Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/732 of 20 March 2026 concerning certain interim emergency measures relating to foot and mouth disease in Greece (notified under document C(2026) 2029)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/732
• Articles: 4

Article 1

Greece shall establish restricted zones, which comprise protection and surveillance zones, and a further restricted zone, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, where the measures required to be applied in such zones in accordance with that Delegated Regulation are applied at least until the dates listed in the Annex to this Decision.

Those protection and surveillance zones, and the further restricted zone, shall comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex.

Article 2

Greece shall ensure that movements of animals of listed species for foot and mouth disease, as set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882, from the further restricted zone set out in Annex to this Decision to a destination located outside the external perimeters of that restricted zone are prohibited until the dates listed in that Annex.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreak

Member State

ADIS reference number of the outbreak

Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zones referred to in Article 1

Date until applicable

Greece

GR-FMD-2026-00001

Protection zone:

Those parts of Greece, contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 39.323973, Long. 26.273587.

15.5.2026

Surveillance zone:

Those parts of Greece, contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centred on ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 39.323973, Long. 26.273587, excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.

15.5.2026

Further restricted zone

Member State

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

Date until applicable

Greece

The remaining territory of the Lesvos regional unit.

15.5.2026