Exotic pets
Travel from the European Economic Area *
* Including Andorra, Faroe Islands, Norway, Switzerland
Which animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel in Belgium with an exotic pet. Indeed, exotic pets are allowed in a maximum of 5 animals per trip as part of a non-commercial trip under certain conditions which we will explore.
What are the entry requirements?
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person having written permission from the owner to travel with the animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal must not change owners or be sold.
- In case of CITES protective measures, it may not be possible to enter or a permit may be required.
- The person traveling with the animal is responsible for it, and for being careful to follow the rules. If this is not respected, the traveler can be stopped at the border.
What documents are needed?
- No specific document is required.
Travel from a third country or another territory *
* Excluding Andorra, Faroe Islands, Norway, Switzerland
Which animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel in Belgium with an exotic pet. Indeed, exotic pets are allowed in a maximum of 5 animals per trip as part of a non-commercial trip under certain conditions which we will explore.
What are the entry requirements?
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person having written permission from the owner to travel with the animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal must not change owners or be sold.
- In case of CITES protection measures or the Species Protection Ordinance, it may not be possible to enter or a permit may be required.
- Entry is possible via authorized stations:
- Brussels national airport
- Liège Airport
- Ostend Airport
- Charleroi Airport
- Border inspection posts at Liège and Brussels national airports
- The person traveling with the animal is responsible for it, and for being careful to follow the rules. If this is not respected, the traveler can be stopped at the border.
What documents are needed?
- Import authorization requested from the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain: import@afsca.be
Ferrets
Travel from the European Union *
* Including Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican and Norway.
Which animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel in Belgium with a ferret. Indeed, ferrets are authorized as part 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 session. relationship with this type of event **) under certain conditions that we will explore. They must be at least 15 weeks old.
** Attention: Exceptions exist, please contact authorities, animals must be over six months old and the owner must be able to prove that the animal is registered to participate in such an event, or is registered with an organization that arranges such events.
What are the entry requirements?
Traveling in Belgium with a ferret requires meeting a few conditions:
- The movement of the animal must take place because the owner needs to go to Belgium.
- The move must take place a maximum of five days before or after the arrival of the owner.
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person having written permission from the owner to travel with the animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal is identified by a chip or a clearly legible tattoo
- Chip: Complies with ISO 11784 standards, using HDX or FDX-B technology, 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: Performed before rabies vaccines
- The animal has a rabies vaccine.
- The vaccine is performed by an authorized veterinarian.
- The vaccine is given when the animal is at least 12 weeks old. It is entered in the passport, as is the period of validity (a section is reserved for it).
- The vaccine is given 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 done within the validity period of the previous one. If the revaccination is not carried out within the validity period of the previous one, it is considered as primary vaccination.
- The vaccine should 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 glycoprotein of the rabies virus in a live viral vector. If administered in an EU country, the vaccine must have received marketing authorization.
What documents are needed?
Here are the necessary documents to travel to Belgium with your ferret:
- If the animal is not traveling with the owner, the person traveling with the animal must have written permission to travel with the owner. It must also have a copy of the passenger’s ticket to have proof of the passenger’s departure date.
- Animal passport issued by an authorized veterinarian.
- Animals from Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican:
Travel from a listed third country *
* Including Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Ascension, Australia, Barbados, Bahrain, Belarus, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Netherlands Antilles, Fiji, Falkland Islands, Polynesia French, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malaysia, (Special rules for Malaysia), Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Monaco, Montserrat, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Russia, Saint Helena , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican, Wallis, Futuna and Saint Lucia.
Which animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel in Belgium with a ferret. Indeed, ferrets are allowed as part of a non-commercial trip in a maximum of 5 animals per trip ** under certain conditions which we will explore. They must be at least 15 weeks old.
** Attention: Exceptions exist, please contact the authorities, in an emergency situation such as a natural disaster, a derogation may possibly be granted, however the animals will be placed in quarantine.
What are the entry requirements?
Traveling in Belgium with a ferret requires meeting a few conditions:
- The movement of the animal must take place because the owner needs to go to Belgium.
- The move must take place a maximum of five days before or after the arrival of the owner.
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person having written permission from the owner to travel with the animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal is identified by a chip or a clearly legible tattoo
- Chip: Complies with ISO 11784 standards, using HDX or FDX-B technology, 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: Performed before rabies vaccines
- The animal has a rabies vaccine.
- The vaccine is performed by an authorized veterinarian.
- The vaccine is given when the animal is at least 12 weeks old.
- It is entered in the passport, as is the period of validity (a section is reserved for it).
- The vaccine is given 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 done within the validity period of the previous one. If the revaccination is not carried out within the validity period of the previous one, it is considered as primary vaccination.
