Reg (EU) 2016/429 — non-commercial pet movement conditions: max 5 animals, individual identification, identification document, point of entry (Part VI, Articles 245-250)
Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24).
Part 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.
A 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.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
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.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:they are individually identified by a physical means of identification in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to point (a) of Article 252(1);they are accompanied by an identification document duly completed and issued in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to point (d) of Article 254.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: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.Registration and record keeping requirements should therefore not apply to pet keepers.
Source: 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).