Stakeholders and the public will be kept informed of any developments via the DAERA website This follows the UK Government announcementВ on 6 September 2021 that the grace period relating to routine checks on pet travel within the UK will be extended beyond 1 October 2021.В There will be no routine checks until further notice. On 15 September 2021, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA announced that checks on all pet dogs, cats and ferrets travelling from GB to NI would be suspended indefinitely while negotiations between the UK government and EU continue. This change in Great Britain country status means there are additional documentary requirements, health preparations and compliance checks for travelling with a pet from Great Britain or returning to Northern Ireland from Great Britain.В This includes an EU pet passport for Northern Ireland travellers or an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) for Great Britain travellers, as well as a rabies vaccination.

The EU Pet Travel regulation (Regulation (EU) 576/2013) details the documentary, health and compliance check requirements for the travel of pet dogs (including assistance dogs), cats and ferrets between and into EU Member States (MS) including Northern Ireland to avoid the quarantining of animals.ДЇrom 1 January 2021, Great Britain became a вЂPart II ListedвЂ™ country, for the purposes of pet travel and is therefore no longer a member of the EU Pet Travel Scheme. Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, from 1 January 2021, the EU Pet Travel Regulation continues to apply to travel into and between Northern Ireland, EU Member States and third countries.В In other words, Northern Ireland remains part of the EU Pet Travel Scheme.

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