Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/638 of 25 March 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to infection with peste des petits ruminants virus in Romania and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/525 (notified under document C(2025) 1939)

Romania shall immediately establish, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, a restricted zone, which comprises both protection and surveillance zones, as well as a further restricted zone, and which covers at least the areas listed in Annex I. In addition, Romania shall ensure that (a) the measures required to be applied in the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones listed in Annex I, are applied at least until the dates listed in that Annex; that (b) movements of caprine and ovine animals from the protection, surveillance and further restricted zones listed in Annex I to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the further restricted zone, as set out in Part B of Annex I, are prohibited until the dates listed for each zone in that Annex; and that (c) movements of caprine and ovine animals from the entire territory of Romania to a destination located in another Member State are prohibited until 9 June 2025.

Romania shall apply the measures which are applicable to further restricted zones, as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, in the areas listed in Annex II to this Decision, and in accordance with the dates set out in that Annex. Movements of caprine and ovine animals from the areas listed in Annex II to this Decision to a destination located outside the external perimeter of these areas, are prohibited until the dates listed for each area in that Annex.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/525 is hereby repealed.

This Decision is addressed to Romania.