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2025/1762 |
28.8.2025 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/1762
of 25 August 2025
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in France
(notified under document C(2025) 5879)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(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’) (1), and in particular Article 259(1) thereof,
Whereas:
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Infection with lumpy skin disease virus is an infectious, vector-borne disease affecting bovine animals. Its occurrence can have a severe impact on the concerned animal population and on the profitability of farming, also causing disturbance to movements of those animals and products thereof within the Union and exports to third countries. |
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In the event of an outbreak of infection lumpy skin disease virus in bovine animals, there is a serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments of bovine animals particularly due its main mode of transmission through vectors. |
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 (2) supplements the rules for the control of the listed diseases referred to in Article 9(1), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and defined as category A, B and C diseases in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 (3). In particular, Articles 21 and 22 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 provide for the establishment of a restricted zone in the event of an outbreak of a category A disease, including infection with lumpy skin disease virus, and for certain measures to be applied therein. In addition, Article 21(1) of that Delegated Regulation provides that the restricted zone is to comprise at least a protection zone, a surveillance zone, and, if necessary, further restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones. |
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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 (4) lays down certain emergency measures related to outbreaks of infection with lumpy skin disease virus in France. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 provides for the establishment, in France, of restricted zones, comprising protection and surveillance zones, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 as well as of a vaccination zone in accordance with Part 1 of Annex IX to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361 (5). In addition, Article 1 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 provides that those protection and surveillance zones, as well as the vaccination zone, are to comprise at least the areas listed in the Annexes thereto, and the measures required to be applied in those zones are to be applied at least until the dates set out in those Annexes. |
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Since the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708, France has notified the Commission of 40 additional confirmed outbreaks of infection with lumpy skin disease virus in establishments keeping bovine animals in the communes of Chambéry and Annecy, departments of Savoie and Haute Savoie, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which were reported between 24 July and 14 August 2025. In response to these outbreaks, France has established protection and surveillance zones in the departments of Ain, Isere, Savoie, and Haute Savoie, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpe, where the disease control measures laid down in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are applied. |
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In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union, and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being imposed by third countries, the areas indicated as protection and surveillance zones in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 should, therefore, be updated by this Decision, and the duration of the measures to be applied in these zones fixed. |
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The size of the areas indicated as protection and surveillance zones in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708, as amended by this Decision, as well as the duration of the measures to be applied therein, are based on the criteria laid down in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as well as on the rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. The criteria applied for the choice of the size of the protection zone and the surveillance zone, as well as of the duration of the measures to be applied therein, include the consideration of not only the epidemiological situation as regards infection with lumpy skin disease virus in the areas affected by that disease, but also of other epidemiological factors, including geographical parameters and the risk for the further spread of the disease in view of the presence of insect vectors. The chosen duration of the measures foreseen in this Decision has also taken into account the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (6). |
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Article 2 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 provides for the prohibition on movements of bovine animals from the areas set out in Annex I to that Decision to destinations outside the external perimeter of those zones in France or outside that Member State until the dates listed in that Annex. In view of the continuing outbreaks of infection with lumpy skin disease virus in France, and in order to prevent further spread of the disease as well as to avoid unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and unjustified barriers to trade with third countries, it is necessary to prolong that prohibition. |
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Therefore, Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 should be amended accordingly. |
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In addition, Article 69 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, provides that the competent authority of a Member State may develop a vaccination plan or establish vaccination zones, where relevant for the effective control of a listed disease in kept animals. Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361 lays down detailed rules for official vaccination plans. That Delegated Regulation also provides, in Article 9, for rules for the implementation of emergency protective vaccination. Detailed conditions for the use of emergency protective vaccination against lumpy skin disease are laid down in Annex IX thereof. |
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On 1 August 2025, France provided the Commission with its official vaccination plan for infection with lumpy skin disease in the territory of the four departments of Ain, Savoie, Haute-Savoie and Isère in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, in accordance with Article 6(4), point (b), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361, together with updated data regarding the implementation of that plan. |
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In order to ensure coordinated disease control and to safeguard trade within the Union and with third countries, it is necessary, to adjust the vaccination zone infection with lumpy skin disease laid down in Annex II to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708, at Union level. |
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The type, size and duration of vaccination zones I and II set out in Annex II are based on the epidemiological situation and the progress of the vaccination campaigns, particularly taking into account the evolving level of vaccine coverage achieved, the Member State’s official vaccination plan and the progress reports submitted in accordance with Article 11 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361. Accordingly, Annex II to this Decision should indicate for each area concerned, the dates for during which the vaccination zones are to apply. |
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Therefore, Annex II to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 should be amended accordingly. |
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In light of the epidemiological situation, the amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 should apply as soon as possible to prevent further spread of the disease within France, to other Member States, or to third countries, and to avoid unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union or unjustified barriers to trade with third countries. |
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The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annexes to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 25 August 2025.
