From the minute that the UK voted to leave the EU we vets knew that trouble was brewing for people wanting to travel to Europe with their pets using a Pet Passport. What exactly would happen remained unclear until the end of last year and now we know – and believe me it is no fun at all. Cats and dogs can no longer enter the EU using their old passports. They now need to be issued with an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) by an Official Veterinary Surgeon within 10 days of every single trip. Not all vets are Official Veterinary Surgeons (or “OV”s for short) it is an additional qualification that we must get by doing courses and an exam. I will not bore you with the details of filling in an Animal Health Certificate but suffice to say it is a long, involved process and not something you can just knock up in ten minutes. We had a slight reprieve while the country was in lockdown as no one was travelling, but now that restrictions are lifting the demand for AHCs will only in
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Poots will not enforce checks on pets travelling from Britain to the North until October Checks postponed to allow further time for discussions between UK and EU, Poots says
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The North’s Minister for Agriculture has decided not to enforce checks on pets travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland until at least October 1st.
Edwin Poots announced the unilateral action on Tuesday, saying he had decided to delay the introduction of the checks to allow further time for discussions between the UK government and the EU.
New arrangements for bringing pets and assistance dogs to Northern Ireland from Great Britain came into force on January 1st following the end of the Brexit transition period but their implementation had been deferred until July 1st.
GETLINK S.E.: Getlink: Brexit: Regulatory Checks for Pets Travelling to France Are Now Carried out Before Boarding at the UK Eurotunnel terminal
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Eurotunnel has opened a new space in the Victor Hugo passenger building on the UK terminal, the Pet Reception, for pets and their families before their travel to France.
Since the end of the transition period on 1 January 2021, dogs and cats travelling with their owners must prove their identity and present their vaccination passport to be admitted to the European Union. This has been the case for pets entering the UK for over 20 years.