{"topic_id":"eu_2016_429_pet_identification_movement_rules","category":"eu-animal-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: eu_2016_429_pet_identification_movement_rules\ncategory: eu-animal-health\ntitle: \"Reg (EU) 2016/429 — non-commercial pet movement conditions: max 5 animals, individual identification, identification document, point of entry (Part VI, Articles 245-250)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/eu-animal-health/reg_2016_429_animal_health.txt\nsource_type: eu_regulation_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 462\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 7\n---\n\n# Reg (EU) 2016/429 — non-commercial pet movement conditions: max 5 animals, individual identification, identification document, point of entry (Part VI, Articles 245-250)\n\nSource: Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24).\n\nPart VI of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 sets the conditions for non-commercial movements of pet animals. For the species listed in Part A of Annex I (which includes dogs, cats and ferrets), the core conditions are individual physical identification, compliance with listed-disease prevention/risk-mitigation measures, and an accompanying identification document.\n\nA movement may involve no more than five such animals (with limited derogations for competitions/exhibitions). Movements from a third country must generally go through a listed point of entry. The recital (whereas clause) also states that registration and record-keeping requirements should not apply to pet keepers. The claims below are verbatim from Articles 245-250 and recital (42) of the regulation as published on eur-lex.\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `The number of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I which may be moved during a single non–commercial movement shall not exceed five.`\n- `Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I shall not be moved into a Member State from another Member State unless:`\n- `they are individually identified by a physical means of identification in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to point (a) of Article 252(1);`\n- `they are accompanied by an identification document duly completed and issued in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to point (d) of Article 254.`\n- `Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I shall not be moved into a Member State from a third country or territory unless:`\n- `Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I may be moved into a Member State from a third country or territory other than those listed pursuant to Article 253(1)(d) only through a point of entry listed for that purpose.`\n- `Registration and record keeping requirements should therefore not apply to pet keepers.`\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/eu-animal-health/reg_2016_429_animal_health.txt` — first-hand eur-lex text of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":462,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}