For the Commission
Olivér VÁRHELYI
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 64, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/687/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 of 3 December 2018 on the application of certain disease prevention and control rules to categories of listed diseases and establishing a list of species and groups of species posing a considerable risk for the spread of those listed diseases (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/1882/oj).
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1708 of 29 July 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in France and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1336 (OJ L, 2025/1708, 5.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1708/oj).
(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361 of 28 November 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards rules for the use of certain veterinary medicinal products for the purpose of prevention and control of certain listed diseases (OJ L 52, 20.2.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/361/oj).
(6) https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/.
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
Part A: Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreaks
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Administrative area and ADIS reference number of the outbreak |
Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zone, referred to in Article 1 |
Date until applicable |
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Region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes FR-LSD-2025-00001 FR-LSD-2025-00002 FR-LSD-2025-00003 FR-LSD-2025-00004 FR-LSD-2025-00005 FR-LSD-2025-00006 FR-LSD-2025-00007 FR-LSD-2025-00008 FR-LSD-2025-00009 FR-LSD-2025-00010 FR-LSD-2025-00011 FR-LSD-2025-00012 FR-LSD-2025-00013 FR-LSD-2025-00014 FR-LSD-2025-00015 FR-LSD-2025-00016 FR-LSD-2025-00017 FR-LSD-2025-00018 FR-LSD-2025-00019 FR-LSD-2025-00020 FR-LSD-2025-00021 FR-LSD-2025-00022 FR-LSD-2025-00023 FR-LSD-2025-00024 FR-LSD-2025-00025 FR-LSD-2025-00026 FR-LSD-2025-00027 FR-LSD-2025-00028 FR-LSD-2025-00029 FR-LSD-2025-00030 FR-LSD-2025-00031 FR-LSD-2025-00032 FR-LSD-2025-00033 FR-LSD-2025-00034 FR-LSD-2025-00035 FR-LSD-2025-00036 FR-LSD-2025-00037 FR-LSD-2025-00038 FR-LSD-2025-00039 FR-LSD-2025-00040 FR-LSD-2025-00041 FR-LSD-2025-00042 FR-LSD-2025-00043 FR-LSD-2025-00044 FR-LSD-2025-00045 FR-LSD-2025-00046 FR-LSD-2025-00047 FR-LSD-2025-00048 FR-LSD-2025-00049 FR-LSD-2025-00050 FR-LSD-2025-00051 FR-LSD-2025-00052 FR-LSD-2025-00053 FR-LSD-2025-00054 FR-LSD-2025-00055 FR-LSD-2025-00056 FR-LSD-2025-00057 FR-LSD-2025-00058 FR-LSD-2025-00059 FR-LSD-2025-00060 FR-LSD-2025-00061 FR-LSD-2025-00062 FR-LSD-2025-00063 FR-LSD-2025-00064 FR-LSD-2025-00065 FR-LSD-2025-00066 FR-LSD-2025-00067 FR-LSD-2025-00068 FR-LSD-2025-00069 FR-LSD-2025-00070 FR-LSD-2025-00071 FR-LSD-2025-00072 FR-LSD-2025-00073 FR-LSD-2025-00074 |
Protection zone: The following municipalities in the following departments from region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
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Surveillance zone: The following municipalities in the following departments from region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
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Surveillance zone: The following municipalities in the following departments from region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
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ANNEX II
Part A: Vaccination zone II
The municipalities of the departments listed in Annex I until 18.10.2025.
Part B: Vaccination zone I
The municipalities of the departments listed in Annex I as of 19.10.2025 until last day of the recovery period, chosen by France, referred to in Part 4 of Annex IX to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1762/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)