well as the prohibition on movements of sheep and goats to a destination located outside the external perimeters of those areas should apply, after the lifting of the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones, as well as the duration of such measures.












(11)


In addition, in order to minimise the risk of the further spread of the disease, it is also necessary to prolong the prohibition on the movements of goats and sheep from the territory of Bulgaria to a destination located outside Bulgaria.












(12)


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 that disease from spreading from the affected establishments in Bulgaria to other parts of that Member State or to other Member States, the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160, by this Decision should take effect as soon as possible..












(13)


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
Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1160 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 2, point (c), the date ‘31 October 2025’ is replaced by ‘30 November 2025’;










(2)


Annex I and Annex II are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria.




Done at Brussels, 22 August 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) 2025/1160 of 5 June 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Bulgaria and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/948 (OJ L, 2025/1160, 10.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1160/oj).

(5)  
            https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/.




ANNEX I

Part A:   Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks








Region and ADIS reference number of the outbreak


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


Date until applicable





Region of Plovdiv

BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00008
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00009
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00010
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00011
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00012
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00013
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00014
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00015
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00016
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00017
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00018
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00021
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00022
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00023
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00024
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00025
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00026
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00027
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00028
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00029
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00030
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00031
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00032
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00033
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00034
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00035
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00036
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00039
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00040
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00041
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00042
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00043
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00044
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00045
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00046
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00047
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00048
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00049
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00050
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00051
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00052
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00053
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00054
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00055
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00056
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00057
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00058
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00059
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00060
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00061
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00062
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00063
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00064
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00065
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00067
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00068
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00069
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00070
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00071
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00072
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00073
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00074
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00075
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00076
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00077
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00078
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00079
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00080
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00081
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00082
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00083
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00084
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00085
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00086
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00087
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00088
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00089
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00090
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00091
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00092
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00093
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00094
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00095
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00096
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00097
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00098
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00099
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00102
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00103
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00104
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00105
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00106
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00107
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00108
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00110
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00111
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00113
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00114
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00115


