02017D0247 — EN — 27.06.2017 — 005.001 — 1 This text is meant purely as a documentation tool and has no legal effect. The Union's institutions do not assume any liability for its contents. The authentic versions of the relevant acts, including their preambles, are those published in the Official Journal of the European Union and available in EUR-Lex. Those official texts are directly accessible through the links embedded in this document ►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/247 of 9 February 2017 on protective measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (notified under document C(2017) 1044) (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 62) Amended by: Official Journal No page date ►M1 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/417 of 7 March 2017 L 63 177 9.3.2017 ►M2 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/554 of 23 March 2017 L 79 15 24.3.2017 ►M3 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/696 of 11 April 2017 L 101 80 13.4.2017 ►M4 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/780 of 3 May 2017 L 116 30 5.5.2017 ►M5 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/819 of 12 May 2017 L 122 76 13.5.2017 ►M6 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/977 of 8 June 2017 L 146 155 9.6.2017 ►M7 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1139 of 23 June 2017 L 164 59 27.6.2017 02017D0247 — EN — 27.06.2017 — 005.001 — 2 ▼B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/247 of 9 February 2017 on protective measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (notified under document C(2017) 1044) (Text with EEA relevance) Article 1 This Decision establishes at Union level the protection and surveillance zones to be established by the Member States listed in the Annex to this Decision, following an outbreak or outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry or captive birds in accordance with Article 16(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC and the duration of the measures to be applied in accordance with Article 29(1) and Article 31 of Directive 2005/94/EC (‘the concerned Member States’). ▼M3 This Decision also lays down rules concerning the dispatch of consignments of day-old chicks from the concerned Member States. ▼B Article 2 The concerned Member States shall ensure that: (a) the protection zones established by their competent authorities, in accordance with Article 16(1)(a) of Directive 2005/94/EC, comprise at least the areas listed as protection zones in Part A of the Annex to this Decision; (b) the measures to be applied in the protection zones, as provided for in Article 29(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC, are maintained until at least the dates for the protection zones set out in Part A of the Annex to this Decision. Article 3 The concerned Member States shall ensure that: (a) the surveillance zones established by their competent authorities in accordance with Article 16(1)(b) of Directive 2005/94/EC, comprise at least the areas listed as surveillance zones in Part B of the Annex to this Decision; (b) the measures to be applied in the surveillance zones, as provided for in Article 31 of Directive 2005/94/EC, are maintained until at least the dates for the surveillance zones set out in Part B of the Annex to this Decision. 02017D0247 — EN — 27.06.2017 — 005.001 — 3 ▼M3 Article 3a 1. The concerned Member States shall prohibit the dispatch of consignments of day-old chicks from the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in the Annex to other Member States, except where the competent authority of the concerned Member State of dispatch authorises the direct transport of consignments of day-old chicks subject to compliance with the following conditions: (a) the day-old chicks must be hatched from hatching eggs originating from poultry kept on establishments approved in accordance with point (a)(i) of Article 6 of Council Directive 2009/158/EC (1 ) (approved establishments) located outside the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in Parts A and B in the Annex to this Decision; (b) the approved establishment of dispatch (the hatchery of dispatch) can ensure by its logistics and working conditions that no contact has occurred between the day-old chicks and hatching eggs referred to in point (a) and any other hatching eggs and day-old chicks originating from poultry kept in approved establishments located in areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in the Annex; (c) the hatchery of dispatch must be located outside the areas listed as protection zones in Part A in the Annex, but it may be located inside the areas listed as surveillance zones in Part B in the Annex. 