A query re Pet Passports post Brexit

[emjaiuk]

One of our rescue dogs has a Greek passport. If the UK leaves at the end of the year without a specific agreement regarding pet travel, would his Greek passport be valid for entry into France? AFAIK DEFRA has already said that UK entry requirements wont change. Our other dogs passport will be full after our next trip in April, and I was thinking of asking the vet at La Mailleraye if they could renew it.

Any thoughts?

 

[DBK]

One of our rescue dogs has a Greek passport. If the UK leaves at the end of the year without a specific agreement regarding pet travel, would his Greek passport be valid for entry into France? AFAIK DEFRA has already said that UK entry requirements wont change. Our other dogs passport will be full after our next trip in April, and I was thinking of asking the vet at La Mailleraye if they could renew it.

Any thoughts?

I suspect the dog will just need a fit to travel certificate issued a week or so before leaving the UK, assuming we are classed as a third country at the time. For your "UK" dogs it will be the same but they will also need to have had the blood test done.
To be 100% sure you might want to consider getting blood tests for all of them!

 

[gus-lopez]

I suspect the dog will just need a fit to travel certificate issued a week or so before leaving the UK, assuming we are classed as a third country at the time.

DEfra have given me, by email, a statement that a dog, mine, holding an EU state pet passport has no requirement to have the "fit to travel certificate " .It is only for UK dogs.

 

[emjaiuk]

DEfra have given me, by email, a statement that a dog, mine, holding an EU state pet passport has no requirement to have the "fit to travel certificate " .It is only for UK dogs.

I can't see anywhere where the length of time a dog with a particular countries passport has been in another country matters. Do you know if there is a particular requirement that must be followed if a dog with, say, a Spanish passport enters Spain from say Morocco having been out of Spain for 6 months.

 

[Phill D]

not sure anyone will know they dont scan passports only compare microchip to the scan of the dog and dont record that anywhere other than your boarding pass. and that is into the UK.

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[emjaiuk]

What I'm trying to work out is if both my dogs have EU passports, will that simplify entry to the EU if the UK becomes a 'Third Country' Defra have already said existing UK entry requirements, ie worming tablets, won't change.

 

[Phill D]

the only difference appears to be that UK Dog passport holders may require fitness to travel certs from a vet. whereas EU Dogs wont..... i think!!

 

[gus-lopez]

Do you know if there is a particular requirement that must be followed if a dog with, say, a Spanish passport enters Spain from say Morocco having been out of Spain for 6 months.

Only in that they would have to have had the titre test & passed before leavinf spain so as to be able to return. same as my spanish dog with spanish passport has had done in case UK leaves with no deal & UK is a 3rd country , same as Morocco

 

[Wissel]

Might be in a situation where your dog can stroll through customs, but has to wait a few hours for you to catch up