Protection zone:
Those parts of the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, and Stara Zagora contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat.42.1944, Long. 24.8528 (2025/8), Lat. 42.1823, Long. 24.8337 (2025/9), Lat. 42.1889, Long. 24.8137 (2025/10), Lat. 42.1862, Long. 24.8316 (2025/11), Lat. 42.1856, Long. 24.8456 (2025/12), Lat. 42.2312, Long. 24.9357 (2025/13), Lat. 42.2308, Long. 24.9368 (2025/14), Lat. 42.18222, Long. 24.86694 (2025/15), Lat. 42.1873, Long. 24.8456 (2025/16), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/17), Lat. 42.06, Long. 25.1658 (2025/18) Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/17), Lat. 42.23, Long. 24.9391 (2025/21), Lat. 42.231703, Long. 24.938912 (2025/22), Lat. 42.2306, Long. 24.9369 (2025/23), Lat. 42.2319, Long. 24.9362 (2025/24), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/25), Lat. 42.2051, Long. 24.87314 (2025/26), Lat. 42.2069, Long. 24.78666 (2025/27), Lat. 42.233, Long. 24.9405 (2025/28), Lat. 42.2316, Long. 24.94214 (2025/29), Lat. 42.2602, Long. 24.8751 (2025/30), Lat. 42.20922, Long. 24.95578 (2025/31), Lat. 42.2089, Long. 24.9508 (2025/32), Lat. 42.2092, Long. 24.9525 (2025/33), Lat. 42.1886, Long. 24.9265 (2025/34), Lat. 42.1886, Long. 24.9265 (2025/35), Lat. 42.1925, Long. 24.9329 (2025/36), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/37), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/38), Lat. 42.200845, Long. 24.790453 (2025/39), Lat. 42.2463, Long. 24.7957 (2025/40), Lat. 42.202878, Long 24.690226 (2025/41), Lat. 42.2829, Long. 24.9637 (2025/42), Lat. 42.2363, Long. 24.8297 (2025/43), Lat. 42.1872, Long. 24.9242 (2025/44), Lat. 42.2308, Long 25.0438 (2025/45), Lat. 42.2401, Long. 25.0556 (2025/46), Lat. 42.2037, Long. 25.0513 (2025/47), Lat. 42.1959, Long. 25.0566 (2025/48), Lat. 42.2977, Long. 24.9179 (2025/49), Lat. 42.1369, Long. 24.9082 (2025/50), Lat. 42.1481, Long. 24.9055 (2025/51), Lat. 42.2333, Long. 24.8135 (2025/52), Lat. 42.3188, Long. 24.8888 (2025/53), Lat. 42.1903, Long. 25.034 (2025/54), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/55), Lat. 42.2828, Long. 24.7528 (2025/56), Lat. 42.1061, Long. 24.8812 (2025/57), Lat. 42.2116, Long. 24.9584 (2025/58), Lat. 42.2559, Long. 24.6802 (2025/59), Lat. 41.9946, Long. 25.2278 (2025/60), Lat. 42.0248, Long. 25.096 (2025/61), Lat. 42.0341, Long. 25.1186 (2025/62), Lat. 42.0973, Long. 24.8738 (2025/63), Lat. 42.2008, Long. 25.049 (2025/64), Lat. 42.21546, Long. 24.62801 (2025/65), Lat. 42.3695, Long. 24.7158 (2025/67), Lat. 42.2753, Long. 25.1217 (2025/68), Lat. 42.2883, Long. 24.6303 (2025/69), Lat. 42.3705, Long. 24.725 (2025/70), Lat. 42.371, Long. 24.7229 (2025/71), Lat. 42.3288, Long. 24.6784 (2025/72), Lat. 42.3263, Long. 24.6724 (2025/73), Lat. 42.1929, Long. 24.635 (2025/74), Lat. 42.0567, Long. 24.7664 (2025/75), Lat. 42.1295, Long. 25.04 (2025/76), Lat. 42.3826, Long. 24.7806 (2025/77), Lat. 42.0146, Long. 25.2956 (2025/78), Lat. 41.9258, Long. 25.1422 (2025/79), Lat. 41.938, Long. 25.129 (2025/80), Lat. 41.9261, Long. 25.1294 (2025/81), Lat. 41.8911, Long. 25.1336 (2025/82), Lat. 41.9271, Long. 24.7806 (2025/83), Lat. 42.3063, Long. 24.5243 (2025/84), Lat. 42.2744, Long. 24.5549 (2025/85), Lat. 42.2637, Long. 24.5568 (2025/86), Lat. 42.2622, Long. 24.5603 (2025/87), Lat. 41.9443, Long. 25.2481 (2025/88), Lat. 42.603, Long. 24.8956 (2025/89), Lat. 41.9423, Long. 25.2434 (2025/90), Lat. 41.9449, Long. 25.2471 (2025/91), Lat. 42.267, Long. 24.554 (2025/92), Lat. 42.2729, Long. 24.5329 (2025/93), Lat. 42.2848, Long. 24.5428 (2025/94), Lat. 42.2757, Long. 24.5373 (2025/95), Lat. 42.2288, Long. 24.6255 (2025/96), Lat. 41.9456, Long. 25.2427 (2025/97), Lat. 41.9675, Long. 25.0319 (2025/98), Lat. 42.2311, Long. 24.8343 (2025/99), Lat. 42.2451, Long. 24.819 (2025/102), Lat. 42.1765, Long. 24.6267 (2025/103), Lat. 42.602, Long. 24.89 (2025/104), Lat. 42.6018, Long. 24.88 (2025/105), Lat. 42.6018, Long. 24.88 (2025/106), Lat. 42.6166, Long. 24.9121 (2025/107), Lat. 42.3469, Long. 24.667 (2025/108), Lat. 42.2458, Long. 24.8194 (2025/110), Lat. 42.61821, Long. 24.90195 (2025/111), Lat. 42.1391, Long. 25.0591 (2025/113), Lat. 42.3509, Long. 24.6217 (2025/114), Lat. 42.0512, Long. 25.184 (2025/115).