- The vaccine should 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 glycoprotein of the rabies virus in a live viral vector. If administered in an EU country, the vaccine must have received marketing authorization.
- The animal must be reported when crossing the border at a point of entry into the European Union.
- Brussels national airport
- Liège Airport
- Ostend Airport
- Charleroi Airport
- Border inspection posts at Liège and Brussels national airports
What documents are needed?
Here are the necessary documents to travel to Belgium with your ferret:
- If the animal is not traveling with the owner, the person traveling with the animal must have written permission to travel with the owner. It must also have a copy of the passenger’s ticket to have proof of the passenger’s departure date.
- All the following documents must be attached and numbered, the reference number being noted on each page, signed and stamped by the veterinarian on each page:
- Animal passport:
- Including a veterinary certificate (not necessary if there is a European passport, and valid anti-rabies vaccination)
- Completed by a licensed veterinarian
- The animal has 10 days after the completion of the certificate to travel, it can then travel 4 months from the date it will be stamped inside the EU with it, or until the rabies vaccination expires if it arrives before
- Identification certificate
- Rabies vaccination certificate
- Owner’s declaration for pets
- Health certificate: issued by an official veterinarian of the country of origin maximum 10 days before departure
Travel from an unlisted third country
Which animals are allowed?
It is possible to travel in Belgium with a ferret. Indeed, ferrets are allowed as part of a non-commercial trip in a maximum of 5 animals per trip ** under certain conditions which we will explore. They must be at least 15 weeks old.
** Attention: Exceptions exist, please contact the authorities, in an emergency situation such as a natural disaster, a derogation may possibly be granted, however the animals will be placed in quarantine.
What are the entry requirements?
Traveling in Belgium with a ferret requires meeting a few conditions:
- The movement of the animal must take place because the owner needs to go to Belgium.
- The move must take place a maximum of five days before or after the arrival of the owner.
- Transportation must be with the owner, or with another person having written permission from the owner to travel with the animals on behalf of the owner.
- The animal is identified by a chip or a clearly legible tattoo
- Chip: Complies with ISO 11784 standards, using HDX or FDX-B technology, 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: Performed before rabies vaccines
- The animal has a rabies vaccine.
- The vaccine is performed by an authorized veterinarian.
- The vaccine is given when the animal is at least 12 weeks old. It is entered in the passport, as is the period of validity (a section is reserved for it).
- The vaccine is given 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 done within the validity period of the previous one. If the revaccination is not carried out within the validity period of the previous one, it is considered as primary vaccination.
- The vaccine should 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 glycoprotein of the rabies virus in a live viral vector. If administered in an EU country, the vaccine must have received marketing authorization.
- The animal must be reported when crossing the border at a point of entry into the European Union.
- Brussels national airport
- Charleroi Airport
- Border inspection posts at Liège and Brussels national airports
- 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 Belgium.
- This is done by a licensed veterinarian.
- The collection is reported in the veterinary certificate or passport (appropriate section)
- Carried out in an approved laboratory
- The test should measure a level of neutralizing antibodies against rabies virus in serum equal to or greater 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 diagnostics and vaccines for terrestrial animals from the World Organization for Animal Health.
- The ferret must be accompanied by an original report or a certified true copy of the report from the accredited 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 within the validity period of the previous vaccination.
- Three-month period: The veterinary certificate must be issued at least 3 months after the blood collection, the anti-rabies vaccination must not expire (it must therefore be revaccinated if the old one has expired) during this period. Not applicable if it concerns the reimportation of an animal whose pet passport certifies the antibody titration carried out with a positive result before the animal leaves the importation territory or the territory of a Member state of the EU, Iceland or Norway.
What documents are needed?
Here are the necessary documents to travel to Belgium with your ferret:
- If the animal is not traveling with the owner, the person traveling with the animal must have written permission to travel with the owner. It must also have a copy of the passenger’s ticket to have proof of the passenger’s departure date.
- All the following documents must be attached and numbered, the reference number being noted on each page, signed and stamped by the veterinarian on each page:
- Animal passport:
- Including a veterinary certificate (not necessary if there is a European passport, and if the rabies vaccination does not expire during the trip abroad)
- Completed by a licensed veterinarian
- The animal has 10 days after the completion of the certificate to travel, it can then travel 4 months from the date it will be stamped inside the EU with it, or until the rabies vaccination expires if it arrives before
- Identification certificate
- Rabies vaccination certificate
- Owner’s Declaration for Pets (Form E9.204)
- Rabies antibody test result
- Health certificate: issued by an official veterinarian of the country of origin maximum 10 days before departure
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