Gesundheitszeugnis für Tiere beantragen

Live animals and products thereof to be moved into the EU within the EU or from a third country must meet specific animal health requirements.

Live animals and products from them that are to be moved into the EU within the EU or from a third country must meet specific animal health requirements. This prevents the introduction of animal diseases into the EU or the spread of animal diseases from one EU country to another EU country. An official health certificate confirms that the animal(s) to be moved and the products thereof comply with these specific health requirements. Where models or forms are prescribed for certificates and these provide for alternatives, the existence of at least one of the alternatives must be certified in each case.

The authority ensures the identity, i.e. the conformity of the animal health certificate with the animal(s) as well as the products thereof itself in the veterinary office or on site. An appointment can also be made by telephone.

The veterinary and food control office (specialized service) responsible for the place of residence shall specify the documents that must accompany the animal(s) to be moved and the products thereof.

Intra-Community movement, import, export and transit are subject: To notification, authorization, presentation to the competent authority or examination, and to requirements under which live animals are kept, handled or moved, dead animals or parts of animals are handled or moved, or products are obtained, handled or moved, to compliance with requirements for means of transport by which the animals, their parts or the products are moved, to the presentation or accompaniment of certain certificates, to certain marking, to approval or registration of the establishments from which live or dead animals, parts of dead animals or the products are obtained or into which they are moved.

Issuance of an official veterinary health certificate for one animal, several animals (collective certificate), a herd or an area on the basis of the animal disease law in the context of national movement (domestic traffic) including movement from restricted areas, observation areas, protection or control zones as well as for feeding markets, auctions and exhibitions: EUR 15.00 - 100.00

For import:

• The application for the issuance of a health certificate is made electronically in the database system "TRACES NT".
• To access TRACES-NT, an "EU login" is required For this purpose, the importer must register once and will be activated by the competent authority.
• The animals are imported into Germany via a border control authorized for the import of animals.
• All required veterinary examination and treatment certificates must be presented.

For export:

• The exporter is obliged to comply with the laws, regulations, standards and procedural and import requirements applicable in the importing country.
• This results in the obligation of the operator to obtain the relevant current requirements of the third country if necessary and to submit them to the certifying officer for examination.
• When exporting animals, the examination of the animals in the authority or on site by an official veterinarian is required. This must certify compliance with the respective requirements necessary for the third country.
• Certain third countries permit exports to their territory only from establishments that are already known there through prior registration or approval and have been included in appropriate lists of registered or approved establishments.
• Official listing procedures are subject to establishments having to register with the authorities of the third country and/or be officially listed. As a rule, officially confirmed export applications must be submitted for this purpose, in which in many cases compliance with the requirements specified by the third country must also be certified.
• After the applications have been checked by the authorities of the third country and, if applicable, an on-site inspection has been successfully carried out, the companies are approved and listed for export by the respective third country and can then export.

within 48 hours

Registration 24 hours before

An animal health certificate is required as an accompanying document prior to the movement of animals and goods of animal origin.

Locally responsible veterinary and food control office