Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 of 16 March 2023 laying down special disease control measures for African swine fever and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/835of 19 April 2023amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 as regards special disease control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0835, April 20, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/861of 26 April 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0861, April 27, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/942of 8 May 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0942, May 12, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/947of 11 May 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0947, May 15, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1080of 2 June 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/985(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1080, June 5, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1300of 22 June 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1300, June 27, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1407of 4 July 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1407, July 5, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1485of 18 July 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1485, July 19, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1590of 1 August 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1590, August 3, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1643of 17 August 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1643, August 21, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1677of 30 August 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1677, September 1, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1799of 19 September 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R1799, September 21, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2396of 28 September 2023amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R2396, October 3, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2213of 16 October 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R2213, October 18, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2421of 24 October 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R2421, October 25, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2469of 31 October 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R2469, November 3, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2708of 28 November 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R2708, November 29, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2894of 19 December 2023amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R2894, December 20, 2023
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/413of 25 January 2024amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32024R0413, January 26, 2024
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/483of 5 February 2024amending Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special control measures for African swine fever(Text with EEA relevance), 32024R0483, February 6, 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594of 16 March 2023laying down special disease control measures for African swine fever and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605(Text with EEA relevance) CHAPTER ISUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 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 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 eitherin slaughterhouses located in restricted zones I, II or III or in infected zones referred to in paragraph 1, point (c)(ii); orin 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.
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 due to an outbreak of African swine fever in a wild porcine animal 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 due to an outbreak of African swine fever in a kept porcine animal with a precise geographical delimitation subject to special disease control measures;(f)"previously disease-free Member State or zone" means a Member State or zone of a Member State, where African swine fever has not been confirmed either in kept or in wild porcine animals during the preceding period of twelve months;(g)"area listed in Annex II" means an area of a Member State listed in Annex II:(i)in Part A thereof, as an infected zone, following confirmation of an outbreak of African swine fever in a wild porcine animal in a previously disease-free Member State or zone; or(ii)in Part B thereof, as a restricted zone, comprising protection and surveillance zones, following an outbreak of African swine fever in a kept porcine animal in a previously disease-free Member State or zone;(h)"Category 2 materials" means animal by-products referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 obtained from kept porcine animals;(i)"Category 3 materials" means animal by-products referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 obtained from kept porcine animals;(j)"animal by-products approved plant" means a plant approved by the competent authority in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;(k)"approved germinal product establishment" means an establishment defined in Article 2, point (2), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 1).;(l)"registered germinal product establishment" means an establishment defined in Article 2, point (1), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686.
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