The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2203 of 29 August 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Romania (notified under document C(2024) 6220)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2203 of 29 August 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Romania (notified under document C(2024) 6220)
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) Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus is an infectious 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 infection with peste des petits ruminants virus 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 infection with peste des petits ruminants virus, 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) 2024/2119(4) was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and lays down certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Romania. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119 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 with the areas listed in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(5) After the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119, Romania notified the Commission of additional outbreaks of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in establishments where ovine and caprine animals were kept in the counties of Tulcea, Constanta, Timis and Ialomita. As a result, the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones, as well as further restricted zones for Romania, in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/119, were further amended and the latest amendment was by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2169(5).
(6) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2169, Romania notified the Commission of five additional outbreaks of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in establishments where ovine and caprine animals are kept, one in the county of Tulcea, one in the county of Timis and three in the county of Constanta. All of these new outbreaks are located inside the outer perimeter of the already established further restricted zones, however all outbreaks of Constanta are located outside the already established protection zones and one of those is located outside the already established surveillance zones.
(7) Therefore, the areas listed as protection, surveillance and further restricted zones for Romania in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119 should be further adjusted, spatially and temporally, in order to prevent further spread of the disease in Romania and to the rest of the Union, and the dates of regionalisation adjusted. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend the list of restricted zones set out in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(8) The size of the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones and the duration of the measures to be applied therein should be based on the criteria laid down 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 infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in the areas affected by that disease and the overall epidemiological situation of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in the Member State concerned as well as the level of risk for the further spread of that 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 epidemiological situation, there is a very high risk for the further spread of the disease, in particular due to the fact that, according to the information provided by Romania, among the newly affected establishments there is one located in a previously unaffected area of Constanta county, 80 km south from the first outbreak reported in Tulcea.
(9) Due to the severity and urgency of the epidemiological situation and in order to immediately limit the spread of the disease, it is necessary to ensure that animal movements from the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones to destinations outside the external perimeter of the further restricted zone do not take place, and to exclude possible derogations from the prohibition on the movements of animals from restricted zones laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, for a certain period of time, in order to prevent long distance spread of the disease.
(10) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of infection with peste des petits ruminants virus and the need to prevent the disease from spreading from the affected establishments in Romania to other parts of that Member State or to other Member States, the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2119 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) 2024/2119
Article 2 Addressee
This Decision is addressed to Romania.
Done at Brussels, 29 August 2024.
For the Commission
Stella Kyriakides
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
A. Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks
County and ADIS reference number of the outbreak |
Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zone in Romania referred to in Article 1 |
Date until applicable |
|---|---|---|
County of Tulcea cluster RO-PPR-2024-00001 RO-PPR-2024-00002 RO-PPR-2024-00003 RO-PPR-2024-00004 RO-PPR-2024-00005 RO-PPR-2024-00007 RO-PPR-2024-00008 RO-PPR-2024-00009 RO-PPR-2024-00010 RO-PPR-2024-00011 RO-PPR-2024-00012 RO-PPR-2024-00013 RO-PPR-2024-00014 RO-PPR-2024-00015 RO-PPR-2024-00016 RO-PPR-2024-00017 RO-PPR-2024-00020 RO-PPR-2024-00021 RO-PPR-2024-00022 RO-PPR-2024-00024 RO-PPR-2024-00025 RO-PPR-2024-00026 RO-PPR-2024-00027 RO-PPR-2024-00028 RO-PPR-2024-00031 RO-PPR-2024-00032 RO-PPR-2024-00033 RO-PPR-2024-00034 RO-PPR-2024-00035 RO-PPR-2024-00037 RO-PPR-2024-00038 RO-PPR-2024-00039 RO-PPR-2024-00040 RO-PPR-2024-00041 RO-PPR-2024-00044 RO-PPR-2024-00045 RO-PPR-2024-00047 RO-PPR-2024-00048 RO-PPR-2024-00049 RO-PPR-2024-00050 RO-PPR-2024-00051 RO-PPR-2024-00052 RO-PPR-2024-00054 RO-PPR-2024-00055 RO-PPR-2024-00056 RO-PPR-2024-00058 County of Constanta RO-PPR-2024-00006 |
Protection zone:
|
2.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone I:
|
15.9.2024 |
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Surveillance zone II:
