Non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets from other EU Member States into the Republic of Croatia

• the pet animals at the time of initiating the movement are not intended for sale, handing over to another owner or other commercial purposes;
• the pet animals are accompanied by the owner or the authorised person;
• the maximum number of pet animals during a single non-commercial movement does not exceed 5;
• pet animals older than 12 weeks are vaccinated against rabies, in accordance with the vaccine manufacturer’s instructions, which shall comply with the validity requirements set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No. 576/2013;
• pet animals are marked/identified by a transponder or a clearly readable tattoo, which was tattooed prior to 3 July 2011;
• pet animals are accompanied by:
• passport prescribed in Part 1 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 577/2013; or
• passport prescribed in Annex I to Commission Decision (EC) No. 2003/803 if it was issued prior to 29 December 2014;

What is the meaning of non-commercial movement of pet animals?

Non-commercial movement of pet animals involves the movement of up to 5 pet animals (which need not be of the same species, for instance, it can be two dogs and three cats), accompanied by the owner or other person responsible for them, provided that these pet animals, at the moment of starting the movement, are not intended for sale, handing over to another owner or for other commercial purposes. Their movement shall be reasoned by the need for movement of the owner or authorised person with whom they most often travel in the same means of transport. In accordance with the new regulations on the non-commercial movement of pet animals, the pet animal may travel temporally and/or spatially separate from the owner, i.e. in another vehicle at different times, however not longer than 5 days.
 
Ownership

Ownership of a pet animal is evidenced by a properly registered name and surname of the owner of the pet animal in the identification document (passport) accompanying a pet animal.
 
Movement of a pet animal accompanied by the authorised person

If the abovementioned pet animals do not travel to the Republic of Croatia accompanied by their owner, but the owner intends to send their pet animal to the Republic of Croatia accompanied by the authorised person, then the authorised person shall have a statement signed by the owner, which shall contain the following information:

• name and surname of the owner of the pet animal;
• statement by the owner of the pet animal authorising a natural person for non-commercial movement of the pet animal;
• name and surname of the authorised person;
• information on the identification and the number of pet animals.

• the owner or authorised person shall present to the official of the competent authority responsible for checking pet animals (customs officials of veterinary inspectors) a written evidence that the pet animals are either registered for participation in the above mentioned events or registered with the organisation that organises such events (e.g. the invitation by the event organiser shall specify the exact transponder numbers with which the pets are identified and state the title of the event with the address and date); and
• the pet animals shall be older than six months.

• in cases where the vaccine manufacturer recommended a vaccination of the pet animal on two occasions (i.e. booster dose), 21 days shall pass from the second vaccination prior to trading,
• in cases where the pet animal is vaccinated after the validity period of the previous anti-rabies vaccination has passed, 21 days shall pass after the repeated anti-rabies vaccination for the animal to be non-commercially moved between the Member States,
• in cases where the pet animal is vaccinated against rabies regularly every year in the validity period of the anti-rabies vaccination, it is not necessary to wait 21 days after the repeated anti-rabies vaccination for the animal to be non-commercially moved between Member States.

• younger than 12 weeks and unvaccinated against rabies, or
• aged between 12 and 16 weeks and are vaccinated against rabies, but do not yet meet the requirements of the valid anti-rabies vaccination, which means that 21 days have not passed from the vaccination.

• they shall be identified with a transponder,
• they are accompanied by the EU identification document (passport), provided for in Part 1 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 577/2013 containing the transponder number,
• the animals are accompanied by a statement signed by the owner or authorised person in accordance with the model set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 577/2013 that the pet animals from the birth until the moment of non-commercial movement had no contact with wild animals susceptible to rabies; or
• the pet animals are accompanied by their mother on whom they still depend, and from the identification document accompanying the mother it may be determined that prior to their birth the mother had an anti-rabies vaccine

• passport prescribed in Part 1 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 577/2013; or
• passport prescribed in Annex I to Commission Decision (EC) No. 2003/803 if it was issued prior to 29 December 2014

• location of the transponder implementation or location of the tattoo
• date of implementation or date of reading the transponder or tattoo, as well as the transponder or tattoo alphanumeric code
• name, type, breed, gender, colour, date of birth, which are indicated by the owner, as well as any special or distinctive characteristics or properties of the pet animal
• name and surname, as well as the contact information of the owner of the pet animal
• name and surname, contact information and signature of the authorised veterinarian who issued or completed the identification document
• details on the anti-rabies vaccination
• any preventive protective measures against diseases or infections other than rabies
• any other information regarding the health status of the pet animal

• present the official with an identification document for the pet animal; and
• enable the availability of the pet animal for such checks.