Overview
- The Agriculture Ministry ended the nationwide order to keep poultry indoors, formalizing the change in the state gazette BOE.
- The rollback closes controls first imposed in November 2025, with some Galician municipalities remaining under tighter rules into early April.
- Officials pointed to an improved epidemiological picture and the approach of warmer weather as reasons for the change.
- Only two commercial farms reported outbreaks during the confinement period, both in Lleida in December 2025 and January 2026.
- Farms must keep strict biosecurity and immediate reporting, and Spain retains OMSA‑recognized avian influenza free status that supports normal trade.