The following particulars the necessities for the motion of different species (not included within the pet animal definition) or business actions of pet animals.
For steerage on non-commercial pet animal actions with their proprietor, please see right here.
Please word if you can be arriving into Northern Ireland by way of air, you will need to contact [email protected] no less than 10 days prematurely of your meant date of journey to pre-notify your arrival.
Only the next species could also be thought of as pet animals: dogs, cats, ferrets, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibia, decorative aquatic fish, birds (apart from poultry), rodents and pet rabbits.
No different species will be thought of as pet animals for the aim of actions.
For the motion of different species (not included within the pet animal definition) or business actions of pet animals, please choose the related hyperlink from the record beneath.
Captive Birds, other than racing pigeons immediately released after entry
Racing pigeons to be immediately released after entry
Zoo and/or exotic animal species, including primates
Commercial movements of invertebrates/reptiles
Commercial movements of live amphibians
Definition business motion means
- any motion which has as its goal both the sale of or the switch of possession of a pet animal or
- a motion of greater than 5 pet animals per person and the motion is just not for the aim of attending a present, competitors or occasion, or coaching for such occasion
- Flowchart to determine business pet journey
Guidance on GB to NI ferry reserving necessities for business actions is available right here
Useful hyperlinks are:
Northern Ireland Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Inspection Facilities listings | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (daera-ni.gov.uk)
Find an export health certificate – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Animals – European Commission (europa.eu)
TRACES – European Commission (europa.eu)
Commercial Movement necessities are detailed right here
Currently there isn’t any Approved Quarantine Establishment inside NI. As a consequence, captive birds (apart from pet fowl actions), together with pigeons for additional conserving, are unable to be moved instantly from GB into the island of Ireland. These birds have to be moved by way of one other EU member state which has quarantine amenities earlier than onwards motion to NI is feasible.
Captive birds’ means any birds apart from poultry which can be saved in captivity, together with these which can be saved for exhibits, races, exhibitions, competitions, breeding or promoting.
Excluded are birds saved in captivity for the next causes:
a) the manufacturing of:
i. meat
ii. eggs for consumption
iii. different merchandise
b) restocking provides of recreation birds
c) the aim of breeding of birds used for the forms of manufacturing referred to in factors (a) and (b)
d) racing pigeons instantly launched after entry
1. Identification necessities
“Identification number” Captive Birds have to be recognized in step with Article 53 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2020/692. This requires a singular marked closed ring hooked up no less than to 1 leg of the animal with a visual, legible and indelible show of an alphanumeric code or an injectable transponder with a legible and indelible show of a numeric code that comprises no less than the next info:
a) the code of the third nation or territory the place they have been initially recognized conforming with ISO Standard 3166 within the two-letter or three-letter format.
b) a singular serial quantity.
2. Disease management motion necessities
Port of entry Landing should take place at both the Port of Larne or the Port of Belfast and the person in command of the animals should report instantly following disembarkation to a Portal Inspector and should co-operate with DAERA workers as required. Animals might not go away the Port till a Portal Inspector has authorised such departure.
Pre-notification All consignments of poultry have to be pre-notified to DAERA at both Larne or Belfast Port on TRACES-NT utilizing a CHED-A. The importer or person chargeable for the consignment have to be registered on TRACES NT earlier than the motion can take place. Guidance on TRACES NT registration, pre-notification and CHED A completion will be discovered here and here. Pre-notification on TRACES NT have to be accomplished no less than 24 hours earlier than arrival.
Export well being certificates The animals to be imported have to be accompanied by an unique well being certificates EHC 8460. The needed well being certificates and the situations therein required for export from GB to NI will be seen here The well being certificates should certify that the flock was inspected inside 24 hours of loading to NI. The well being certificates and the schedule have to be signed by an Official Veterinarian (OV) appointed by the suitable authority in Great Britain. Fulfilment of those attestations is a matter for consideration between the exporter and their OV in GB
The institution have to be named and equipped with an approval quantity that seems on a listing of institutions drawn up and revealed by the Commission.
The Export well being certificates consists of necessities that the animals should not have had contact with animals of a decrease well being standing since hatching or for a steady interval of no less than 3 weeks previous to loading for dispatch, testing and/or assurance necessities for Avian Influenza, Avian Chlamydiosis, and Newcastle Disease
Cleaning and disinfection The transport automobile have to be cleansed in order to take away all seen natural matter. It have to be disinfected with a disinfectant accredited by Defra previous to loading of the animals. During transport the imported animals should not come into contact with animals that aren’t licensed as being of the identical well being standing.
GB residency info Captive Birds, apart from racing pigeons instantly launched after entry should have remained within the institution of origin since hatching or for a steady interval of both no less than 3 weeks previous to the date of loading for dispatch.
