Travel from the European Union *
* Including EEA, Switzerland
What animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel to Austria with a cat. Indeed, cats are authorized within the framework of a non-commercial trip in a maximum of 5 animals per trip (except if the purpose of the trip is to attend a competition, a show, a sporting event or a training in relationship with this type of event **) under certain conditions that we will explore. There is no minimum age.
** Attention: Exceptions exist, please contact the authorities, animals must be over six months old.
What are the entry requirements?
Traveling to Austria with a cat requires fulfilling a few conditions:
- The movement of the animal must take place because the owner has to go to Austria.
- The displacement must take place maximum five days before or after the arrival of the owner.
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person with the owner’s written permission to travel with animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal is identified via a clearly legible chip or tattoo
- Chip: Complies with ISO 11784 standards, using HDX or FDX-B technology, which can be read with a chip reader conforming to 11785 standards. If this is not possible, the owner must provide a chip reader capable of reading the chip.
- Tattoo: Accepted if done before July 3, 2011
- Identification: Carried out before the rabies vaccines
- The animal has a rabies vaccine.
- The vaccine is carried out by an authorized veterinarian.
- The vaccine is given when the animal is at least 12 weeks old. It is carried in the passport, just like the period of validity (a section is reserved there).
- The vaccine is produced after identification.
- Validity: The vaccine is valid 21 days after the end of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for a primary vaccination. During a revaccination, there is no waiting period if it is carried out during the validity period of the previous one. If the revaccination is not carried out during the period of validity of the previous one, it is considered as primary vaccination.
- The vaccine must be either an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (recommendation of the World Health Organization), or a recombinant vaccine expressing the immunizing rabies virus glycoprotein in a living viral vector. If administered in an EU country, the vaccine must have received marketing authorization.
What documents are required?
Here are the documents necessary to travel to Austria with your cat:
- A declaration from the owner or an authorized person, attesting that the transport is not for commercial purposes.
- If the pet is not traveling with the owner, the person traveling with the pet must have written permission to travel with the pet.
- The veterinary certificate must be at least in English or German.
- Animal passport issued by an authorized veterinarian.
- It gives details about: identification, description of the animal, ownership, details of the veterinarian who issued it, information on rabies vaccine, and echinococcal treatment
- It is in line with the model: Part 1 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 577/2013
Specifications for young animals up to 12 weeks:
- Importation without a rabies vaccine is possible if a certificate is filled in by the new owner stating that they have been detained since birth without contact with wild animals. The other conditions above must of course be fulfilled.
Specifications for animals 12-16 weeks of age:
- The animal must be vaccinated against rabies. The waiting period of 21 days between vaccination and entry into Austria is not compulsory if the animals are accompanied by a certificate filled in by the (new) owner attesting that they have been kept since birth without having contact with wild animals. The other conditions above must of course be fulfilled.
Travel from a third country or another territory
What animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel to Austria with a cat. Indeed, cats are authorized within the framework of a non-commercial trip in a maximum of 5 animals per trip (except if the purpose of the trip is to attend a competition, a show, a sporting event or a training in relationship with this type of event *) under certain conditions that we will explore. There is no minimum age.
* Attention: Exceptions exist, please contact the authorities, animals must be over six months old.
What are the entry requirements?
Traveling to Austria with a cat requires fulfilling a few conditions:
- The movement of the animal must take place because the owner has to go to Austria.
- The displacement must take place maximum five days before or after the arrival of the owner.
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person with the owner’s written permission to travel with animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal is identified via a clearly legible chip or tattoo
- Chip: Complies with ISO 11784 standards, using HDX or FDX-B technology, which can be read with a chip reader conforming to 11785 standards. If this is not possible, the owner must provide a chip reader capable of reading the chip.
- Tattoo: Accepted if done before July 3, 2011
- Identification: Carried out before the rabies vaccines
- The animal has a rabies vaccine.
- The vaccine is carried out by an authorized veterinarian.
- The vaccine is given when the animal is at least 12 weeks old. It is carried in the passport or the vertical of health, just like the period of validity (a section is reserved there).
- The vaccine is produced after identification.
- Validity: The vaccine is valid 21 days after the end of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for a primary vaccination. During a revaccination, there is no waiting period if it is carried out during the validity period of the previous one. If the revaccination is not carried out during the period of validity of the previous one, it is considered as primary vaccination.
- The vaccine must be either an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (recommendation of the World Health Organization), or a recombinant vaccine expressing the immunizing rabies virus glycoprotein in a living viral vector.
- The animal must be presented to customs, if necessary, it will be presented to a veterinarian. (red exit)
- Entry is possible via:
- Vienna-Schwechat Airport;
- Salzburg Airport;
- Linz Airport;
- Innsbruck Airport,
- Graz-Thalerhof Airport;
- Klagenfurt Airport;
- Customs point to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
- Specific conditions apply to Malaysia.
- Rabies antibody test performed **
- The test is performed on a blood sample taken at least 30 days after the date of vaccination and at least three months before entering Austria.
- This is done by an authorized veterinarian.
- Collection is reported in the veterinary certificate or passport (appropriate section)
- Performed in an approved laboratory
- The test must measure a level of neutralizing antibodies against the rabies virus in the serum equal to or higher than 0.5 IU / ml and using a method prescribed in the relevant part of the chapter on rabies in the Manual of tests for World Organization for Animal Health terrestrial animal diagnostics and vaccines.
- The cat must be accompanied by an original report or a certified copy of the report from the approved laboratory on the results of the anti-rabies antibody test.
- It is not necessary to repeat the test after a satisfactory result provided that the pet is revaccinated during the period of validity of the previous vaccination.
- Three-month period: not applicable if it is the re-importation of an animal whose pet passport attests the antibody titration carried out with a positive result before the animal leaves the import territory or the territory of an EU member state, Iceland or Norway.
** Except for animals coming from third countries or territories listed in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 for which the test is not required. Except for animals coming from EEA countries or third countries or territories listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 which transit through unlisted third countries or territories (the owner or authorized person must provide a signed information saying that, during this transit, the domestic animal the animals had no contact with animals susceptible to rabies and remain safe in a means of transport or in the perimeter of an international airport, model available on site) for whom testing is not required.
What documents are required?
Here are the documents necessary to travel to Austria with your cat:
- A declaration in German and English in capital letters from the owner or an authorized person, attesting that the transport is not for commercial purposes.
- If the pet is not traveling with the owner, the person traveling with the pet must have written permission to travel with the pet.
- The veterinary certificate must be at least in English or German.
- Completed by an authorized veterinarian
- Signed and stamped by the veterinarian
- It must not be older than 10 days
- It can be used to travel up to 4 months in the European Union.
- When a new rabies vaccination is necessary, the certificate must be renewed
- Identification document issued by an authorized veterinarian.
- It gives details about: identification, description of the animal, ownership, details of the veterinarian who issued it, information on rabies vaccine, and echinococcal treatment
- It is in accordance with the model: Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 577/2013
- Passport: Complies with model Annex III, part 1, of Regulation (EU) No 577/2013
- Passport to a country of the European Union before December 29, 2014: Complies with the decision model 2003/803 / EC.
Specifications for young animals up to 12 weeks:
- Importation without rabies vaccine for animals from third countries or territories listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is possible if a certificate is filled in by the new owner stating that they have been kept since their birth without having contact with wild animals. The other conditions above must of course be fulfilled.
For more information and all conditions, please contact the authorities.
