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A to Z of services: Importation of Animals
Importation of Animals: Outline
The Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) is the system that allows pet animals from certain countries to enter the UK without quarantine as long as they meet the rules. It also means that people in the UK can take their pets to other European Union (EU) countries, and return with them to the UK. They can also, having taken their pets to certain non-EU countries, bring them back to the UK without the need for quarantine.
PETS was introduced for dogs and cats travelling from certain European countries on 28 February 2000. The Scheme was extended to Cyprus, Malta and certain long haul countries and territories on 31 January 2001. Bahrain joined on 1 May 2002. Mainland USA and Canada joined on 11 December 2002.
The EU Regulation on the Movement of Pet Animals extended the Scheme to include ferrets and other pets, increased the number of qualifying (listed) countries and introduced an EU pet passport and third country veterinary certificate which replace the pets certificate and the tick and tapeworm certificate.
For travel to France, the passport also replaces the PETS 5 certificate. It also replaces the export health certificate for travel to other EU countries.
For more information contact the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
