02017D0247 — EN — 22.06.2018 — 015.001 — 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 ►M8 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1240 of 7 July 2017 L 177 45 8.7.2017 ►M9 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1397 of 27 July 2017 L 197 13 28.7.2017 ►M10 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1415 of 3 August 2017 L 203 9 4.8.2017 ►M11 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1484 of 17 August L 214 28 18.8.2017 2017 ►M12 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1519 of 1 September L 228 1 2.9.2017 2017 ►M13 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1593 of 20 September L 243 14 21.9.2017 2017 ►M14 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1841 of 10 October L 261 26 11.10.2017 2017 ►M15 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1845 of 11 October L 262 7 12.10.2017 2017 ►M16 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1930 of 20 October L 272 18 21.10.2017 2017 02017D0247 — EN — 22.06.2018 — 015.001 — 2 ►M17 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1969 of 27 October L 279 56 28.10.2017 2017 ►M18 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2000 of 6 November L 289 9 8.11.2017 2017 ►M19 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2175 of 21 November L 306 31 22.11.2017 2017 ►M20 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2289 of 11 December L 328 126 12.12.2017 2017 ►M21 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2412 of 20 December L 342 29 21.12.2017 2017 ►M22 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/314 of 1 March 2018 L 60 44 2.3.2018 ►M23 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/342 of 7 March 2018 L 65 43 8.3.2018 ►M24 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/418 of 16 March 2018 L 75 27 19.3.2018 ►M25 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/510 of 26 March 2018 L 83 16 27.3.2018 ►M26 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/560 of 10 April 2018 L 93 11 11.4.2018 ►M27 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/623 of 20 April 2018 L 102 81 23.4.2018 ►M28 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/642 of 25 April 2018 L 106 23 26.4.2018 ►M29 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/697 of 7 May 2018 L 117 23 8.5.2018 ►M30 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/821 of 1 June 2018 L 137 35 4.6.2018 ►M31 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/894 of 21 June 2018 L 159 37 22.6.2018 02017D0247 — EN — 22.06.2018 — 015.001 — 3 ▼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’). ▼M14 This Decision also establishes at Union level the further restricted zones to be established in the concerned Member States, as referred to in Article 16(4) of Directive 2005/94/EC, following an outbreak or outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, and the duration of the measures to be applied in those further restricted zones. This Decision lays down rules concerning the dispatch of consignments of live poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs 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; 02017D0247 — EN — 22.06.2018 — 015.001 — 4 ▼B (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. ▼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; (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 — 22.06.2018 — 015.001 — 5 ▼M3 (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. ▼M14 __________ Article 3b The concerned Member States shall ensure that: (a) the further restricted zones established by their competent auth­ orities, as referred to in Article 16(4) of Directive 2005/94/EC, comprise at least the areas listed as further restricted zones in Part C of the Annex to this Decision; (b) the measures to be applied in the further restricted zones, as referred to in Article 32 of Directive 2005/94/EC, are maintained until at least the dates for the further restricted zones set out in Part C of the Annex to this Decision. Article 3c 1. The concerned Member States shall prohibit the dispatch of consignments of live poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from the areas listed as further restricted zones in Part C of the Annex to other Member States, except where the competent authority of the concerned Member State of dispatch authorises, subject to the following conditions, the direct transport of consignments of the following commodities: (a) day-old chicks that comply with the conditions laid down in of Article 3a(1)(a) and (b); (b) hatching eggs that comply with the following conditions: (i) they originate from poultry kept on approved establishments located outside the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in Parts A and B of the Annex; (ii) where a clinical visit of the poultry in all the production units of the approved establishments during the 72 hours preceding the dispatch of the consignment has given a favourable result; (iii) the hatching eggs, as well as their packaging, have been disinfected before dispatch in accordance with the instructions of the official veterinarian.