Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/672 of 31 March 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Hungary and Slovakia and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/613 (notified under document C(2025) 2029)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/672
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1.   Austria, Hungary and Slovakia shall immediately establish restricted zones, comprising protection, surveillance and further restricted zones, as set out in the Annex to this Decision, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.

2.   Austria, Hungary and Slovakia shall ensure that:

(a)

the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones referred to in paragraph 1 comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex; and that

(b)

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.

Article 2

1.   Where a derogation from the prohibition to move animals of susceptible species from the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, listed in the Annex to this Decision, to a destination located outside the external perimeters of a further restricted zones, listed in that Annex, is granted in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, the authorisation for such movements shall also comply with the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.

2.   Any authorisation for the movements of animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be limited to direct movements of such animals to a slaughterhouse located within the national territory of the same Member State, for immediate slaughter.

3.   The competent authority shall not authorise any movements of animals referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, where the means of transport used do not comply with the requirements for the means of transport of kept animals of listed species laid down in Article 24 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.

In addition, the competent authority shall only authorise such movements where:

(a)

the means of transport only transports animals of susceptible species of the same health status kept in the same establishment;

(b)

the means of transport are sealed by the competent authority at the establishment of origin after the loading of the animals, and unsealed by the competent authority at the slaughterhouse of destination.

4.   Animals of susceptible species due for transport as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to a clinical inspection by the competent authority within a period of 24 hours or less before the date of transport.

Article 3

Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/613 is repealed.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to Republic of Austria, Hungary and the Slovak Republic.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks

Country

Region and ADIS reference number of the outbreak

Areas established as protection and surveillance zones referred to in Article 1

Date until applicable

Hungary

HU-FMD-2025-00001

Protection zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.745480, Long. 17.694840.

30.4.2025

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.745480, Long. 17.694840, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

30.4.2025

Slovakia

HU-FMD-2025-00001

Surveillance zone:

In district Dunajská Streda: the municipalities of Medveďov, Sap, Baloň, Čiližská Radvaň and Kľúčovec.

In district Komárno: the municipalities of Číčov, Trávnik and Klížska Nemá.

30.4.2025

Slovakia

SK-FMD-2025-00001

Protection zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.8049, Long. 17.6666.

30.4.2025

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.8049, Long. 17.6666, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

30.4.2025

Hungary

SK-FMD-2025-00001

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.8049, Long. 17.6666.

30.4.2025

Slovakia

SK-FMD-2025-00002

Protection zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.8433, Long. 17.6214.

30.4.2025

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.8433, Long. 17.6214, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

30.4.2025

Hungary

SK-FMD-2025-00002

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.8433, Long. 17.6214.

30.4.2025

Slovakia

SK-FMD-2025-00003

Protection zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.9097, Long. 17.5387.

30.4.2025

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.9097, Long. 17.5387, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

30.4.2025

Hungary

SK-FMD-2025-00003

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.9097, Long. 17.5387.

30.4.2025

Slovakia

SK-FMD-2025-00004

Protection zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.9704, Long. 17.4947.

2.5.2025

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Slovakia, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.9704, Long. 17.4947, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

2.5.2025

Hungary

SK-FMD-2025-00004

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.9704, Long. 17.4947.

2.5.2025

Hungary

HU-FMD-2025-00002

Protection zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.90917, Long. 17.19819.

17.5.2025

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Hungary, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 47.90917, Long. 17.19819, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

17.5.2025

Austria

HU-FMD-2025-00002

Surveillance zone:

In the Federal State Burgenland within the district Neusiedl am See the cadastrial communities of Nickelsdorf, Mönchhof, Halbturn and Deutsch Jahrndorf.

17.5.2025

Further restricted zones

Country

Areas established as further restricted zone, part of the restricted zone, referred to in Article 1

Date until applicable

Hungary

County of Győr-Moson-Sopron, and in the County of Komárom-Esztergom the Districts of Komárom, Tata and Esztergom, excluding the areas contained in any protection or surveillance zone.

17.5.2025

Slovakia

Regions of Bratislava, Trnava and Nitra, excluding the areas contained in any protection or surveillance zone.

17.5.2025

Austria

In the Federal State Niederösterreich the district Gänserdorf and within the district Bruck an der Leitha the municipalities Au am Leithaberge, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Berg, Bruck an der Leitha, Enzersdorf an der Fischa, Göttlesbrunn-Arbesthal, Götzendorf an der Leitha, Hainburg a.d. Donau, Haslau-Maria Ellend, Höflein, Hof am Leithaberge, Hundsheim, Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge, Petronell-Carnuntum, Prellenkirchen, Rohrau, Scharndorf, Sommerein, Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha, Wolfsthal, Ebergassing, Fischamend, Klein-Neusiedl, Schwadorf;

in the district Mistelbach the municipalities Altlichtenwarth, Bernhardsthal, Bockfließ, Großengersdorf, Großkrut, Hausbrunn, Herrnbaumgarten, Pillichsdorf, Rabensburg, Schrattenberg, Wilfersdorf;

in the district Mistelbach within the municipality Drasenhofen the cadastrial communities Drasenhofen, Steinebrunn;

in the district Mistelbach within the municipality Geweinstal the cadastrial communities Gaweinstal, Schrick, Martinsdorf;

in the district Mistelbach within the minicipality Großebersdorf the cadastrial Community Eibesbrunn;

in the district Mistelbach within the community Mistelbach the cadastrial communitry Kettlasbrunn;

in the district Mistelbach within the municipality Poysdorf the cadastrial communities Höbertsgrub, Ketzelsdorf, Passauerhof, Poysbrunn, Walterkrichen;

in the district Mistelbach within the municipality Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel the cadastrial communities Obersdorf and Wolkersdorf;

in the distrikt Wiener Neustadt (Land) the municipalities Lichtenwörth, Zillingdorf.

In the Federal State Burgenland the districts Eisenstadt-Stadt, Rust-Stadt, Eisenstadt-Umgebung, Mattersburg, Neusiedl am See (with the exception of the municipalities Nickelsdorf, Mönchhof, Halbturn and Deutsch Jahrndorf) und Oberpullendorf.

17.5.2025