National rules

Can you sell backyard eggs in Romania?

Selling your own hens' eggs directly needs county vet registration (a VD number) and more. Small quantities only: eggs from at most 50 laying hens per day, sold to final consumers or to local shops within 100 km.

Read from 2 official sources32 passages quotedChecked October 28, 2026

At a glance

License

Registration

Small-flock line

Hen eggs from at most 50 laying hens per day

Farmers markets

With conditions

Cartons

Carton reuse unclear; ask county DSVSA

In plain English

Direct sale (vânzare directă) covers eggs from your own farm, without marking or packaging, sold by a registered producer in small quantities to final consumers or local shops. Register with your county DSVSA, which gives you a number starting 'VD'; selling directly without that registration is prohibited (art. 15).

A sourced reading of the rules in Romania, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with Direcția sanitar-veterinară și pentru siguranța alimentelor (county veterinary and food safety directorate, DSVSA) before you sell.

Do you need a license?

Registration requiredHen eggs from at most 50 laying hens per day
  • A producer here is a natural or legal person, represented by livestock-raising farmers, hunters and fishers, who sells primary products of animal origin directly.norm art. 2(h)
  • The norm counts as small quantities hen eggs from at most 50 laying hens per day (the norm's '/zi'; art. 2(g) pt 6.1). Your county DSVSA may, on a risk analysis, cut the quantities you may sell directly.art. 11(5)
  • Apply in writing to your county (or Bucharest) DSVSA, listing the product types and quantities and your places of sale (art. 3(2)-(3)). The registration document is issued within at most 30 calendar days of a complete file (art. 4(1)), and you pay the fees set in annex 4 when you collect it.art. 13
  • When you sell to final consumers you need the registration document, your identity document, a document on your own health, the health record for your animals issued by the official vet and endorsed quarterly by the authorised vet, and the producer's certificate or agricultural sales booklet issued by your town hall.art. 11(4)
  • Products from producers who are not registered may not be sold directly (art. 15). The norm does not apply to primary products kept for your own consumption.Order 111/2008, art. 3
  • Producers must keep to the primary-production hygiene conditions of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.art. 5
  • Fee amounts were not read (annex 4).
The exact wording
“6.1. ouă de găină - provenind de la cel mult 50 de găini ouătoare/zi;”

Where you can sell

From home or the farm

With conditions

Direct sale by the producer to the final consumer is permitted (norm art. 7) once you are registered (art. 15), within the small quantities (art. 2(g)); your application lists your places of sale (art. 3(3)(d)).

Farmers markets

With conditions

In public places set up by local authorities, producers must keep good hygiene, wear protective clothing, carry a document on their health (art. 10(1)), and display products in refrigerated cases or by other adequate means that rule out contamination (art. 10(2)).

Stores and restaurants

With conditions

You may supply local retail units that sell to the final consumer (art. 7); local means within a 100 km radius of you (art. 2(k)). Restaurants are not named in Chapter I of the norm (arts 1-15). Whether eggs supplied to shops must be graded or carry the producer code was not found in Chapter I of the norm; ask your county DSVSA.

Also check with: Town hall (primărie): the producer's certificate or agricultural sales booklet you need when selling to final consumers (norm art. 11(4)(e)).

Cartons, labels and handling

Cartons

The sources we read don't set a carton rule.

Refrigeration

A numeric storage temperature was not found in the direct-sale rules read (norm Chapter I). In public places, display is in refrigerated cases or by other adequate means that rule out contamination (art. 10(2)).

The label must show

  • Labels naming the producer, the product, its origin, the date obtained and storage conditions, and other consumer information where needed (norm art. 9(d)).

Grading

Eggs for direct sale are defined as eggs from your own farm without marking or packaging (norm art. 2(e)). A national rule exempting these eggs from grading or the producer code was not found in the direct-sale rules read (norm Chapter I); ask your county DSVSA.

Washing

A washing rule was not found in the direct-sale rules read (norm Chapter I).

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What changed recently

  1. 2024-07-19 · Chapter I of the direct-sale norm was amended by point 2 of art. I of Order no. 6 of 10 January 2024 (Official Gazette no. 49 of 19 January 2024); the consolidated text shows the change at 19 July 2024. Source
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Common questions

Can I sell eggs from my backyard chickens in Romania, and do I need a license?
Selling your own hens' eggs directly needs county vet registration (a VD number) and more. Small quantities only: eggs from at most 50 laying hens per day, sold to final consumers or to local shops within 100 km. Small-flock line: hen eggs from at most 50 laying hens per day. The conditions, and the law they come from, are on this page.
Can I sell eggs at a farmers market in Romania?
Allowed with conditions. In public places set up by local authorities, producers must keep good hygiene, wear protective clothing, carry a document on their health (art. 10(1)), and display products in refrigerated cases or by other adequate means that rule out contamination (art. 10(2)). Also note: Town hall (primărie): the producer's certificate or agricultural sales booklet you need when selling to final consumers (norm art. 11(4)(e)).
Can I reuse egg cartons in Romania?
The sources we read do not say; ask Direcția sanitar-veterinară și pentru siguranța alimentelor (county veterinary and food safety directorate, DSVSA) before reusing cartons for eggs you sell.
What has to be on the carton label in Romania?
Labels naming the producer, the product, its origin, the date obtained and storage conditions, and other consumer information where needed (norm art. 9(d)). The rule reads: "d) să fie identificate prin etichete pe care sunt înscrise mențiuni referitoare la producător, denumirea produsului, originea acestuia, data obținerii, condițiile de păstrare și, după caz, orice alte date necesare informării consumatorului;"
Do eggs I sell in Romania have to be kept cold?
In short: A numeric storage temperature was not found in the direct-sale rules read (norm Chapter I). In public places, display is in refrigerated cases or by other adequate means that rule out contamination (art. 10(2)).
Sources
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What we couldn't confirm
  • The Romanian texts are quoted from Internet Archive copies of the Ministry of Justice's legislative portal: the direct-sale norm and Order 111/2008 (consolidated forms of 19 July 2024, copies of 10 and 11 February 2026), Law 205/2004 (consolidated form of 23 November 2024, copy of 27 January 2026), OG 42/2004 (consolidated form of 26 July 2021, copy of 13 November 2025) and the Order 119/2014 health norms (consolidated form of 5 May 2026, copy of 14 October 2026). Changes after each copy date were not checked.
  • Rules on grading, the producer code and carton reuse for directly sold eggs were not found in the direct-sale rules read (norm Chapter I); ask your county DSVSA.
  • Registration fee amounts were not read (norm annex 4).
  • Whether any bird-flu order applies now, and where, is not shown here; check with ANSVSA and your county DSVSA.

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