Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/173 of 20 January 2026 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States in the lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/173 of 20 January 2026 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States in the lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds
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 230(1), Article 232(1), point (b) and Article 232(3), point (b) thereof.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin from third countries or territories are only to be allowed to enter into the Union if the third countries or territories concerned are listed in accordance with Article 230(1) of that Regulation.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692(2) lays down the animal health requirements that consignments of certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, from third countries, territories, or zones thereof, or compartments thereof in the case of aquaculture animals, must comply with in order to enter the Union.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404(3) lays down the lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof, from which the entry into the Union of the species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, falling within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692, is permitted. Those lists and certain general rules concerning those lists are set out in Annexes I to XXII to that Implementing Regulation.
(4) More particularly, Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 set out the lists of third countries, territories, or zones thereof, authorised for the entry into the Union, respectively, of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds.
(5) The United Kingdom has notified the Commission of four new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in the county of Nottinghamshire, in England, and in the council areas of Perth and Kinross and Scottish Borders, in Scotland, which were confirmed between 31 December 2025 and 11 January 2026 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(6) The United States has notified the Commission of 19 new outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the states of Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, which were confirmed between 29 December 2025 and 13 January 2026 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(7) Following those recent outbreaks of HPAI, the veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom and the United States established restricted zones of at least 10 km around the affected establishments and implemented a stamping-out policy to control the presence of HPAI and limit the spread of that disease.
(8) The United Kingdom and the United States have submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on their respective territories and the measures they have taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI following those recent HPAI outbreaks.
(9) That information has been evaluated by the Commission. In view of the animal health situation in the areas under restrictions established by the veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom and the United States, the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds from the areas concerned by the new outbreaks in those third countries should be suspended in order to protect the animal health status of the Union, taking into account the dates when the outbreaks were confirmed. Therefore, the entries for those third countries in the tables set out in Section B of Part 1 and in Part 2 of Annex V, and the table set out in Section B of Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should be amended accordingly.
(10) In addition, Canada and the United Kingdom have provided updated information to the Commission in relation to the epidemiological situation on their respective territories as regards earlier outbreaks of HPAI that gave rise to the suspension of the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds, as set out in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex V, and in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.
(11) On 15 December 2025, 6 January 2026, and 12 January 2026, Canada submitted updated information on the animal health situation and the measures it has taken in relation to five outbreaks of HPAI in poultry in the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, which were confirmed between 22 October 2025 and 1 December 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(12) On 13 January 2026, the United Kingdom submitted updated information on the animal health situation and the measures it has taken in relation to an outbreak of HPAI in poultry in the council area of South Lanarkshire, in Scotland, which was confirmed on 12 November 2025 by laboratory analysis (RT-PCR).
(13) Canada and the United Kingdom have informed the Commission that, following those earlier outbreaks of HPAI, they have implemented a stamping out policy in order to control and limit the spread of that disease, and they have also completed the requisite cleaning and disinfection following the implementation of the stamping out policy in the infected poultry establishments.
(14) The Commission has evaluated the information submitted by Canada and the United Kingdom, and considers that they have provided appropriate guarantees that the animal health situation that had given rise to the suspension of the entry of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds into the Union from the affected zones, as set out in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex V, and in the table in Section B of Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, no longer represents a threat to animal or public health in the Union, and that, consequently, the entry into the Union of those consignments from the affected zones of Canada and the United Kingdom, from which entry into the Union had been suspended, should be re-authorised. Therefore, the entries for Canada and the United Kingdom in those tables in those Annexes should be amended accordingly.
(15) Taking into account the new HPAI outbreaks in the United Kingdom and the United States, and in order to avoid any unnecessary disruption in trade with Canada and the United Kingdom, the amendments to be made to Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency.
