Part II, Chapter 2, Article 19 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/131

Contents

Article 19Issuing and completion of the identification document#

Pet dogs, pet cats or pet ferrets shall only be authorised to enter the Union if accompanied by an animal health certificate as referred to in Article 18(1) and where it can be established from that certificate that:

(a)it has been issued either by an official veterinarian of the third country or territory of dispatch on the basis of supporting documentation, or by an authorised veterinarian and subsequently endorsed by the competent authority of the third country or territory of dispatch, after the issuing veterinarian:

(i)has verified that the pet animal is individually identified as referred to in Article 13;

(ii)has duly completed the relevant entries of the animal health certificate with the information listed in Article 18(2), points (a) to (j), thus certifying compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 13 and in Article 14, where applicable;

(iii)has verified that certified copies of the vaccination details and the official report from the laboratory, or a certified copy of that report, on the results of the rabies antibody titration test are attached to the animal health certificate; and

(iv)has verified that the declaration referred to in Article 18(3) confirming that the movement of the pet animal into the Union is a non-commercial movement is attached to the animal health certificate; and

(b)it has been issued or endorsed in accordance with point (a) not more than 10 days prior to the date of entry into the Union. In the case of transport by sea, that period of 10 days shall be extended by an additional period corresponding to the duration of the journey by sea.