#32026D0856Commission Decision on Avian Influenza Emergency Measures
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This law updates the EU's emergency measures to manage the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Bulgaria and Poland. It mandates the establishment of protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones in affected areas to control disease spread. Companies involved in poultry farming in these regions must comply with the specified measures until further notice.
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Key Changes
- Establishment of new protection and surveillance zones in Bulgaria and Poland.
- Extension of existing disease control zones in specific Bulgarian and Danish regions.
- Inclusion of new restricted zones in Poland to prevent HPAI spread.
Obligations
What this law requires
Establish and maintain protection zones, surveillance zones, and further restricted zones in affected areas of Bulgaria and Poland as specified in the amended Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447
Apply disease control measures within protection zones, surveillance zones, and further restricted zones in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 until the dates specified in the Annex
Maintain protection and surveillance zones established by Bulgaria for outbreaks BG-HPAI(P)-2026-00004 through BG-HPAI(P)-2026-00008 in the Haskovo region for an extended duration to account for delayed cleaning and disinfection completion
Establish a further restricted zone in Poland adjacent to protection and surveillance zones in the Mazowieckie voivodeship and maintain measures in that zone until the date specified in the amended Annex
Maintain the surveillance zone established by Denmark for outbreak DK-HPAI(P)-2026-00008 in the municipality of Næstved for an extended duration to account for delayed laboratory examinations