10.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the regions of Plovdiv, Lovech, Stara Zagora, Haskovo and Pazardzhik contained within a circle of a radius of 15 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 42.1944, Long. 24.8528 (2025/8), Lat. 42.1823, Long. 24.8337 (2025/9), Lat. 42.1889, Long. 24.8137 (2025/10), Lat. 42.1862, Long. 24.8316 (2025/11), Lat. 42.1856, Long. 24.8456 (2025/12), Lat. 42.2312, Long. 24.9357 (2025/13), Lat. 42.2308, Long. 24.9368 (2025/14), Lat. 42.18222, Long. 24.86694 (2025/15), Lat. 42.1873, Long. 24.8456 (2025/16), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/17), Lat. 42.06, Long. 25.1658 (2025/18), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/17), Lat. 42.23, Long. 24.9391 (2025/21), Lat. 42.231703, Long. 24.938912 (2025/22), Lat. 42.2306, Long. 24.9369 (2025/23), Lat. 42.2319, Long. 24.9362 (2025/24), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/25), Lat. 42.2051, Long. 24.87314 (2025/26), Lat. 42.2069, Long. 24.78666 (2025/27), Lat. 42.233, Long. 24.9405 (2025/28), Lat. 42.2316, Long. 24.94214 (2025/29), Lat. 42.2602, Long. 24.8751 (2025/30), Lat. 42.20922, Long. 24.95578 (2025/31), Lat. 42.2089, Long. 24.9508 (2025/32), Lat. 42.2092, Long. 24.9525 (2025/33), Lat. 42.1886, Long. 24.9265 (2025/34), Lat. 42.1886, Long. 24.9265 (2025/35), Lat. 42.1925, Long. 24.9329 (2025/36), Lat. 42.200845, Long. 24.790453 (2025/39), Lat. 42.2463, Long. 24.7957 (2025/40), Lat. 42.202878, Long. 24.690226 (2025/41), Lat. 42.2829, Long. 24.9637 (2025/42), Lat. 42.2363, Long. 24.8297 (2025/43), Lat. 42.1872, Long. 24.9242 (2025/44), Lat. 42.2308, Long 25.0438 (2025/45), Lat. 42.2401, Long. 25.0556 (2025/46), Lat. 42.2037, Long. 25.0513 (2025/47), Lat. 42.1959, Long. 25.0566 (2025/48), Lat. 42.2977, Long 24.9179 (2025/49), Lat. 42.1369, Long. 24.9082 (2025/50), Lat. 42.1481, Long. 24.9055 (2025/51), Lat. 42.2333, Long. 24.8135 (2025/52), Lat. 42.3188, Long 24.8888 (2025/53), Lat. 42.1903, Long. 25.034 (2025/54), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/55), Lat. 42.2828, Long. 24.7528 (2025/56), Lat. 42.1061, Long. 24.8812 (2025/57), Lat. 42.2116, Long. 24.9584 (2025/58), Lat. 42.2559, Long. 24.6802 (2025/59), Lat. 41.9946, Long. 25.2278 (2025/60), Lat. 42.0248, Long. 25.096 (2025/61), Lat. 42.0341, Long. 25.1186 (2025/62), Lat. 42.0973, Long. 24.8738 (2025/63), Lat. 42.2008, Long. 25.049 (2025/64), Lat. 42.21546, Long. 24.62801 (2025/65), Lat. 42.3695, Long. 24.7158 (2025/67), Lat. 42.2753, Long. 25.1217 (2025/68), Lat. 42.2883, Long. 24.6303 (2025/69), Lat. 42.3705, Long. 24.725 (2025/70), Lat. 42.371, Long. 24.7229 (2025/71), Lat. 42.3288, Long. 24.6784 (2025/72), Lat. 42.3263, Long. 24.6724 (2025/73), Lat. 42.1929, Long. 24.635 (2025/74), Lat. 42.0567, Long. 24.7664 (2025/75), Lat. 42.1295, Long. 25.04 (2025/76), Lat. 42.3826, Long. 24.7806 (2025/77) Lat. 42.0146, Long. 25.2956 (2025/78), Lat. 41.9258, Long. 25.1422 (2025/79), Lat. 41.938, Long. 25.129 (2025/80), Lat. 41.9261, Long. 25.1294 (2025/81), Lat. 41.8911, Long. 25.1336 (2025/82), Lat. 41.9271, Long. 24.7806 (2025/83), Lat. 42.3063, Long. 24.5243 (2025/84), Lat. 42.2744, Long. 24.5549 (2025/85), Lat. 42.2637, Long. 24.5568 (2025/86), Lat. 42.2622, Long. 24.5603 (2025/87), Lat. 41.9443, Long. 25.2481 (2025/88), Lat. 42.603, Long. 24.8956 (2025/89), Lat. 41.9423, Long. 25.2434 (2025/90), Lat. 41.9449, Long. 25.2471 (2025/91), Lat. 42.267, Long. 24.554 (2025/92), Lat. 42.2729, Long. 24.5329 (2025/93), Lat. 42.2848, Long. 24.5428 (2025/94), Lat. 42.2757, Long. 24.5373 (2025/95), Lat. 42.2288, Long. 24.6255 (2025/96), Lat. 41.9456, Long. 25.2427 (2025/97), Lat. 41.9675, Long. 25.0319 (2025/98), Lat. 42.2311, Long. 24.8343 (2025/99), Lat. 42.2451, Long. 24.819 (2025/102), Lat. 42.1765, Long. 24.6267 (2025/103), Lat. 42.602, Long. 24.89 (2025/104), Lat. 42.6018, Long. 24.88 (2025/105), Lat. 42.6018, Long. 24.88 (2025/106), Lat. 42.6166, Long. 24.9121 (2025/107), Lat. 42.3469, Long. 24.667 (2025/108), Lat. 42.2458, Long. 24.8194 (2025/110), Lat. 42.61821, Long. 24.90195 (2025/111), Lat. 42.1391, Long. 25.0591 (2025/113), Lat. 42.3509, Long. 24.6217 (2025/114), Lat. 42.0512, Long. 25.184 (2025/115) excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.


