Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 of 29 August 2024 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece (notified under document C(2024) 6222)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207
• Articles: 6

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Decision establishes at Union level:

(a)

the restricted zones which comprise protection and surveillance zones as well as a further restricted zone to be established by Greece in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, following outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in its territory;

(b)

the duration of the disease control measures to be applied in the protection zones, in, in the surveillance zones and in the further restricted zone in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.

Article 2 Establishment of a restricted zone

Greece shall ensure that:

(a)

a restricted zone, which comprises protection zones, surveillance zones as well as a further restricted zone, is established immediately by the competent authority of that Member State in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and under the conditions laid down in that Article;

(b)

the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones referred to in point (a) comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision;

(c)

the measures required to be applied in the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones, are applied at least until the dates listed in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3 Measures in the restricted zone

Movements of sheep and goats from the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the further restricted zone as provided for in Point B of the Annex to this Decision are prohibited until the dates listed for each zone in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 4 Application

This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2024.

Article 5 Addressee

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

A.    Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks

Regional unit and ADIS reference number of the outbreaks

Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zone in Greece referred to in Article 2

Date until applicable

Regional unit of Evros

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00005

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00006

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00007

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00008

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-00009

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-000010

GR-CAPRIPOX-2024-000011

Protection zone :

Those parts of the regional unit of Evros, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.49961111, Long. 26.54605556 (2024/5), Lat. 40.96145278, Long. 26.3345 (2024/6), Lat. 40.94543, Long. 26.275696 (2024/7), Lat. 40.876278, Long. 26.202551 (2024/8), Lat. 40.952487, Long. 26.280721 (2024/9) Lat. 40.920725, Long. 26.205981 (2024/10) Lat. 41.024363, Long. 26.302547 (2024/11)

16.9.2024

Surveillance zone :

Those parts of the regional unit of Evros, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.49961111, Long. 26.54605556 (2024/5), Lat. 40.96145278, Long. 26.3345 (2024/6), Lat. 40.94543, Long. 26.275696 (2024/7), Lat. 40.876278, Long. 26.202551 (2024/8), Lat. 40.952487, Long. 26.280721 (2024/9) Lat. 40.920725, Long. 26.205981 (2024/10) Lat. 41.024363, Long. 26.302547 (2024/11) excluding the areas contained in the protection zone

25.9.2024

Surveillance zone :

Those parts of the regional unit of Evros, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 41.49961111, Long. 26.54605556 (2024/5), Lat. 40.96145278, Long. 26.3345 (2024/6), Lat. 40.94543, Long. 26.275696 (2024/7), Lat. 40.876278, Long. 26.202551 (2024/8), Lat. 40.952487, Long. 26.280721 (2024/9) Lat. 40.920725, Long. 26.205981 (2024/10) Lat. 41.024363, Long. 26.302547 (2024/11)

17.9.2024-25.9.2024

B.    Further restricted zone

Regional unit

Areas included in the further restricted zone established in Greece as referred to in Article 2

Date until applicable

Regional unit of Evros

The regional unit of Evros excluding the areas included in any protection or surveillance zone.

25.9.2024

The regional unit of Evros

26.9.2024-25.10.2024