Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/3233 of 19 December 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Greece (notified under document C(2024) 9303)

Greece shall ensure that: (a) movements of sheep and goats from protection and surveillance zones to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the immediately surrounding further restricted zone and from a further restricted zone to a destination located outside the external perimeter of this further restricted zone, including destinations located in a different further restricted zone as set out in Part B of the Annex, are prohibited until the dates listed for each such protection, surveillance and further restricted zone in the Annex; (b) movements of sheep and goats from protection and surveillance zones to a destination located within the external perimeter of the immediately surrounding further restricted zone and from a further restricted zone to a destination located within the external perimeter of this further restricted zone, shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the competent authority and the animals are moved directly to a slaughterhouse located within the external perimeter of the same further restricted zone as the establishment of origin, for the purpose of immediate slaughter, until the dates listed for each such protection, surveillance and further restricted zone in the Annex; (c) movements of sheep and goats from those parts of the territory of Greece that are not listed in the Annex, to a destination located within the restricted zones listed in the Annex shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the competent authority and they are moved directly to a slaughterhouse, for the purpose of immediate slaughter, until the dates listed for each such restricted zone in the Annex; (d) the means of transport used for the movements of sheep and goats referred to in points (b) and (c) must: (i) comply with the requirements for the means of transport laid down in Article 24 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687; (ii) be cleaned and disinfected before any transport of animals under the control or supervision of the competent authority; (iii) only include sheep and goats of the same health status kept in the same establishment; (iv) be sealed by the competent authority at the establishment of origin after the loading of the animals and unsealed by the competent authority at the place of destination; (e) movements of sheep and goats from the territory of Greece to a destination located outside Greece are prohibited until 15 January 2025.’;

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.