25.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo and Stara Zagora, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 42.1944, Long. 24.8528 (2025/8), Lat. 42.1823, Long. 24.8337 (2025/9), Lat.42.1889, Long. 24.8137(2025/10), Lat. 42.1862, Long. 24.8316 (2025/11), Lat. 42.1856, Long. 24.8456 (2025/12), Lat. 42.2312, Long. 24.9357 (2025/13), Lat. 42.2308, Long. 24.9368 (2025/14), Lat. 42.18222, Long. 24.86694 (2025/15), Lat. 42.1873, Long. 24.8456 (2025/16), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/17), Lat. 42.06, Long. 25.1658 (2025/18), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/17), Lat. 42.23, Long. 24.9391 (2025/21), Lat. 42.231703, Long. 24.938912 (2025/22), Lat. 42.2306, Long. 24.9369 (2025/23), Lat. 42.2319, Long. 24.9362 (2025/24), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/25), Lat. 42.2051, Long. 24.87314 (2025/26), Lat. 42.2069, Long. 24.78666 (2025/27), Lat. 42.233, Long. 24.9405 (2025/28), Lat. 42.2316, Long. 24.94214 (2025/29), Lat. 42.2602, Long. 24.8751 (2025/30), Lat. 42.20922, Long. 24.95578 (2025/31), Lat. 42.2089, Long. 24.9508 (2025/32), Lat. 42.2092, Long. 24.9525 (2025/33), Lat. 42.1886, Long. 24.9265 (2025/34), Lat. 42.1886, Long. 24.9265 (2025/35), Lat. 42.1925, Long. 24.9329 (2025/36), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/37), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/38), Lat. 42.200845, Long. 24.790453 (2025/39), Lat. 42.2463, Long. 24.7957 (2025/40), Lat. 42.202878, Long 24.690226 (2025/41), Lat. 42.2829, Long. 24.9637 (2025/42), Lat. 42.2363, Long. 24.8297 (2025/43), Lat. 42.1872, Long. 24.9242 (2025/44), Lat. 42.2308, Long 25.0438 (2025/45), Lat. 42.2401, Long. 25.0556 (2025/46), Lat. 42.2037, Long. 25.0513 (2025/47), Lat. 42.1959, Long. 25.0566 (2025/48), Lat. 42.2977, Long 24.9179 (2025/49), Lat. 42.1369, Long. 24.9082 (2025/50), Lat. 42.1481, Long. 24.9055 (2025/51), Lat. 42.2333, Long. 24.8135 (2025/52), Lat. 42.3188, Long 24.8888 (2025/53), Lat. 42.1903, Long. 25.034 (2025/54), Lat. 42.19416, Long. 24.78666 (2025/55), Lat. 42.2828, Long. 24.7528 (2025/56), Lat. 42.1061, Long. 24.8812 (2025/57), Lat. 42.2116, Long. 24.9584 (2025/58), Lat. 42.2559, Long. 24.6802 (2025/59), Lat. 41.9946, Long. 25.2278 (2025/60), Lat. 42.0248, Long. 25.096 (2025/61), Lat. 42.0341, Long. 25.1186 (2025/62), Lat. 42.0973, Long. 24.8738 (2025/63), Lat. 42.2008, Long. 25.049 (2025/64), Lat. 42.21546, Long. 24.62801 (2025/65), Lat. 42.3695, Long. 24.7158 (2025/67), Lat. 42.2753, Long. 25.1217 (2025/68), Lat. 42.2883, Long. 24.6303 (2025/69), Lat. 42.3705, Long. 24.725 (2025/70), Lat. 42.371, Long. 24.7229 (2025/71), Lat. 42.3288, Long. 24.6784 (2025/72), Lat. 42.3263, Long. 24.6724 (2025/73), Lat. 42.1929, Long. 24.635 (2025/74), Lat. 42.0567, Long. 24.7664 (2025/75), Lat. 42.1295, Long. 25.04 (2025/76), Lat. 42.3826, Long. 24.7806 (2025/77), Lat. 42.0146, Long. 25.2956 (2025/78), Lat. 41.9258, Long. 25.1422 (2025/79), Lat. 41.938, Long. 25.129 (2025/80), Lat. 41.9261, Long. 25.1294 (2025/81), Lat. 41.8911, Long. 25.1336 (2025/82), Lat. 41.9271, Long. 24.7806 (2025/83), Lat. 42.3063, Long. 24.5243 (2025/84), Lat. 42.2744, Long. 24.5549 (2025/85), Lat. 42.2637, Long. 24.5568 (2025/86), Lat. 42.2622, Long. 24.5603 (2025/87), Lat. 41.9443, Long. 25.2481 (2025/88), Lat. 42.603, Long. 24.8956 (2025/89), Lat. 41.9423, Long. 25.2434 (2025/90), Lat. 41.9449, Long. 25.2471 (2025/91), Lat. 42.267, Long. 24.554 (2025/92), Lat. 42.2729, Long. 24.5329 (2025/93), Lat. 42.2848, Long. 24.5428 (2025/94), Lat. 42.2757, Long. 24.5373 (2025/95), Lat. 42.2288, Long. 24.6255 (2025/96), Lat. 41.9456, Long. 25.2427 (2025/97), Lat. 41.9675, Long. 25.0319 (2025/98), Lat. 42.2311, Long. 24.8343 (2025/99), Lat. 42.2451, Long. 24.819 (2025/102), Lat. 42.1765, Long. 24.6267 (2025/103), Lat. 42.602, Long. 24.89 (2025/104), Lat. 42.6018, Long. 24.88 (2025/105), Lat. 42.6018, Long. 24.88 (2025/106), Lat. 42.6166, Long. 24.9121 (2025/107), Lat. 42.3469, Long. 24.667 (2025/108), Lat. 42.2458, Long. 24.8194 (2025/110), Lat. 42.61821, Long. 24.90195 (2025/111), Lat. 42.1391, Long. 25.0591 (2025/113), Lat. 42.3509, Long. 24.6217 (2025/114), Lat. 42.0512, Long. 25.184 (2025/115).


