Kommisjonens gjennomføringsforordning (EU) 2024/1086 av 11. april 2024 om endring av vedlegg V og XIV til gjennomføringsforordning (EU) 2021/404 med hensyn til oppføring av Canada og USA på listene over tredjeland, territorier eller soner av disse hvorfra forsendelser av fjørfe, avlsmateriale fra fjørfe og ferskt kjøtt fra fjørfe og fuglevilt tillates importert til Unionen
Tredjelandslisten for innførsel av dyr, avlsmateriale og animalske produkter: endringsbestemmelser om Canada og USA
Norsk forskrift kunngjort 16.4.2024
Tidligere
- Utkast til kommisjonsforordning godkjent av komite (representanter for medlemslandene) og publisert i EUs komitologiregister 11.4.2024
- Kommisjonsforordning publisert i EU-tidende 12.4.2024
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BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen)
(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 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 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 two outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the states of Michigan and Texas, which were confirmed on 3 April 2024 and 2 April 2024, respectively, by laboratory analysis (RTPCR).
(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 Michigan and Texas.
(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 Michigan and Texas should be suspended, in order to protect the animal health status of the Union.
(9) In addition, Canada and the United States have provided updated information to the Commission in relation to the epidemiological situation on their territories 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) Canada has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to three outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the provinces of British Columbia (2) and Quebec (1), which were confirmed between 4 November 2023 and 9 February 2024 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(11) The United States has submitted updated information on the epidemiological situation in relation to 14 outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of Arkansas (2), California (3), Florida (1), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Missouri (1), South Dakota (1), Washington (1) and Wisconsin (1), which were confirmed between 27 October 2023 and 8 February 2024 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(12) Canada and the United States have also submitted information on the measures they have taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI. In particular, following the outbreaks of HPAI, Canada and the United States have 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 on their territories.
(13) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by Canada and the United States, and considers that they have 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 in those third countries, 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 Canada and the United States, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should be reauthorised.
(14) 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 and Canada.
(15) Taking into account the current epidemiological situation in the United States as regards HPAI, and in order to avoid unnecessary disruption in trade with Canada and 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.
(16) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,