Animal health & welfare

EU pet passport & pet travel

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• Get a Pet Passport
• Travel to Ireland with a Pet Passport (except UK)
• Qualifying Countries & Territories
• Approved Pet Carriers & Routes
• Entry of pets under Prior Approval System
• Approved Laboratories
• Import Rules for Non-Qualifying Countries
• Import Rules for Qualifying Countries
• Legislation
• Exotic Diseases

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Legislation for Pet Travel in the EU

Commission Regulation (EC) 998/2003/EC (link to PDF on EU website)
Animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals & amending Directive 92/65/EEC

Commission Decision 2003/803/EC  (link to PDF on EU website)
Establishing a model passport for the intra-Community movements of dogs, cats and ferrets

Commission Decision 2004/203/EC  (link to PDF on EU website)
Establishing a model Health Certificate for non-commercial movements from third countries of dogs, cats and ferrets

Commission Decision 2004/824/EC  (link to PDF on EU website)
Commission Decision of 1 December 2004 establishing a model health certificate for non-commercial movements of dogs, cats and ferrets from third countries into the Community.

Commission Decision 2004/233/EC  (link to PDF on EU website)
Authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores 

Commission Regulation (EC) 592/2004  (link to PDF on EU website)
Amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of countries and territories. Lists of third countries & territories eligible to import cats/dogs/ferrets into EU.

Commission Decision 2004/301/EC (link to PDF on EU website)
Derogating from Decisions 2003/803/EC and 2004/203/EC as regards the format for certificates and passports for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets and amending Decision 2004/203/EC

Last updated: 17/10/2008