Keeping farmed animals – collection

Guidance on importing and exporting live animals or animal products

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

Contents

Guidance

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

We also have specific guidance on the rules for taking your pet abroad.

Topical issues

1. Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues

   • 7 July 2016
   • Detailed guide

Imports from non-EU countries

1. Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries

   • 30 November 2015
   • Detailed guide

2. Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries: general licences and authorisations

   • 27 July 2016
   • Detailed guide

3. Animal pathogens and products: application for import licence

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

4. Live animals (not pet dogs, cats, ferrets): application for import licence

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

Exports to non-EU countries

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1. Exporting live animals or animal products to non-EU countries

   • 22 August 2016
   • Detailed guide

2. Application for veterinary examination of horses over 147cms (14.2 hands) in height including foals at the foot of their dams

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

3. Export licence application for horses over 147 cm (14.2 hands) in height

   • 30 March 2011
   • Form

4. Export licence application for ponies (including horses) of 147 cms (14.2 hands) or less

   • 30 March 2011
   • Form

EU trade

1. Moving live animals or animal products as part of EU trade

   • 18 September 2015
   • Detailed guide

2. Animals, germplasm and animal products to the EU: veterinary health certification

   • 16 April 2012
   • Form

3. Poultry and hatching eggs to the EU: veterinary health certification

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

4. Equidae to the EU: veterinary health certification

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

5. Livestock to the EU: veterinary health certification

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

6. Assembly centre for EU trade of livestock: application

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

7. Dealer’s premises for EU trade in sheep and goats: application

   • 9 August 2012
   • Form

Balai Directive

1. Balai Directive: moving live animals, semen and embryos

   • 11 March 2015
   • Detailed guide

2. Balai Directive and EU trade in animals: approved premises

   • 2 November 2015
   • Guidance

3. Balai Directive: registration of premises to export animals

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

4. 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
   • Detailed guide

2. Circus or animal act: registration

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

Endangered species

1. Endangered species: imports and exports and commercial use

   • 22 September 2016
   • Detailed guide

2. Endangered species: application for import and export permit

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

Non-native animals

1. Importing non-native animals

   • 17 August 2016
   • Detailed guide

Poultry Health Scheme

1. Poultry Health Scheme: how to register

   • 1 October 2014
   • Detailed guide

2. Poultry Health Scheme: list of members

   • 1 October 2014
   • Guidance

Animal pathogens

1. Bringing non-specified animal pathogens or carriers into the UK

   • 2 February 2015
   • Detailed guide

Artificial breeding controls

1. Bovine and boar semen collection and breeding: licence application

   • 12 August 2016
   • Form

Welfare of animals in transport

1. Live transport: welfare regulations

   • 29 August 2012
   • Detailed guide

2. Type 2 animal transporters: contingency plan template

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

3. Journey logs: animal exports

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

4. UK animal transporter: application for type 1 authorisation

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

5. UK animal transporter: application for type 2 authorisation

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

6. Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 2006: inspection application

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

7. UK animal transport certificate and contingency plan for specific journey

   • 1 October 2014
   • Form

8. Animal transport: contingency plan template for specific journey

   • 29 December 2014
   • Form

• Published: 12 September 2014
• Updated: 16 December 2015

+ full page history

• 16 December 2015 1:01pm: Removed message on flooding at Carlisle
• 1 October 2015 10:16am: Added link to new guidance on importing non-native animals
• 24 March 2015 5:36pm: Added links to new guides on general imports licences and authorisations, and topical issues.
• 12 September 2014 12:00am: First published.

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