EU Travellers' Points of Entry for pet dogs, cats & ferrets
Source: European Commission, "Travellers' points of entry" (food.ec.europa.eu), first-hand official page, pulled 2026-07-24. Specifies where pet animals from non-EU countries must enter the EU.
Rule
"Dogs, cats and ferrets moved for non-commercial purposes into an EU country from a non-EU country or territory other than Andorra, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, and Vatican City State, must enter through the following travellers' points of entry designated by each EU country, where they are subjected to documentary and identity checks by the competent authorities."
EU countries (designated travellers' points of entry)
Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Cyprus (CY), Czechia (CZ), Denmark (DA), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (EL), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), The Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE).
Other countries with special agreements
Switzerland (CH), Norway (NO), United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).
Note: pets from the exempted territories (Andorra, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Vatican City State) are not required to use a designated travellers' point of entry. Entry health requirements are in pet_travel_eu_entry_requirements.
Source: pdf-raw/pet-travel/eu_travellers_poe.txt — European Commission official page (food.ec.europa.eu/animals/live-animal-movements/dogs-cats-and-ferrets/travellers-points-entry_en), pulled 2026-07-24.