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Guidance on importing and exporting live animals or animal products

Collection of guidance and forms for importing and exporting live animals or animal products.

Published 12 September 2014
Last updated 21 February 2019 — see all updates

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

Guidance

This collection of guidance specifically covers importing and exporting live animals or animal products.

We also have specific guidance on pet travel: entering/returning to the UK.

Guidance for EU exit

1. Importing animals, animal products and high-risk food and feed not of animal origin if the UK leaves the EU with no deal
   • 10 April 2019
   • Guidance
2. Exporting animals, animal products, fish and fishery products if the UK leaves the EU with no deal
   • 18 April 2019
   • Guidance

Topical issues

1. Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues
   • 4 April 2019
   • Guidance

Imports from non-EU countries

1. Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries
   • 24 January 2019
   • Guidance
2. Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries: general licences and authorisations
   • 5 March 2019
   • Guidance
3. Animal pathogens and products: application for import licence
   • 25 June 2018
   • Form
4. Live animals (not pet dogs, cats, ferrets): application for import licence
   • 25 June 2018
   • Form

EU trade

1. Moving live animals or animal products as part of EU trade
   • 20 February 2019
   • Guidance
2. Assembly centre for EU trade of livestock: application
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form
3. Dealer’s premises for EU trade in sheep and goats: application
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form

Balai Directive

1. Balai Directive: moving live animals, semen and embryos
   • 11 March 2015
   • Guidance
2. Balai Directive and EU trade in animals: approved premises
   • 1 April 2019
   • Guidance
3. Balai Directive: application to import and export live animals
   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

Circus and animal acts

1. Register a travelling circus or animal act to travel in the EU
   • 1 October 2014
   • Guidance
2. Circus or animal act: registration
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form

Endangered species

1. Endangered species: imports and exports and commercial use
   • 16 January 2019
   • Guidance
2. Endangered species: application for import and export permit
   • 19 March 2018
   • Form

Non-native animals

1. Importing non-native animals
   • 17 August 2016
   • Guidance

Poultry Health Scheme

1. Poultry Health Scheme: how to register
   • 17 April 2019
   • Guidance
2. Poultry Health Scheme: list of members
   • 1 April 2019
   • Guidance

Animal pathogens

1. Bringing non-specified animal pathogens or carriers into the UK
   • 2 February 2015
   • Guidance

Artificial breeding controls

1. Bovine and boar semen collection and breeding: licence application
   • 26 March 2019
   • Form

Welfare of animals in transport

1. Live transport: welfare regulations
   • 29 August 2012
   • Guidance
2. Type 2 animal transporters: contingency plan template
   • 21 February 2019
   • Form
3. Journey logs: animal exports
   • 29 June 2017
   • Form
4. UK animal transporter: application for type 1 authorisation
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form
5. UK animal transporter: application for type 2 authorisation
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form
6. Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 2006: inspection application
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form
7. UK animal transport certificate and contingency plan for specific journey
   • 30 May 2018
   • Form
8. Animal transport: contingency plan template for specific journey
   • 8 January 2019
   • Form

Published 12 September 2014
Last updated 21 February 2019 + show all updates

1. 21 February 2019 Added guidance on importing and exporting after the UK leaves the EU
2. 16 December 2015 Removed message on flooding at Carlisle
3. 1 October 2015 Added link to new guidance on importing non-native animals
4. 24 March 2015 Added links to new guides on general imports licences and authorisations, and topical issues.
5. 12 September 2014 First published.