Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 of 7 April 2021 laying down special control measures for African swine fever (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/623of 15 April 2021amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R0623, April 16, 2021
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/687of 26 April 2021amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R0687, April 27, 2021
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605of 7 April 2021laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance)CHAPTER ISUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONSArticle 1Subject matter and scope1.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 StatesIn accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Regulation references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. which have restricted zones I, II or III listed in Annex I (the Member States concerned).These 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 the infected zones established by the competent authority of the Member State concerned in accordance with Articles 21(1) and 63 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.(b)special disease control measures regarding African swine fever to be applied for a limited period of time by all Member States.2.This Regulation applies to:(a)the movements of consignments of:(i)porcine animals kept in establishments located in restricted zones I, II and III outside those zones;(ii)germinal products, products of animal origin and animal by-products obtained from kept porcine animals referred to in point (a)(i);(b)the movements of:(i)consignments of wild porcine animals in all Member States;(ii)consignments and movements 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 restricted zones I, II and III;(c)food business operators handling consignments referred to in points (a) and (b);(d)all Member States concerning awareness raising on African swine fever.3.The rules referred to in paragraph 1 cover the following:(a)Chapter II lays down special rules for the establishment of restricted zones I, II and III in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever and the application of special disease control measures in all Member States;(b)Chapter III lays down special disease control measures applicable to consignments of porcine animals kept in restricted zones I, II and III and products obtained thereof in the Member States concerned;(c)Chapter IV lays down special risk-mitigating measures concerning African swine fever for food businesses in the Member States concerned;(d)Chapter V lays down special disease control measures applicable to wild porcine animals in the Member States;(e)Chapter VI lays down special information and training obligations in the Member States;(f)Chapter VII lays down final provisions.Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 shall apply.In addition, the following definitions shall apply:(a)"porcine animal" means an animal of the species of ungulates of the family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(b)"germinal products" means porcine semen, oocytes and embryos obtained from kept porcine animals for artificial reproduction;(c)"restricted zone I" means an area of a Member State listed in Part I of Annex I with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures and bordering restricted zones II or III;(d)"restricted zone II" means an area of a Member State listed in Part II of Annex I with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures;(e)"restricted zone III" means an area of a Member State listed in Part III of Annex I with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures;(f)"previously disease-free Member State" means a Member State, where African swine fever has not been confirmed in kept porcine animals during the previous period of 12 months;(g)"Category 2 materials" means animal by-products referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 obtained from kept porcine animals;(h)"Category 3 materials" means animal by-products referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 obtained from kept porcine animals.