Tips on obtaining and using an EU Pet Passport

[Roamingmoby]

If France is the only EU country that you are able to visit, I do keep a list of French vets that are known to have issued Pet Passports to Brits relatively recently, either using a GB address or any old French address (eg campsite). I will send this list to any subscribing Funster that requests it.

I have sent you a PM.

Hi Maz, great post with a lot of useful information. Would it be possible for you to PM me this list too? Thanks in advance

 

[maz]

Hi Maz, great post with a lot of useful information. Would it be possible for you to PM me this list too? Thanks in advance

Hi there. I only send the list to subscribing members but if you don't wish to subscribe the information is mostly to be found in various pet travel groups on Facebook, albeit with a lot of trawling.

 

[da1es]

Great post, i picked up our PP last year in Belgium after reading many of your posts, this April will be the first time testing it out on the boat to Santender, its a bit daunting thinking something will be wrong but im sure all will be good

 

[Bill-H]

Passports issued in Dubrovnik, Croatia, by this vet practice https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063592542754


https://bobanovicvet.hr/?fbclid=IwY...bMnd4l7qbVaCaCDrBA_aem_T2n_v-gu5CPFAHhXC0BNSA

Details copied from the AHC and no rabies booster required. They spoke enough English to comunicate without problem. Cost at the time in 2021 was about £25 inclusive.
You DO require a temporary Croatian 'Personal Identification number certificate' before the vet will issue the passport , obtainable from a local government offices (as the certificate is issued there and then we gave the campsite address as our location, it's not noted on the certificate) - this took about 15 minutes to complete the form and for the officer to issue the certificate and from memory cost about £20

We needed 3 passports and have used them several times to enter and re-enter the EU from the UK, Montenego and Albania (into Greece) -with rabies boosters administered in Ireland and France since passports were issued.

 

[Letsgotravel]

Hi, just come across this article which is very very useful, thank you. Our two dogs were rescued from Spain so have European passports from Spain, but we want to take our UK registered cat to France with us this year. He has just had a rabies jab this week. I emailed the vet in Paris we normally go to to have the worm treatment before return to UK for the dogs, but they say they cannot give us a passport, it is illegal. I won't bother arguing with them! So I'm wondering whether it would be a good idea to travel a few days earlier, and go into Belgium and find a vet there before we venture into France? We are supposed to be travelling (via Eurotunnel) on 16th April, but if we leave a few days before that, I'm sure we could get to Calais using an AHC and then find a campsite in Belgium not far from the French border. Would you be able to give us details of any vets in that locality who would sell us a passport please? Many thanks.

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[maz]

Hi, just come across this article which is very very useful, thank you. Our two dogs were rescued from Spain so have European passports from Spain, but we want to take our UK registered cat to France with us this year. He has just had a rabies jab this week. I emailed the vet in Paris we normally go to to have the worm treatment before return to UK for the dogs, but they say they cannot give us a passport, it is illegal. I won't bother arguing with them! So I'm wondering whether it would be a good idea to travel a few days earlier, and go into Belgium and find a vet there before we venture into France? We are supposed to be travelling (via Eurotunnel) on 16th April, but if we leave a few days before that, I'm sure we could get to Calais using an AHC and then find a campsite in Belgium not far from the French border. Would you be able to give us details of any vets in that locality who would sell us a passport please? Many thanks.

Hi there. I will send you my list of French vets that have relatively recently issued Pet Passports to Brits. You might find one on there that fits in with your proposed route.

If you do decide to cross into Belgium instead, Caroline Peeters in Ostend has issued many Pet Passports to Brits and is probably the nearest. In Bruges, there is the legendary Lieve de Rycke and also Piet de Laender (who is cheaper but told one Funster that his was the last PP he would issue - might have been having an off day). Then there is Christine Jaucot in Mons but she threw a wobbler in October (see specific post in Pets forum).

Good luck!

 

[Letsgotravel]

Hi there. I will send you my list of French vets that have relatively recently issued Pet Passports to Brits. You might find one on there that fits in with your proposed route.

If you do decide to cross into Belgium instead, Caroline Peeters in Ostend has issued many Pet Passports to Brits and is probably the nearest. In Bruges, there is the legendary Lieve de Rycke and also Piet de Laender (who is cheaper but told one Funster that his was the last PP he would issue - might have been having an off day). Then there is Christine Jaucot in Mons but she threw a wobbler in October (see specific post in Pets forum).

Good luck!

Thank you very much. Do you want my email address?

 

[maz]

Thank you very much. Do you want my email address?

No, it will be in your Fun inbox. Look for a red marker by the envelope at the top of the screen.

 

[Letsgotravel]

No, it will be in your Fun inbox. Look for a red marker by the envelope at the top of the screen.

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Thanks so much. None of the French vets are at any of the places we will be going. So I'm trying Belgian vets now. Catherine Peters has replied to say she will do it. I'm awaiting a reply from Lieve de Rycke. We will be staying at Jabbeke so it's a case of which is nearer and/or cheaper! However, others of the Belgian vets I've emailed have said that they can't do it either. I'm wondering if it's actually illegal and we are just exploiting a loophole? Can you reassure me that it is genuinely ok to do please. Thank you.