11.9.2025 – 25.9.2025





Region of Stara Zagora

BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00037
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00038
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00112
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00117


Protection zone:
Those parts of the region of Stara Zagora, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/37), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/38), Lat. 42.6538, Long. 25.2158 (2025/112), Lat. 42.6504, Long. 25.2121 (2025/117).


11.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the regions of Stara Zagora and Gabrovo contained within a circle of a radius of 15 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/37), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/38), Lat. 42.6538, Long. 25.2158 (2025/112), Lat. 42.6504, Long. 25.2121 (2025/117) excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.


26.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Stara Zagora, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/37), Lat. 42.6871, Long. 25.3287 (2025/38), Lat. 42.6538, Long. 25.2158 (2025/112), Lat. 42.6504, Long. 25.2121 (2025/117).


12.9.2025-26.9.2025





Region of Haskovo

BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00066
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00100
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00101
BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-00109


Protection zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.7227, Long. 26.325 (2025/66).


4.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained within a circle of a radius of 15 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.7227, Long. 26.325 (2025/66), Lat. 41.7531, Long. 26.1991 (2025/100) Lat. 41.7577, Long. 26.1977 (2025/101), Lat. 41.77, Long. 26.27 (2025/109), excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.


19.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Haskovo, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.7227, Long. 26.325 (2025/66) Lat. 41.7531, Long. 26.1991 (2025/100), Lat. 41.7577, Long. 26.1977 (2025/101), Lat. 41.77, Long. 26.27 (2025/109).


5.9.2025 -19.9.2025





Region of Kardzhali

BG-CAPRIPOX-2025-000116


Protection zone:
Those parts of the regions of Kardzhali contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.4399, Long. 25.7723 (2025/116).


11.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Kardzhali and Haskovo, contained within a circle of a radius of 15 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.4399, Long. 25.7723 (2025/116), excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.


26.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of the region of Kardzhali, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.4399, Long. 25.7723 (2025/116).


12.9.2025-26.9.2025





Part B:   Further restricted zones









Further restricted zone


Region


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


Date until applicable





Further restricted zone No 1




Region of Plovdiv



The entire region of Plovdiv excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


25.9.2025





Region of Haskovo



The municipalities of Dimitrovgrad, and Mineralni Bani, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.





Further restricted zone No 2




Region of Stara Zagora



The municipalities of Pavel Bajna, Kazanlak, Bratja Daskalovi and Cirpan, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


26.9.2025





Region of Gabrovo



The entire region of Gabrovo, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone





Further restricted zone No 3




Region of Haskovo



The municipalities of Ivajlovgrad, Svilengrad, Madzharovo and Ljubimec, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.


26.9.2025





Region of Kardzhali



The municipalities of Kirkovo, Dzhebel and Krumovgrad, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.









ANNEX II








Area


Region


Areas, referred to in Article 3


Date until applicable





Area No 1




Region of Plovdiv



The entire region of Plovdiv.


26.9.2025-25.10.2025





Region of Haskovo



The municipalities of Dimitrovgrad, and Mineralni Bani.





Area No 2




Region of Stara Zagora



The municipalities of Pavel Bajna, Kazanlak, Bratja Daskalovi and Cirpan.


27.9.2025-26.10.2025





Region of Gabrovo



The entire region of Gabrovo.





Area No 3




Region of Haskovo



The municipalities of Ivajlovgrad, Svilengrad, Madzharovo and Ljubimec.


27.9.2025-26.10.2025





Region of Kardzhali



The municipalities of Kirkovo, Dzhebel and Krumovgrad.







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