(16) 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:
Article 1
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 January 2026.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula von der Leyen
ANNEX
Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended as follows:
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Annex V is amended as follows:
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in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:
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in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.292 and CA-2.293 are replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.292
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
22.10.2025
14.1.2026
CA-2.293
N, P1
22.10.2025
14.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.295 is replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.295
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
28.10.2025
10.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.307 is replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.307
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
12.11.2025
10.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.318 is replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.318
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
1.12.2025
10.1.2025 ’;
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in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zone GB-2.421 is replaced by the following:
‘GB
United Kingdom
GB-2.421
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
12.11.2025
13.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for the United Kingdom, the rows for the zones GB-2.456 to GB-2.459 are added after the row for the zone GB-2.455:
‘GB
United Kingdom
GB-2.456
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
31.12.2025
GB-2.457
N, P1
5.1.2026
GB-2.458
N, P1
8.1.2026
GB-2.459
N, P1
11.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1218 to US-2.1236 are added after the row for the zone US-2.1217:
‘US
United States
US-2.1218
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, SP, SR, POU-LT20, HEP, HER, HE-LT20
N, P1
29.12.2025
US-2.1219
N, P1
8.1.2026
US-2.1220
N, P1
31.12.2025
US-2.1221
N, P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1222
N, P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1223
N, P1
6.1.2026
US-2.1224
N, P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1225
N, P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1226
N, P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1227
N, P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1228
N, P1
7.1.2026
US-2.1229
N, P1
5.1.2026
US-2.1230
N, P1
6.1.2026
US-2.1231
N, P1
9.1.2026
US-2.1232
N, P1
9.1.2026
US-2.1233
N, P1
12.1.2026
US-2.1234
N, P1
12.1.2026
US-2.1235
N, P1
13.1.2026
US-2.1236
N, P1
13.1.2026 ’;
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Part 2 is amended as follows:
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in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following descriptions of the zones GB-2.456 to GB-2.459 are added after the description of the zone GB-2.455:
‘United Kingdom
GB-2.456
near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, England, GB
the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N53.09 and Long: W0.90
GB-2.457
near Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, GB
the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N56.72 and Long: W3.43
GB-2.458
near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, England, GB
the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N53.12 and Long: W0.77
GB-2.459
near Penicuik, Scottish Borders, Scotland, GB
the area contained with a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec, coordinates Lat: N52.13 and Long: E1.28’;
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in the entry for the United States, the following descriptions of the zones US-2.1218 to US-2.1236 are added after the description of the zone US-2.1217:
‘United States
US-2.1218
State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster 48
Lancaster County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 76.2182181°W 40.2966908°N)
US-2.1219
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh 09
Lehigh County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 75.5374499°W 40.6342488°N)
US-2.1220
State of Nebraska
Butler 03
Butler County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 97.1516427°W 41.2963652°N)
US-2.1221
State of Kansas
Nemaha 01
Nemaha County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 96.0246418°W 39.9602633°N)
US-2.1222
State of Kansas
Anderson 03
Anderson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 95.3777451°W 38.4564845°N)
US-2.1223
State of Kansas
Pottawatomie 02
Pottawatomie County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 96.4404324°W 39.3243821°N)
