Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1451 of 13 July 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 as regards disease notification and the information to be submitted by the Member States for the approval and reporting of compulsory and optional eradication programmes and in applications for disease-free status (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1451of 13 July 2023amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 as regards disease notification and the information to be submitted by the Member States for the approval and reporting of compulsory and optional eradication programmes and in applications for disease-free status(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ("Animal Health Law")OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1., and in particular Articles 23, 35 and 40 thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down rules for animal diseases that are transmissible to animals or humans, including provisions for disease notification and reporting, Union surveillance programmes, eradication programmes and disease-free status.(2)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 211). supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and lays down rules on surveillance, eradication programmes and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging animal diseases.(3)To ensure the uniform application in the Union of the provisions for disease notification and reporting, Union surveillance programmes, eradication programmes and disease-free status laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689, implementing rules on the information, formats and procedural requirements for the surveillance programmes, eradication programmes and for disease-free status are laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 of 7 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to Union notification and Union reporting of listed diseases, to formats and procedures for submission and reporting of Union surveillance programmes and of eradication programmes and for application for recognition of disease-free status, and to the computerised information system (OJ L 412, 8.12.2020, p. 1)..(4)Experience gained with the submission of information concerning the outcome of the approved eradication programmes, and applications for disease-free status in the period since the date of application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002, and especially in light of data already available in the computerised Animal Disease Information System (ADIS) provided for in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, shows that certain elements of the information currently required by that Implementing Regulation are not essential for the Commission to assess the applications for disease-free status. Those elements should not be required, in order to reduce the administrative burden on Member States. Therefore, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 should be amended accordingly.(5)The information to be provided on the results of the implementation of eradication programmes is available in the ADIS. The draft eradication programmes submitted to the Commission for approval should also be submitted electronically via the ADIS, in order to ensure coherence.(6)Furthermore, experience gained in the application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002, has indicated that it is necessary to clarify certain provisions of Annexes V, VI and VII thereto, to ensure that it is clear that the territorial scope of an approved eradication programme concerning aquatic animals, and the approval of disease-free status for those animals, may apply at the level of Member State, zone or compartment. Annexes V, VI and VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.(7)Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 provides for several derogations which are relevant for the submission of an eradication programme for a category B or category C disease of aquatic animals in accordance with Section 4 of Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002. Currently, only one such derogation is referred to in that Annex. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 should, therefore, be amended to ensure that all the relevant derogations are referred to in Section 4 of Annex VII thereto.(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: