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Your pet can join you when you go on holiday to another EU country, but there are certain rules to bear in mind. Read on to find out more, Society.

Thanks to EU rules on travelling with pets (dogs, cats or ferrets), people are free to move with their furry friend within the EU. Make sure your pet has the following before you leave on holiday:

  • Identification via a registered microchip or a readable tattoo, if applied before 3 July 2011.
  • A pet passport proving that they have been vaccinated against rabies and are fit to travel, issued by an authorised veterinarian when travelling within from an EU country/Northern Ireland to another EU country/Northern Ireland.
  • An EU animal health certificate, when travelling from a non-EU country.
  • .Dogs travelling to Finland, Ireland, Malta,  Norway or Northern Ireland must be treated against the Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm.



In general you can travel with a maximum of five animals. Travelling with more than five animals is only possible with a registration proof concerning a competition, exhibition or sporting event and a proof that they are older than six months.

European pet passports are issued for dogs, cats and ferrets only. If you wish to travel with other pets, you should check the entry conditions of your destination country.

Read more about the EU's animal welfare laws

Travelling with your pet 

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