Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1767 of 27 August 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Romania and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 (notified under document C(2025) 5932)
Date: 2025-08-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Olt, Romania, Teleorman, animal disease, goat, sheep, transport of animals, veterinary inspection, viral disease








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2025/1767


29.8.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/1767
of 27 August 2025
         
concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Romania and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406


(notified under document C(2025) 5932)


(Only the Romanian text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (1), and in particular Article 259(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Sheep pox and goat pox is an infectious viral disease affecting caprine and ovine animals and can have a severe impact on the concerned animal population and the profitability of farming causing disturbance to movements of consignments of those animals and products thereof within the Union and exports to third countries.












(2)


In the event of an outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox in caprine or ovine animals, there is a serious risk of the spread of that disease to other establishments of caprine or ovine animals.












(3)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 (2) supplements the rules for the control of the listed diseases referred to in Article 9(1), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and defined as category A, B and C diseases in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 (3). In particular, Articles 21 and 22 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 provide for the establishment of a restricted zone in the event of an outbreak of a category A disease, including sheep pox and goat pox, and for certain measures to be applied therein. In addition, Article 21(1) of that Delegated Regulation provides that the restricted zone is to comprise a protection zone, a surveillance zone, and, if necessary, further restricted zone around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones.












(4)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 (4) was adopted following outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in Romania, and it lays down emergency measures to be taken by that Member State. More particularly, Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 provides that the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones to be established by Romania, in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, are to comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.












(5)


Since the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406, Romania has notified the Commission of fifteen additional outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox in establishments where ovine and caprine animals were kept, located in the counties of Teleorman and Olt, within the already established restricted zones listed in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.












(6)


In the current epidemiological situation, there is a high risk for the further spread of sheep pox and goat pox, in particular due to the fact that, according to the information provided by Romania, outbreaks occurred after the previous restricted zones had been lifted, suggesting that the disease persists and continues to circulate.












(7)


Therefore, a new restricted zone, comprising a protection and a surveillance zone in Romania, as the one set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 should be established and adjusted, both spatially and temporally, in order to prevent the further spread of sheep pox and goat pox in the territory of Romania and to the rest of the Union.












(8)


In addition, in order to minimise the risk of the further spread of the disease, it is also necessary to prolong the duration of the new protection and surveillance zones beyond the minimum requirements of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.












(9)


The size of the protection and surveillance zones, and the duration of the measures to be applied therein, is based on the criteria set out in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, as well as on the rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687. The criteria applied for the choice of the size of the protection and surveillance zones, as well as of the duration of the measures to be applied therein, consider not only the epidemiological situation as regards sheep pox and goat pox in the areas affected by that disease, but also of the overall epidemiological situation of sheep pox and goat pox in the entire territory of Romania, and of the level of risk for the further spread of the disease. For the determination of the duration of the measures, the international standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (5) have also been taken into account.












(10)


Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 should, therefore, be repealed and replaced by this Decision.












(11)


Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of sheep pox and goat pox, and the need to prevent that disease from spreading from the affected establishments in Romania to other parts of that Member State or to other Member States, Romania should adopt the measures provided for in this Decision immediately.












(12)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Romania shall ensure that:






(a)


a restricted zone, which comprises protection and surveillance zones is established immediately by the competent authority of that Member State in accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, and under the conditions laid down in that Article;










(b)


the protection and surveillance zones referred to in point (a) comprise at least the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision;










(c)


the measures required to be applied in the protection and surveillance zones, are applied at least until the dates listed in the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 is repealed.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to Romania.




Done at Brussels, 27 August 2025.


For the Commission

Olivér VÁRHELYI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.

(2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 64, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/687/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 of 3 December 2018 on the application of certain disease prevention and control rules to categories of listed diseases and establishing a list of species and groups of species posing a considerable risk for the spread of those listed diseases (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/1882/oj).

(4)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1406 of 9 July 2025 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in Romania and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1319 (OJ L, 2025/1406, 14.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1406/oj).

