18-11-2024 CSC plays major role on EEC turn round . Regarding: European Council Decision N° 388/2010 of 6th May 2010 :  COMMISSION DECISION of 10 November 2024 amending Part 1 of Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards the model health certificate for animals from holdings (notified under document C(2010) 7640) (Text with EEA relevance) N° (2010/684/EU)    In May 2010, the European Council published a decision requiring all European owners of dogs, cats and/or ferrets who wished to travel throughout the EU for “non-commercial purposes” with more than five of their pets, to obtain the same health certificate for transport required for commercial movement. The Commission gave as justification the need to obtain this document so that “fraudulent practices” in which individuals were claiming to transport “pets” when in fact the animals were destined for sale, could be stopped.  The Commission has therefore amended the document to make it valid for four months or to the end of the validity of the rabies vaccinations, whichever comes earlier. It has also been clarified that this rule concerns movement of more than five pets per person (owner or other person responsible for the animals.)    Please keep her informed at [email protected]    Procedure to obtain the health certificate:    1.     The dogs must be examined by the “authorized vet”, i.e. the one who vaccinates against rabies. Therefore the musher’s vet will do the clinical examination and fill in page IX of each dog’s passport. 2.     The person transporting the dogs must provide copies of the passports to the “official” veterinary inspector at the veterinary services responsible for his/her area, and ask for the transport health certificate. Please take the model provided here in annex to show the inspector. 3.     At the same time you should also provide any or all of the following: registration fro a race event, copy of your sports licence if your federation issues one, and / or any other proof of non-commercial movement. If you are travelling simply for training or family visits, you should ask you vet if he would certify in writing that you are not travelling for commercial reasons and are not going to sell your dogs. 4.     Please think ahead and have all the dogs that you might want to travel with over the four months listed on the document! 5.     Normally you should have this document made up 24 hours before departure; however this is neither always possible nor practical in reality. But try to do it as close as possible to the departure date. 6.     Please contact your veterinary services for further information. Back to News & Events Archive