Part II, Chapter 1, Article 9 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/131

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Article 9Special requirements regarding anti-rabies vaccination for young pet dogs, pet cats or pet ferrets#

Pet dogs, pet cats or pet ferrets less than 12 weeks old and which have not yet received an anti-rabies vaccination, or between 12 and 16 weeks old and which have received an anti-rabies vaccination, but for which the period of at least 21 days since the completion of the primary vaccination has not elapsed, may exceptionally be moved into a Member State from another Member State provided that:

(a)the Member State of destination has authorised such movements in general and has informed the public on a dedicated website that such movements are authorised; and

(b)one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

(i)the pet owner or an authorised person provides a signed declaration which states that from birth until the time of the non-commercial movement the pet animals have had no contact with kept terrestrial animals under suspicion of infection with rabies virus or wild animals of listed species susceptible to infection with rabies virus; or

(ii)the pet animals are accompanied by their mother, on whom they still depend, and it can be established from the individual identification document that, before their birth, the mother received an anti-rabies vaccination which complied with the validity requirements set out in Part 1 of Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688.