{"topic_id":"pet_travel_eu_within_commercial","category":"pet-travel","context":"---\ntopic_id: pet_travel_eu_within_commercial\ncategory: pet-travel\ntitle: \"EU commercial movements of pet dogs, cats & ferrets within the EU — Reg (EU) 2020/688, establishment of origin, rabies, tapeworm\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"European Commission — Movements within the EU (food.ec.europa.eu), first-hand official page, pulled 2026-07-24\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/pet-travel/eu_movements_within_eu.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 340\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 10\n  passed: 10\n  date: 2026-07-24\n---\n\n# EU commercial movements of pet dogs, cats & ferrets within the EU\n\nSource: European Commission, \"Movements within the EU\" (food.ec.europa.eu), first-hand official page, pulled 2026-07-24. Covers commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets within the EU, laid down in \"Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 as amended\".\n\n## Establishment of origin\n\"Dogs, cats and ferrets must come from establishments registered by the competent authority.\" If the establishment is \"a shelter or an assembly centre\", it \"must be approved by the competent authority\". \"In the establishment of origin, infection with rabies virus must not have been reported during the 30-day period prior to departure, and there must have been no abnormal mortalities of undetermined cause within the same period.\"\n\n## Identification\n\"Dogs, cats and ferrets must be identified by the implantation of a microchip approved by the competent authority\" (specs in Article 70a of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035).\n\n## Rabies vaccination\nMust be \"vaccinated against rabies by an official or an authorised veterinarian in accordance with Annex VII, Part 1 (validity requirements for anti-rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, ferrets and other carnivores) to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 as amended\":\n- \"The animal must be at least 12 weeks old on the date the primary vaccine was administered.\"\n- \"The date of administration of the vaccine must not precede the date of identification or reading of the microchip.\"\n- \"The period of validity of the vaccination must start no fewer than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol for the primary vaccination, and any subsequent vaccination must have been carried out within the period of validity of the preceding vaccination.\"\n\n## Treatment against tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis\n\"Dogs must be treated against the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis prior to entering: any EU country listed in Annex XIX to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620, (Finland, Ireland and Malta). the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland). Norway.\" In accordance with \"Annex VII, Part 2 (risk-mitigating measures for infestation with Echinococcus multilocularis) to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 as amended\", the treatment must consist of an approved veterinary medicinal product containing the appropriate dose of praziquantel or equivalent active substances.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/pet-travel/eu_movements_within_eu.txt` — European Commission official page (food.ec.europa.eu/animals/live-animal-movements/dogs-cats-and-ferrets/movements-within-eu_en), pulled 2026-07-24.\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":551,"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."}