CITES Some species of birds are coated by the CITES laws. If you want to import birds that are among the many CITES listed species, the birds have to be accompanied by the suitable CITES documentation along with the suitable EHC and transported based on “CITES guidelines for transport”
The primary workplace for the UK is predicated in Bristol and additional info will be obtained from the UK CITES website Please contact the CITES licensing Section (phone 0117 372 3700 electronic mail [email protected]) for additional recommendation
3. Post motion necessities
Following their entry, consignments of captive birds shall be transported immediately on to an accredited quarantine institution the place they may stay for a interval of 30 days and be topic to extra testing. As talked about beforehand, there may be at present no accredited quarantine institution within the island of Ireland.
4. Welfare throughout transport necessities
This journey is classed as a business transport and as such, all necessities beneath ‘The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006’ and Council Regulation EC 1/2005 have to be complied with. Further steerage on these necessities is available by way of the next hyperlinks:
1. Identification necessities
The animals are required to be recognized with an individual identification quantity via a singular closed ring hooked up to no less than one leg of the animal with a visual, legible, and indelible show of an alphanumeric code that comprises the code of the nation or territory they have been initially recognized within the format of two-letter or three-letter and a singular serial quantity.
2. Disease management motion necessities
Port of entry Landing should take place at both the Port of Larne or the Port of Belfast and the person in command of the animals should report instantly following disembarkation to a Portal Inspector and should co-operate with DAERA workers as required. Animals might not go away the Port till a Portal Inspector has authorised such departure.
Pre-notification All consignments have to be pre-notified to DAERA at both Larne or Belfast Port no less than 24 hours earlier than arrival on TRACES-NT utilizing a CHED-A. The importer or person chargeable for the consignment have to be registered on TRACES NT earlier than the motion can take place. Guidance on TRACES NT registration, pre-notification and CHED A completion will be discovered here and here.
Export well being certificates The needed well being certificates and the situations therein required for export from GB to NI will be seen here The well being certificates and the schedule have to be signed by an Official Veterinarian (OV) appointed by the suitable authority in Great Britain. Fulfilment of those situations is a matter for consideration between the exporter and their OV in GB
The institution from which the pigeons originate have to be registered with the Competent Authority in Great Britain.
The Export well being certificates consists of assurance necessities for Avian Influenza, and Newcastle Disease
Cleaning and disinfection the transport automobile have to be cleansed in order to take away all seen natural matter. It have to be disinfected with a disinfectant accredited by Defra previous to loading of the animals. During transport the technique of transport should solely comprise Racing Pigeons.
3. Welfare throughout transport necessities
This journey is classed as a business transport and as such, all necessities beneath ‘The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006’ and Council Regulation EC 1/2005 have to be complied with. Further steerage on these necessities is available by way of the next hyperlinks:
1. Disease management motion necessities
Export well being certificates Animals meant for confined institutions or unique species meant for motion into NI from GB are topic to an import licence and Export Health Certificate (EHC). The available EHCs for these kind of actions are listed and available here
Import licence An import licence have to be utilized for utilizing the applying kind available right here by emailing the totally and precisely accomplished kind to [email protected] no less than 10 days previous to meant motion. The institution approval numbers have to be registered on TRACES NT.
The import licence will state the situations beneath which the motion into NI is permitted.
Port of entry Depending on the species, touchdown should take place at both the Port of Larne or the Port of Belfast and the person in command of the animals should report instantly following disembarkation to a Portal Inspector and should co-operate with DAERA workers as required. Animals might not go away the Port till a Portal Inspector has authorised such departure.
Pre-notification All consignments have to be pre-notified to DAERA at both Larne or Belfast Port no less than 24 hours earlier than arrival on TRACES-NT utilizing a CHED-A. The importer or person chargeable for the consignment have to be registered on TRACES NT earlier than the motion can take place. Guidance on TRACES NT registration, pre-notification and CHED A completion will be discovered here and here.
At current, DAERA continues to recognise traditionally accredited balai registration numbers till a confined institution approval course of is operational in NI.
2. Useful hyperlinks
CITES: Guidance on necessities is available here
Dangerous wild animals: Guidance is available right here
Invasive alien species: Guidance is available right here, here and here
1. Disease management import necessities
Port of entry Landing should take place at both the Port of Larne or the Port of Belfast and the person in command of the animals should report instantly following disembarkation to a Portal Inspector and should co-operate with DAERA workers as required. Animals might not go away the Port till a Portal Inspector has authorised such departure.
Pre-notification All consignments of rodents have to be pre-notified to DAERA at both Larne or Belfast Port no less than 24 hours earlier than arrival on TRACES-NT utilizing a CHED-A. The importer or person chargeable for the consignment have to be registered on TRACES NT earlier than the motion can take place. Guidance on TRACES NT registration, pre-notification and CHED A completion completion will be discovered here and here
Import licence and export well being certificates Please word, for zoo or unique species, an import licence have to be utilized for, as described beneath part 5 of this web page. The needed well being certificates and the situations therein required for export from GB to NI will be seen here. The well being certificates should certify that, inside 48 hours of export to NI all of the animals described on the well being certificates have been examined and located to be wholesome, free from medical proof of infectious or contagious illness and have been match to journey. The well being certificates and the schedule have to be signed by an Official Veterinarian (OV) appointed by the suitable authority in Great Britain. Fulfilment of those situations is a matter for consideration between the exporter and their OV in GB
The well being certificates additionally comprises a requirement that the certifying Official Veterinarian (OV) should have acquired a written declaration from the person chargeable for motion that the animals is not going to be launched into the wild at any time.
