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on post #Brexit pet travel
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It's done! @EU_Commission has adopted an Implementing Act (like an executive order) listing the UK (read Great Britain, as Northern Ireland is covered by IE/NI Protocol) under Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) 567/2013..
You can read act here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2020.415.01.0039.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2020%3A415%3ATOC
What does this mean from 1 Jan?
1) An EU pet passport issued to an animal resident in Great Britain will no longer be valid.
2) Instead owners in GB will need to get an animal health certificate issued by an official vet..
What does this mean from 1 Jan?
1) An EU pet passport issued to an animal resident in Great Britain will no longer be valid.
2) Instead owners in GB will need to get an animal health certificate issued by an official vet..
3) Such a certificate (lasting 4 months) must be obtained 10 days before travel, attesting to a rabies vaccination and treatment for Echinococcus multilocularis (a nasty tapeworm) for where needed
4) Such certificates will be needed to take pets into
*OR* Northern Ireland
where needed4) Such certificates will be needed to take pets into
*OR* Northern Ireland
5) These certificates MUST be presented to a designated travellers’ point of entry in order to undergo the necessary compliance checks — including on entry to Northern Ireland.
6) For or Northern Irish pets, the pet passport remains valid. So folks can take their pets to GB..
6) For
or Northern Irish pets, the pet passport remains valid. So folks can take their pets to GB..
.. as long as they've had requisite injections too. However, checks on entry into GB are unlikely to be performed on pets until 1 July at ports of entry into GB.
7) Animals returning to after holidays will have to be presented to a designated travellers’ point of entry &...
7) Animals returning to
after holidays will have to be presented to a designated travellers’ point of entry &...
.. for entry into Finland, Ireland, Malta or Northern Ireland from Great Britain, pet dogs will have to be treated against Echinococcus multilocularis (that tapeworm).
NB. Note all this, whilst a change, is substantially better than if the UK weren't listed.
NB. Note all this, whilst a change, is substantially better than if the UK weren't listed.
That would have really caused barriers to pets moving between Great Britain and the EU's SPS area (including NI), and would have involved trips to a vet months before, blood tests and all sorts. However this is still a change to the current system many owners have become used to
Finally, just to note — to stress — all of this, as for the pet passport itself, only relates to *non-commercial* movements: that's to say for people to take their pets with them on short trips & holidays. It cannot, must not, be used for any sort of commercial purpose, including
rehoming or sale. That's illegal.
However, overall, this should come as good news to pet owners on all sides of the North Sea/English Channel/Irish Sea. Some good news to end the week. ENDS
@JamesCrisp6 @BBCkatyaadler @pmdfoster @tconnellyRTE @DavidBowles21 @USPCA_Official
However, overall, this should come as good news to pet owners on all sides of the North Sea/English Channel/Irish Sea. Some good news to end the week. ENDS
@JamesCrisp6 @BBCkatyaadler @pmdfoster @tconnellyRTE @DavidBowles21 @USPCA_Official
P.s.. a new animal health certificate will be needed for *EACH* visit from Great Britain to the EU/Northern Ireland. Should have mentioned that above (sorry).