 

[Landy Andy]

Lieve de Rycke

She issued our dog a passport two months ago. Very efficient

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[maz]

Thanks so much. None of the French vets are at any of the places we will be going. So I'm trying Belgian vets now. Catherine Peters has replied to say she will do it. I'm awaiting a reply from Lieve de Rycke. We will be staying at Jabbeke so it's a case of which is nearer and/or cheaper! However, others of the Belgian vets I've emailed have said that they can't do it either. I'm wondering if it's actually illegal and we are just exploiting a loophole? Can you reassure me that it is genuinely ok to do please. Thank you.

It's not illegal. Many of us on here have EU Pet Passports and have used them time and again without any problem. The important thing is to ensure that the vet has completed the Pet Passport correctly, hence this thread.

 

[Letsgotravel]

She issued our dog a passport two months ago. Very efficient

And yet I've had one Belgian vet actually use the word "illegal" in her reply. I don't understand the situation!

 

[Landy Andy]

And yet I've had one Belgian vet actually use the word "illegal" in her reply. I don't understand the situation!

There is basically a non stop queue of uk motorhomes outside her clinic. One in one out. Not the cheapest but certainly easy.

 

[Odd-no-more]

Hi maz please will you send me your list. We're going to Spain for about 3 months, Costa Brava and we're hoping to get a 3 year passport, although I understand that's not easy in southern Spain, so a vet in France would be good on the way back.

Thanks John

 

[maz]

And yet I've had one Belgian vet actually use the word "illegal" in her reply. I don't understand the situation!

It's the vet that doesn't understand the situation!

As I said in the opening post:

This is not a thread in which to debate other possible interpretations of EU 576/2013. This has been done to death over the past few years in many threads on here, and the conclusion for the majority of us is that the above interpretation is correct and how it works in the real world. This is a thread for those who have decided they would like an EU Pet Passport and want to know how to get and use one.

If you really want to know all the ins and outs of it, just search past posts on here on the subject - there have been quite a few.

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[maz]

Hi maz please will you send me your list. We're going to Spain for about 3 months, Costa Brava and we're hoping to get a 3 year passport, although I understand that's not easy in southern Spain, so a vet in France would be good on the way back.

Thanks John

Hi John. Yes, I'll do that now.

However, if it was me, I'd definitely try Spanish vets first. Costa Brava is far enough north for 3-year vaccines to be available, from at least some vets.

 

[Odd-no-more]

Hi John. Yes, I'll do that now.

However, if it was me, I'd definitely try Spanish vets first. Costa Brava is far enough north for 3-year vaccines to be available, from at least some vets.

Thank you, we are there for 3 months so will have time to check. Also, I have a friend who lives there, he has a dog, so the first try will be his vet, but if I can't find a vet in that part of Spain I will try a French one from your list, or even spend a few days in Belgium on the way back. Having a longer trip gives us several options. We are planning another trip later in the year, Mrs. Odd has an Irish passport, so the 90-day limit is not a problem, even a passport for a year would save money

 

[nigmulane]

Thanks so much. None of the French vets are at any of the places we will be going. So I'm trying Belgian vets now. Catherine Peters has replied to say she will do it. I'm awaiting a reply from Lieve de Rycke. We will be staying at Jabbeke so it's a case of which is nearer and/or cheaper! However, others of the Belgian vets I've emailed have said that they can't do it either. I'm wondering if it's actually illegal and we are just exploiting a loophole? Can you reassure me that it is genuinely ok to do please. Thank you.

We obtained a passport for our dog at the end of January at the vet's in Douai: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5SeaqbPDCHSBJdnU8

The vet did not, however, seem to understand that British vets are not allowed to input details of rabies jabs or boosters into the passport. We asked if she could EITHER transfer details of our dogs rabies jab done at home OR give our dog a booster. She did the former. It was cheap, too. (Less than €50, including the consultation fee, the passport itself was a little over €10, IIRC!)

We did need to provide a French address, we used a friend's holiday home. However, no checks were made regarding the veracity of said address.

We used the passport on our return to the UK with no problems.

 

[Letsgotravel]

There is basically a non stop queue of uk motorhomes outside her clinic. One in one out. Not the cheapest but certainly easy.

I emailed her to make an appointment on Friday morning, on the basis that she is so highly recommended by everyone, but I've still not had a response. Is this normal? She did reply initially to say she was happy to do it, and quoting me the price, but when I've replied to say yes please, I've not had any reply. Just wondering if she is tardy in her email responses....?!

 

[Landy Andy]

I emailed her to make an appointment on Friday morning, on the basis that she is so highly recommended by everyone, but I've still not had a response. Is this normal? She did reply initially to say she was happy to do it, and quoting me the price, but when I've replied to say yes please, I've not had any reply. Just wondering if she is tardy in her email responses....?!

She was quick and efficient with her emails.
Are you sure she understood you needed a reply?
She quoted, and you said yes, so is that it now??

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