#32026D1387EU updates emergency animal disease zones for peste des petits ruminants in Romania
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This decision updates the EU emergency measures for peste des petits ruminants in Romania after a new outbreak was reported in an establishment with sheep and goats. It changes the listed restricted areas that Romania must apply under EU animal health rules. The practical effect is tighter or adjusted movement controls in the affected Romanian areas. Sheep and goat farms, livestock traders, transporters, slaughterhouses, and exporters should check whether their premises or routes fall inside the updated zones before moving animals or related products.
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Key Changes
- Updates the restricted areas in Romania linked to peste des petits ruminants outbreaks
- Keeps emergency controls in place for movements of sheep, goats, and related products from affected zones
- Responds to a new outbreak reported by Romania on 8 June 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
Romania must apply the emergency animal-health measures for peste des petits ruminants virus in the restricted areas listed in the amended Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/638.
Operators keeping, moving, trading, slaughtering, or exporting sheep or goats must check whether premises, routes, or consignments fall within the updated Romanian restricted zones before moving animals or related products.
Movements of caprine and ovine animals and products from affected Romanian restricted zones must comply with the movement-control measures required for protection, surveillance, and any further restricted zones under EU animal health rules.