EUORPEAN UNION (INCLUDING CYPRUS AND MALTA)

REQUIREMENTS FOR PETS TRAVELING WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION

(INCLUDING CYPRUS AND MALTA)

YOUR PET WILL REQUIRE AN EU PET PASSPORT (A BLUE ONE). THIS

INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING:

1. YOUR PET WILL NEED TO BE MICRO-CHIPPED.

2. YOUR PET WILL NEED TO HAVE A VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES.

3. SOME COUNTRIES REQUIRE AWAIT OF 21 OR 30 DAYS BEFORE ISSUE

OF THE PASSPORT.

4. YOU MAY ALSO REQUIRE A BLOOD TEST, WHICH WILL NEED TO

HAVE A TITRE RESULT HIGHER THAN 0.50 IU/ML.

5. IN ORDER TO RETURN TO THE UK, 6 MONTHS HAVE TO PASS AFTER

THE DATE THAT THE BLOOD WAS DRAWN.

6. YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP YOUR RABIES VACCINATION UP TO DATE

(WITHOUT LAPSING EVEN AS LITTLE AS A DAY).

THE MAJORITY OF EU COUNTRIES REQUIRE STEPS 1-3 ABOVE, WHILSTSOME ALSO REQUIRE THE BLOOD TEST (STEP 4). IT IS BEST TO CHECKWITH THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES IN THE DESTINATION COUNTRY TOFIND OUT THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS.

ALL FLIGHTS REQUIRE PETS TO BE AT LEAST 12 WEEKS OLD,

ALL PETS MUST BE UP TO DATE WITH ANNUAL VACCINATIONS, AND A TRIP TO THE VET FORTREATMENT FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARASITES (TICKS ANDTAPEWORM).

AT THIS TIME THE VET NEEDS TO COMPLETE A "FIT TO FLY"DECLARATION, OR FILL IN PART 4 IN THE PASSPORT.

THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION MAY STIPULATE THE TIMING OF THE HEALTH CHECK, AND WHETHER THE TICK AND TAPE TREATMENT IS NECESSARY.

WE RECOMMENT THAT THE ANNUAL VACCINATIONS ARE KEPT UP TO DATE.

YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO CONTACT THE RELEVANT AUTHORITY IN THE RELEVANT COUNTRY 48-24 HOURS PRIOR TO EXPORT TO CONFIRM THAT THEREWILL BE A VET TO MEET AIRCRAFT.