21/04/2026
🚨Important pet travel information. There has been some changes to the EU rules.
⚠️‼️CHANGES IN THE PET TRAVEL SCHEME‼️⚠️
Are you UK Resident traveling to EU with your pet with an EU passport?
Please be aware of an important change affecting Pet Travel that was announced by the UK Government last week.
What is changing?
From 22 April 2026, new EU rules will apply to the non‑commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets entering the EU from third countries such as Great Britain (GB).
An EU pet passport, issued to or held by a pet owner who is resident in GB, will no longer be a valid document for travelling with pets from GB to the EU.
This applies to EU pet passports issued in an EU Member State or Northern Ireland, including those issued before 22 April 2026. EU pet passports may only be issued to owners whose main residence is within the European Union.
GB residents travelling to the EU with a pet dog, cat or ferret will need to obtain an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) for travel from 22 April 2026.
So, if you have been travelling to Europe with your pet with a French/Polish/Spanish/other pet passport, this will no longer be allowed. You will be stop in the border and made to go to their vet for an AHC.
Yes this was the rule before too but Border Control will reinforce it from 22April onwards.
Please understand that this is nothing to do with your vet practice, but the governments.
Please inform your friends in case they are not aware.