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3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
County of Constanta RO-PPR-2024-00018 |
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Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
15.9.2024 |
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Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
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County of Tulcea RO-PPR-2024-00029 RO-PPR-2024-00030 |
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Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
15.9.2024 |
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Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
|
County of Tulcea RO-PPR-2024-00036 |
Protection zone: Those parts of the counties of Tulcea and Braila, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.245975, Long. 28.153673 (2024/36). |
28.8.2024 |
Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above, including, as of 29.8.2024, the territory of the protection zone for outbreak RO-PPR-2024-00036. |
15.9.2024 |
|
Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
|
County of Constanta RO-PPR-2024-00042 RO-PPR-2024-00043 |
Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
15.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
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Protection zone: Those parts of the counties of Constanta and Tulcea, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.551523, Long. 28.330992 (2024/57), Lat. 44.541667, Long. 28.3265 (2024/59), |
4.9.2024 |
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County of Constanta RO-PPR-2024-00057 RO-PPR-2024-00059 |
Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above, including, as of 5.9.2024, the territory of the protection zone for outbreaks RO-PPR-2024-00057 and RO-PPR-2024-00059. |
15.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024.-15.9.2024 |
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Protection zone: Those parts of the county of Constanta, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.2045, Long. 28.19483 (2024/60) |
6.9.2024 |
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County of Constanta RO-PPR-2024-00060 |
Surveillance zone: Those parts of the county of Constanta, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.2045, Long. 28.19483 (2024/60), excluding the areas included in any protection zone. |
15.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone: Those parts of the county of Constanta, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.2045, Long. 28.19483 (2024/60) |
7.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
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Protection zone: Those parts of the counties of Ialomita, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.666486, Long. 27.705308 (2024/53) |
28.8.2024 |
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County of Ialomita RO-PPR-2024-00053 |
Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above, including, as of 29.8.2024, the territory of the protection zone for outbreak RO-PPR-2024-00053. |
15.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
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Protection zone: Those parts of the counties of Tulcea, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.066804, Long. 28.400983 (2024/46) |
29.8.2024 |
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County of Tulcea RO-PPR-2024-00046 |
Surveillance zone I, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above, including, as of 30.8.2024, the territory of the protection zone for outbreak RO-PPR-2024-00046. |
3.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone II, described for the country of Tulcea cluster above. |
3.9.2024 – 15.9.2024 |
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Protection zone: Those parts of the counties of Timis, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.280895, Long. 21.473979 (2024/61) |
17.9.2024 |
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County of Timis RO-PPR-2024-00019 RO-PPR-2024-00061 |
Surveillance zone: Those parts of the counties of Timis and Caras-Severin, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.261807, Long. 21.451327 (2024/19) Lat. 45.261807, Long. 21.451327 (2024/19), Lat. 45.280895, Long. 21.473979 (2024/61), excluding the areas included in any protection zone. |
26.9.2024 |
Surveillance zone: Those parts of the counties of Timis and Caras-Severin, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 45.261807, Long. 21.451327 (2024/19). Lat. 45.280895, Long. 21.473979 (2024/61). |
18.9.2024 -26.9.2024 |
B. Further restricted zones
County |
Areas included in the further restricted zone established in Romania as referred to in Article 1 |
Date until applicable |
|---|---|---|
County of Tulcea |
The entire county of Tulcea, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
15.10.2024 |
The entire county of Tulcea |
16.9.2024 – 15.10.2024 |
|
County of Constanta |
The following communes:
excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
15.10.2024 |
The following communes:
|
16.9.2024 – 15.10.2024 |
|
County of Braila |
The entire county of Braila, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
15.10.2024 |
The entire county of Braila |
16.9.2024 – 15.10.2024 |
|
County of Calarasi |
The entire county of Calarasi. |
15.10.2024 |
County of Ialomita |
The entire county of Ialomita, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
15.10.2024 |
The entire county of Ialomita. |
16.9.2024 – 15.10.2024 |
|
County of Galati |
The entire county of Galati, excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
15.10.2024 |
The entire county of Galati. |
16.9.2024 – 15.10.2024 |
|
County of Timis |
The following communes
excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
26.9.2024 |
The following communes
|
27.9.2024 – 26.10.2024 |
|
County of Caras-Severin |
The following communes
excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone. |
26.9.2024 |
The following communes
|
27.9.2024 – 26.10.2024 |