Romania bans exports of sheep and goats to the EU until the end of September

With Decision 785/2025, published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the European Commission extended the ban on the export of sheep and goats from the entire territory of Romania to the other Member States of the Community until 30 September this year. The originally announced end date was 9 June, and the reason was the outbreaks of plague of small ruminants in our northern neighbor. “Taking into account the ongoing uncertainty and the time needed to assess the epidemiological situation in the rest of Romania, it is necessary to extend the ban on the movement of sheep and goats from the entire territory of Romania to the other Member States until 30 September,” the decision states. ‘In view of the favourable epidemiological situation in the county of Arad and in order to avoid additional burden due to unnecessary restrictions on the movement of ovine and caprine animals from that area to the rest of the territory of Romania, it is necessary to remove the county from ...