16 December 2025: Outbreak of peste des petits ruminants in Croatia
Updated 18 December 2025
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OVS note number: 2025/79
Date: 16 December 2025
Purpose
To inform you that, following a recent outbreak of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Croatia, imports of the following commodities from Croatia have been temporarily suspended:
- live sheep and goats (GBHC 630 and 631)
- ovine and caprine germplasm (GBHC 820, 821 and 822)
- raw milk and raw milk products derived from ovine and caprine animals (GBHC 410 and 411)
- fresh and chilled (untreated) hides and skins of ovine and caprine animals (GBHC 540)
- untreated wool and hair from ovine and caprine animals (GBHC 586)
Background
Croatia reported their first case of PPR on 14 December 2025: WAHIS. This outbreak was confirmed on 13 December 2025 in sheep in Bogdanovići, in the municipality of Prgomet in Split-Dalmatia County.
OVS note 2025/77 was issued on 16 December 2025, notifying of the PPR outbreak and requesting that consignments of live sheep and goats, ovine and caprine germplasm, raw milk and raw milk products derived from ovine and caprine animals, fresh and chilled (untreated) hides and skins of ovine and caprine animals and untreated wool and hair from ovine and caprine animals, be held.
The UK Office for SPS Trade Assurance amended its country listings on 16 December 2025 to temporarily suspend imports from Croatia of the following commodities:
- live sheep and goats (see the live ungulates list)
- ovine and caprine germplasm (see the ovine and caprine semen and ovine and caprine ova and embryos lists)
- raw milk and raw milk products derived from ovine and caprine animals (see the milk and milk products list)
The UK Office for SPS Trade Assurance is also coordinating the delivery of safeguard declarations to prohibit the import from Croatia of untreated wool and hair and untreated hides and skins of sheep and goats. A separate OVS note will be issued when these safeguard declarations have been published.
In the meantime, any consignments from Croatia of untreated wool and hair from ovine and caprine animals and fresh and chilled (untreated) hides and skins of ovine and caprine animals should continue to be held.
Actions for OVSs
To note the contents of this OVS note.
Contact point for enquiries
Email: imports@apha.gov.uk
Imports and EU Trade Team