#32026D0662Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/662 of 13 March 2026 amending emergency measures for lumpy skin disease virus in France
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This Commission Implementing Decision updates emergency control measures for lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) outbreaks. It amends the protection and surveillance zones in France's Hautes-Pyrénées department in response to two new outbreaks confirmed in Spain's Huesca province on 2 and 3 March 2026. France has established a surveillance zone covering 27 specific municipalities in Hautes-Pyrénées where strict disease control measures apply until 22 April 2026. The decision also adjusts the vaccination zones I and II in affected French regions. No new outbreaks have been reported in France since the previous amendment. The measures aim to prevent further spread of this vector-borne disease affecting bovine animals through movement restrictions and continued vaccination campaigns.
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Key Changes
- Extends surveillance zone in Hautes-Pyrénées department to include 27 specific municipalities such as Aragnouet, Barèges, Cauterets, Luz-Saint-Sauveur and Saint-Lary-Soulan
- Sets new end date of 22 April 2026 for application of measures in the updated surveillance zone
- Amends geographical scope of protection and surveillance zones in Annex I due to outbreaks in Spain's Huesca province on 2-3 March 2026
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What this law requires
Establish and maintain a surveillance zone covering 27 specific municipalities in Hautes-Pyrénées department where strict lumpy skin disease control measures apply until 22 April 2026
Prohibit movements of bovine animals from protection and surveillance zones listed in Annex I to destinations outside the external perimeter of those zones in France or outside France until the dates specified in Annex I
Apply disease control measures laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 within the established surveillance zone in Hautes-Pyrénées
Continue vaccination campaigns in vaccination zones I and II in accordance with France's official vaccination plan submitted pursuant to Article 6(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361
Adjust vaccination zones I and II boundaries in response to updated restricted zones in Hautes-Pyrénées department as specified in amended Annex II