Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/384 of 20 February 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Hungary and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/255 (notified under document C(2025) 1249)

Hungary and Slovenia shall ensure that: (a) a restricted zone, which comprises a protection zone, a surveillance zone, and a further restricted zone, is established immediately by the competent authorities of those Member States, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and under the conditions laid down in that Article 21; (b) the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, referred to in point (a), comprise at least the areas listed in Parts A and B of Annex I; (c) the measures required to be applied in the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, referred to point (a), are applied at least until the dates listed in Parts A and B of Annex I.

1 Where a derogation from the prohibition to move ovine and caprine animals from the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, established in the territory of Hungary referred to in Article 1, point (a), of this Decision, to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the further restricted zone, as set out in Part B of Annex I to this Decision, is granted in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, the authorisation of such movements shall also comply with the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.

2 Any authorisation for such movements shall be limited to direct movements of these animals to a slaughterhouse located, within the territory of Hungary, for immediate slaughter.

3 The competent authority shall not authorise any movements where the means of transport used do not comply with the requirements for the means of transport of kept animals of listed species laid down in Article 24 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. Such authorisation shall only allow for movements where the means of transport include ovine and caprine animals of the same health status kept in the same establishment. Such authorisation shall only allow for movements where the means of transport are sealed by the competent authority at the establishment of origin after the loading of the animals and unsealed by the competent authority at the slaughterhouse of destination.

4 The ovine and caprine animals due for transport shall be subject to a clinical inspection by the competent authority within a period of 24 hours or less before the date of transport.

Hungary shall apply the measures which are applicable to further restricted zones, as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, in the areas listed in Annex II to this Decision, and in accordance with the dates set out therein. Where a derogation from the prohibition to move ovine and caprine animals from the areas listed in Annex II to this Decision to a destination outside these areas is granted, the authorisation for such movements shall also comply with the conditions laid down in Article 2(2), (3) and (4) of this Decision.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/255 is hereby repealed.

This Decision is addressed to Hungary and the Republic of Slovenia.