(5)  
            https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/.




ANNEX

Protection and surveillance zones established around the confirmed outbreak








Region and ADIS reference number of the outbreak


Areas established as protection and surveillance zones, part of the restricted zone in Romania referred to in Article 1


Date until applicable





Teleorman county

RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00014
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00015
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00016
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00017
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00018
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00019
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00020
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00021


Protection zone:
Those parts of Teleorman, Olt and Argeș counties, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.281899, Long. 24.870992 (2025/14), Lat. 44.27906, Long. 24.873868 (2025/15), Lat. 44.302455, Long. 24.96162 (2025/16), Lat. 44.255644, Long. 24.879311 (2025/17), Lat. 44.282747, Long. 24.936885 (2025/18), Lat. 44.281473, Long. 24.897365 (2025/19), Lat. 44.260135, Long. 24.883573 (2025/20), Lat. 44.295664, Long. 25.004148 (2025/21).


3.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of Teleorman, Olt and Argeș counties, contained within a circle of a radius of 20 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates 44.281899, Long. 24.870992 (2025/14), Lat. 44.27906, Long. 24.873868 (2025/15), Lat. 44.302455, Long. 24.96162 (2025/16), Lat. 44.255644, Long. 24.879311 (2025/17), Lat. 44.282747, Long. 24.936885 (2025/18), Lat. 44.281473, Long. 24.897365 (2025/19), Lat. 44.260135, Long. 24.883573 (2025/20), Lat. 44.295664, Long. 25.004148 (2025/21), excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.


18.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of Teleorman, Olt and Argeș counties, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates 44.281899, Long. 24.870992 (2025/14), Lat. 44.27906, Long. 24.873868 (2025/15), Lat. 44.302455, Long. 24.96162 (2025/16), Lat. 44.255644, Long. 24.879311 (2025/17), Lat. 44.282747, Long. 24.936885 (2025/18), Lat. 44.281473, Long. 24.897365 (2025/19), Lat. 44.260135, Long. 24.883573 (2025/20), Lat. 44.295664, Long. 25.004148 (2025/21).


4.9.2025 – 18.9.2025





Olt county

RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00007
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00008
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00009
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00010
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00011
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00012
RO-CAPRIPOX-2025-00013


Protection zone:
Those parts of Teleorman, Olt and Argeș counties, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.33564, Long. 24.77224 (2025/7), Lat. 44.323172, Long. 24.78142 (2025/8), Lat. 44.380891, Long. 24.815991 (2025/9), Lat. 44.312664, Long. 24.748821 (2025/10), Lat. 44.365143, Long. 24.777882 (2025/11), Lat. 44.329438, Long. 24.775184 (2025/12), Lat. 44.362673, Long. 24.774821 (2025/13).


3.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of Teleorman, Olt and Argeș counties, contained within a circle of a radius of 20 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.33564, Long. 24.77224 (2025/7), Lat. 44.323172, Long. 24.78142 (2025/8), Lat. 44.380891, Long. 24.815991 (2025/9), Lat. 44.312664, Long. 24.748821 (2025/10), Lat. 44.365143, Long. 24.777882 (2025/11), Lat. 44.329438, Long. 24.775184 (2025/12), Lat. 44.362673, Long. 24.774821 (2025/13), excluding the areas contained in the protection zone.


18.9.2025




Surveillance zone:
Those parts of Teleorman, Olt and Argeș counties, contained within a circle of a radius of 5 kilometres, centred on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates Lat. 44.33564, Long. 24.77224 (2025/7), Lat. 44.323172, Long. 24.78142 (2025/8), Lat. 44.380891, Long. 24.815991 (2025/9), Lat. 44.312664, Long. 24.748821 (2025/10), Lat. 44.365143, Long. 24.777882 (2025/11), Lat. 44.329438, Long. 24.775184 (2025/12), Lat. 44.362673, Long. 24.774821 (2025/13).


4.9.2025 – 18.9.2025







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1767/oj
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