2. The concerned Member States shall prohibit the dispatch of consignments of day-old chicks originating from hatching eggs from poultry kept in approved establishments located in the protection and surveillance zones listed in the Annex, except where the competent authority of the concerned Member State of dispatch authorises the direct transport of hatching eggs from poultry kept in approved estab­ lishments located outside the protection zones, but inside the surveillance zones, to a designated hatchery located outside the protection and surveillance zones, and the competent authority ensures that the day-old chicks originating from such hatching eggs, when dispatched to other Member States comply with the following conditions: (a) the day-old chicks have hatched in a designated hatchery located outside the protection and surveillance zones listed in the Annex; (b) the day-old chicks originate from hatching eggs that were disinfected and their packaging was disinfected before being trans­ ported to the hatchery of dispatch and where the tracing of these hatching eggs can be ensured. (1 ) Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74) 02017D0247 — EN — 27.06.2017 — 005.001 — 4 ▼M3 3. The concerned Member State shall ensure that the veterinary certificates provided for Article 20 of Directive 2009/158/EC, and set out in Annex IV thereto, accompanying the consignments of day-old chicks referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to be dispatched to other Member States include the words: ‘The consignment complies with the animal health conditions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/247’. ▼B Article 4 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2122 is repealed. Article 5 This Decision shall apply until ►M6 31 December 2017. ◄ Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 02017D0247 — EN — 27.06.2017 — 005.001 — 5 ▼B ANNEX PART A Protection zones in the concerned Member States as referred to in Articles 1 and 2: ▼M7 Member State: Belgium Date until applicable in Area comprising: accordance with Article 29(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC Een 3 km zone rond de haard in Oostkamp (N51.115900-E3.191884). 7.7.2017 De zone omvat straat(secties) in de gemeenten Zedelgem en Oostkamp. Een 3 km zone rond de haard in Menen (N50.799130-E3.213860). 8.7.2017 De zone omvat straat(secties) in de gemeenten Menen, Wevelgem en Kortrijk. ▼M3 Member State: Bulgaria Date until applicable in Area comprising: accordance with Article 29(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC VIDIN Municipality of Dimovo: 13.4.2017 — Mali Drenovets — Durzhanitsa Municipality of Vidin: 14.4.2017 — Dunavtsi — Tyrnyane — Kalenik MONTANA Municipality of Montana: 17.4.2017 — Bezdenitsa Member State: Czech Republic Date until applicable in Area comprising: accordance with Article 29(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC 716642 Brť, 602639 Kladruby u Beranova — jihovýchodní hranici území tvoří silnice 13.4.2017 č. 198, 669946 Kosmová — jihovýchodní hranici území tvoří silnice č. 198, 716669 Otročín, 716677 Poseč, 732796 Prachomety — jihovýchodní hranici území tvoří silnice č. 198, 775681 Sedlo u Toužimi 02017D0247 — EN — 27.06.2017 — 005.001 — 6 ▼M3 Member State: Germany Date until applicable in Area comprising: accordance with Article 29(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC NIEDERSACHSEN Landkreis Cloppenburg 12.4.2017 Im Westen in Petersfeld von der Einmündung der Straße Am Peterswald auf die Friesoyther Straße (B 72) nach Norden bis zur Gemeindegrenze Garrel/Friesoythe, von dort entlang der Gemeindegrenze Garrel/Friesoythe und Garrel/Bösel nach Nordosten bis zur Straße Zum Kammerfeld, von dort nach Südosten bis zur Petersdorfer Straße, von dort nach Nordosten bis zur Kammersandstraße, dieser entlang nach Südosten bis zum Pöhlendamm, von dort nach Nordosten bis zur Vehne, dieser nach Südosten folgend bis zur Beverbrucher Straße, von dort nach Westen bis zur Tweeler Straße, von dort nach Südosten bis zum Kiefernweg, von dort nach Südwesten bis zur Kellerhöher Straße, von dort nach Nordwesten bis zum Weidenweg, von dort nach Südwesten bis zum Heideweg, von dort nach Nord­ westen bis zur Amerikastraße, von dort nach Südwesten bis zur Gemeindegrenze Garrel/ Cloppenburg, entlang der Gemeindegrenze sowie der Straße Zum Fischteich weiter nach Westen bis zur Garreler Straße, von dort nach Süden bis zur Lindenallee, dieser entlang nach Nordwesten bis zur Petersfelder Straße, von dort nach Nordosten bis zur Straße Am Peterswald, von dort nach Westen bis zum Ausgangspunkt an der Friesoyther Straße (B 72). Landkreis Cloppenburg 12.4.2017 Im Westen in Falkenberg von der Kreuzung Lindenallee/Schmählstraße/Hoher Weg entlang der Schmählstraße, der Falkenberger Straße und der Straße Im Zuckergrund nach Nordosten bis zur Straße Am Friedhof, von dort nach Osten bis