Travelling with dogs, cats and ferrets

Your pet must:

• Be identified with a microchip or tattoo (if it was done before 3 July 2011), provided that it continues to be legible.
• Be vaccinated against rabies with a vaccine that is valid at the time of the trip.
• Have a European pet passport.
• If you are travelling to Northern Ireland, Ireland, Malta, Finland or Norway, your dog must also have been treated against E. multilocularis between 24 and 120 hours before arriving in the country.

Your pet should comply with the requirements of the country you are travelling to:

• Obtain information from the country’s embassy or consulate.
• Find information on the website of the country’s relevant ministry.
• To obtain the export health certificate for your pet, your vet must request it using the CEXGAN application.

To travel to the following countries or territories: Andorra, Switzerland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and the Vatican City, you must comply with the conditions set out in the section "Travelling from Spain to an EU country".

To bring a pet dog, cat or ferret into Spain, the animal must:

• Be identified with a microchip or tattoo (if it was done before 3 July 2011 and provided that it continues to be legible).
• Be vaccinated against rabies with a vaccine that is valid at the time of the trip and included in the passport.

• Have a European pet passport. The following sections of the passport must be completed: Owner, Animal Description, Markings, Passport Issue and Rabies Vaccination.

It is forbidden to bring dogs, cats and ferrets into Spain that are under 15 weeks old and therefore not vaccinated with a valid rabies vaccine:

• The minimum age to vaccinate the animals is 12 weeks.
• For the vaccine to be valid at least 21 days must have passed since inoculation.

You must return via one of the designated traveller entry points and declare that you are travelling with a pet at the Civil Guard Fiscal Security Office (Resguardo Fiscal), showing the animal’s documentation.

If you are returning from one of the third countries included in Appendix II of EU Regulation 577/2013, your pet must comply with the instructions in the “Travelling to Spain from an EU country” section.

If you are returning from a country not listed in Appendix II referred to above (country with rabies risk), you must comply with the requirements of the “Travelling to Spain from an EU country” section and also:

• You must submit your pet to a rabies serological test at an authorised laboratory before travelling.
• The result of the test (which must be entered in the passport by the veterinarian) must be greater than or equal to 0.5 lU/ml.

You must return via one of the designated traveller entry points and declare that you are travelling with a pet at the Civil Guard Fiscal Security Office (Resguardo Fiscal), showing its documentation.

If you do not have a European pet passport, the animal must have:

• An animal health certificate, which must be signed by an licensed veterinarian of the third country and be in Spanish, at a minimum.
• A declaration. Both must be in accordance with the European Union’s models.
• Certified copy of the animal’s identification and vaccination information.

The animal must also:

• Be identified with a microchip or tattoo (if this was done before 3 July 2011).
• Be vaccinated against rabies with a vaccine that is valid at the time of the trip.
• If it is coming from a country not listed in Appendix II to EU Regulation 577/2013, the animal must have undergone a rabies serological test at an authorised laboratory (see the section “Returning to Spain after visiting a non-EU country”).