US-2.1224
State of Arkansas
Prairie 02
Prairie County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 91.4135664°W 34.6979697°N)
US-2.1225
State of California
Butte 05
Butte County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 121.6220145°W 39.4683346°N)
US-2.1226
State of New York
Queens 20
Queens County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 73.8110491°W 40.7686723°N)
US-2.1227
State of North Carolina
Sampson 03
Sampson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 78.3671020°W 35.0527509°N)
US-2.1228
State of North Carolina
Sampson 04
Sampson County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 78.2970334°W 35.0024484°N)
US-2.1229
State of Missouri
Texas 01
Texas County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 91.7962470°W 37.5354452°N)
US-2.1230
State of Indiana
LaGrange 67
LaGrange County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 85.5918894°W 41.6873614°N)
US-2.1231
State of New York
Bronx 05
Bronx County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 73.8531701°W 40.9190500°N)
US-2.1232
State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia 03
Philadelphia County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 75.1068985°W 40.0789418°N)
US-2.1233
State of Kansas
Pratt 01
Pratt County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 98.7984492°W 37.8431137°N)
US-2.1234
State of Minnesota
Meeker 21
Meeker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 94.7544608°W 45.3591599°N)
US-2.1235
State of Delaware
Kent 08
Kent County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 75.3664130°W 39.0923244°N)
US-2.1236
State of Georgia
Walker 01
Walker County: A circular zone of a 10 km radius starting with North point (GPS coordinates: 85.1349257°W 34.7294249°N)’;
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in Annex XIV, in Part 1, Section B is amended as follows:
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in the entry for Canada, the rows for the zones CA-2.292 and CA-2.293 are replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.292
POU, RAT
N, P1
22.10.2025
14.1.2026
GBM
P1
22.10.2025
14.1.2026
CA-2.293
POU, RAT
N, P1
22.10.2025
14.1.2026
GBM
P1
22.10.2025
14.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.295 is replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.295
POU, RAT
N, P1
28.10.2025
10.1.2026
GBM
P1
28.10.2025
10.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.307 is replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.307
POU, RAT
N, P1
12.11.2025
10.1.2026
GBM
P1
12.11.2025
10.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for Canada, the row for the zone CA-2.318 is replaced by the following:
‘CA
Canada
CA-2.318
POU, RAT
N, P1
1.12.2025
10.1.2025
GBM
P1
1.12.2025
10.1.2025 ’;
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in the entry for the United Kingdom, the row for the zone GB-2.421 is replaced by the following:
‘GB
United Kingdom
GB-2.421
POU, RAT
N, P1
12.11.2025
13.1.2026
GBM
P1
12.11.2025
13.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for the United Kingdom, the following rows for the zones GB-2.456 to GB-2.459 are added after the row for the zone GB-2.455:
‘GB
United Kingdom
GB-2.456
POU, RAT
N, P1
31.12.2025
GBM
P1
31.12.2025
GB-2.457
POU, RAT
N, P1
5.1.2026
GBM
P1
5.1.2026
GB-2.458
POU, RAT
N, P1
8.1.2026
GBM
P1
8.1.2026
GB-2.459
POU, RAT
N, P1
11.1.2026
GBM
P1
11.1.2026 ’;
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in the entry for the United States, the following rows for the zones US-2.1218 to US-2.1236 are added after the row for the zone US-2.1217:
‘US
United States
US-2.1218
POU, RAT
N, P1
29.12.2025
GBM
P1
29.12.2025
US-2.1219
POU, RAT
N, P1
8.1.2026
GBM
P1
8.1.2026
US-2.1220
POU, RAT
N, P1
31.12.2025
GBM
P1
31.12.2025
US-2.1221
POU, RAT
N, P1
2.1.2026
GBM
P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1222
POU, RAT
N, P1
2.1.2026
GBM
P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1223
POU, RAT
N, P1
6.1.2026
GBM
P1
6.1.2026
US-2.1224
POU, RAT
N, P1
2.1.2026
GBM
P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1225
POU, RAT
N, P1
2.1.2026
GBM
P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1226
POU, RAT
N, P1
2.1.2026
GBM
P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1227
POU, RAT
N, P1
2.1.2026
GBM
P1
2.1.2026
US-2.1228
POU, RAT
N, P1
7.1.2026
GBM
P1
7.1.2026
US-2.1229
POU, RAT
N, P1
5.1.2026
GBM
P1
5.1.2026
US-2.1230
POU, RAT
N, P1
6.1.2026
GBM
P1
6.1.2026
US-2.1231
POU, RAT
N, P1
9.1.2026
GBM
P1
9.1.2026
US-2.1232
POU, RAT
N, P1
9.1.2026
GBM
P1
9.1.2026
US-2.1233
POU, RAT
N, P1
12.1.2026
GBM
P1
12.1.2026
US-2.1234
POU, RAT
N, P1
12.1.2026
GBM
P1
12.1.2026
US-2.1235
POU, RAT
N, P1
13.1.2026
GBM
P1
13.1.2026
US-2.1236
POU, RAT
N, P1
13.1.2026
GBM
P1
13.1.2026 ’,
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