Subject matter and scope
Article 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules on: (a) special disease control measures regarding African swine fever to be applied for a limited period of time by the Member States ( 14 ) which are listed or which have areas listed in Annex I and II (the Member States concerned). Those special disease control measures apply to kept and wild porcine animals and to products obtained from porcine animals in addition to the measures applicable in the protection, surveillance, further restricted and infected zones established by the competent authorities of those Member States in accordance with Article 21(1) and Article 63 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. (b) listing at Union level in Annex I of restricted zones I, II and III following outbreaks of African swine fever; (c) listing at Union level in Annex II, following an outbreak of African swine fever in a previously disease-free Member State or zone: (i) of the restricted zones, which comprise protection and surveillance zones, in the case of an outbreak of African swine fever in kept porcine animals; (ii) of the infected zones, in the case of an outbreak of that disease in wild porcine animals. 2. This Regulation also lays down rules on special disease control measures regarding African swine fever to be applied for a limited period of time by all Member States. 3. This Regulation applies to: (a) the movements of consignments of: (i) porcine animals kept in establishments located in restricted zones I, II and III and in infected zones referred to in paragraph 1, point (c)(ii); (ii) germinal products, products of animal origin and animal by-products obtained from kept porcine animals referred to in point (a)(i); (iii) fresh meat and meat products, including casings, from restricted zones I, II and III or infected zones referred to in paragraph 1, point (c)(ii), where such meat or meat products are obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside those restricted and infected zones and slaughtered either — in slaughterhouses located in restricted zones I, II or III or in infected zones referred to in paragraph 1, point (c)(ii); or — in slaughterhouses located outside those restricted and infected zones; (b) the movements of: (i) consignments of wild porcine animals in all Member States; (ii) consignments, including those for private use by hunters, of products of animal origin and animal by-products obtained from wild porcine in the restricted zones I, II and III or processed in establishments located in those restricted zones; (c) food business operators handling the consignments referred to in points (a) and (b); (d) all Member States concerning awareness raising on African swine fever; (e) all Member States concerning the establishment of national action plans for wild porcine animals in order to avoid the spread of African swine fever in the Union.