#32026D1366EU updates sheep pox and goat pox emergency zones in Greece
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This decision updates EU emergency measures for sheep pox and goat pox in Greece after new outbreaks were reported. It changes the areas covered by protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones under the existing 2024 decision. The practical effect is tighter disease-control rules for sheep and goat farms, animal movements, and related products in the listed Greek areas. Farmers, traders, transporters, and veterinary authorities should check whether their locations or consignments fall inside the updated zones and follow the movement restrictions and control measures for the relevant period.
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Key Changes
- Updates the Greek areas covered by EU emergency measures for sheep pox and goat pox
- Adjusts protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones after new outbreaks
- Keeps movement controls and disease-control measures in place for affected sheep and goat holdings
Obligations
What this law requires
Greece must maintain the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones for sheep pox and goat pox in the areas listed in the updated Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207.
Operators keeping sheep or goats in the updated protection, surveillance or further restricted zones in Greece must comply with the emergency disease-control measures applicable to their zone under Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
Operators must not move consignments of sheep, goats, or products thereof from or within the updated restricted zones except in accordance with the movement restrictions and derogations applicable under the emergency measures.