GB residency The animals have both remained in GB since start, or in the event that they have been imported into GB both instantly from an EU Member State or from a 3rd nation beneath the situations no less than as strict as these set out within the certificates.
Cleaning and disinfection The transport automobile have to be cleansed in order to take away all seen natural matter. It have to be disinfected with a disinfectant accredited by Defra previous to loading of the animals. During transport the imported animals should not come into contact with animals that aren’t licensed as being of the identical well being standing.
2. Welfare throughout transport necessities
Where the journey is classed as a business transport, all necessities beneath ‘The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006’ and Council Regulation EC 1/2005 have to be complied with. Further steerage on these necessities is available by way of the next hyperlinks:
3. Useful hyperlinks
CITES: Guidance on necessities is available here
Dangerous wild animals: Guidance is available right here
Invasive alien species: Guidance is available right here, here and here
Detailed steerage on the motion necessities is available right here
1. Useful hyperlinks
CITES: Guidance on necessities is available here
Dangerous wild animals: Guidance is available right here
Invasive alien species: Guidance is available right here, here and here
Detailed steerage on the motion necessities is available right here
1. Identification necessities
Transponder or different technique of identification. Individual identification have to be used wherever doable, however within the case of small animals batch identification could also be used. A transparent hyperlink between the stay animals and the well being certificates have to be established. CITES necessities might point out the kind of identification required
2. Disease management motion necessities
Port of entry Landing should take place at both the Port of Larne or the Port of Belfast and the person in command of the animals should report instantly following disembarkation to a Portal Inspector and should co-operate with DAERA workers as required. Animals might not go away the Port till a Portal Inspector has authorised such departure.
Pre-notification All consignments of amphibians have to be pre-notified to DAERA at both Larne or Belfast Port no less than 24 hours earlier than arrival on TRACES-NT utilizing a CHED-A. The importer or person chargeable for the consignment have to be registered on TRACES NT earlier than the motion can take place. Guidance on TRACES NT registration, pre-notification and CHED A completion will be discovered here and here
Export well being certificates The needed well being certificates and the situations therein required for export from GB to NI will be seen here. The well being certificates should certify that, inside 48 hours of export to NI all of the animals described on the well being certificates have been examined and located to be wholesome, free from medical proof of infectious or contagious illness and have been match to journey. The well being certificates and the schedule have to be signed by an Official Veterinarian (OV) appointed by the suitable authority in Great Britain. Fulfilment of those situations is a matter for consideration between the exporter and their OV in GB.
Cleaning and disinfection The transport automobile have to be cleansed in order to take away all seen natural matter. It have to be disinfected with a disinfectant accredited by Defra previous to loading of the animals. During transport the imported animals should not come into contact with animals that aren’t licensed as being of the identical well being standing.
3. Welfare throughout transport necessities
Where the journey is classed as a business transport, all necessities beneath ‘The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006’ and Council Regulation EC 1/2005 have to be complied with. Further steerage on these necessities is available by way of the next hyperlinks:
4. Useful hyperlinks
CITES: Guidance on necessities is available here
Dangerous wild animals: Guidance is available right here
Invasive alien species: Guidance is available right here, here and here
1. Disease management motion necessities
Port of entry Landing should take place at both the Port of Larne or the Port of Belfast and the person in command of the animals should report instantly following disembarkation to a Portal Inspector and should co-operate with DAERA workers as required. Animals might not go away the Port till a Portal Inspector has authorised such departure
Pre-notification All consignments of amphibians have to be pre-notified to DAERA at both Larne or Belfast Port no less than 24 hours earlier than arrival on TRACES-NT utilizing a CHED-A. The importer or person chargeable for the consignment have to be registered on TRACES NT earlier than the motion can take place. Guidance on TRACES NT registration, pre-notification and CHED A completion will be discovered here and here
Export well being certificates The animals to be imported have to be accompanied by an unique well being certificates EHC 8644. The needed well being certificates and the situations therein required for export from GB to NI will be seen right here. The well being certificates should certify that, inside 48 hours of export to NI all of the animals described on the well being certificates have been examined and located to be wholesome, free from medical proof of infectious or contagious illness and have been match to journey. The well being certificates and the schedule have to be signed by an Official Veterinarian (OV) appointed by the suitable authority in Great Britain. Fulfilment of those situations is a matter for consideration between the exporter and their OV in GB
Cleaning and disinfection The transport automobile have to be cleansed in order to take away all seen natural matter. It have to be disinfected with a disinfectant accredited by Defra previous to loading of the animals. During transport the imported animals should not come into contact with animals that aren’t licensed as being of the identical well being standing.
2. Welfare throughout transport necessities
Welfare throughout transport requirement: This journey is classed as a business transport and as such, all necessities beneath ‘The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006’ and Council Regulation EC 1/2005 have to be complied with. Further steerage on these necessities is available by way of the next hyperlinks:
