Pet passports

This Regulation (998/2003) has been approved and was published in the Official Journal on 13 June 2003.
http://europa.eu.int/

The regulation applied in the UK from 3 July 2004.

DEFRA, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is in charge of the scheme in the UK. Advice, factsheets and contacts are available on its website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/pets/regulation/eu_reg.htm

Please note that the legislation described on this page only applies to dogs, cats and ferrets. Other species are subject to specific arrangements, as is the case for horses - see http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/latest/2004/horsead-140604.htm

Last updated 15 June 2006