🇩🇪Country requirements

Germany pet travel requirements

Germany applies the EU rules for dogs, cats and ferrets and adds a few of its own: on arrival you go through the red customs channel, where customs checks the papers and microchip for the border vets; four dog types (pit bull, American Staffordshire, Staffordshire bull and bull terrier, and their mixes) can't be brought in; and rabbits up to 3 need no extra conditions (more counts as a commercial import).

Latest check recorded: Nov 12, 2026Source: European Commission (DG SANTE) By the CollarPass team
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Pet travel at a glance — free

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Which pets can enter

  • Dog: Depends on the conditions below
  • Cat: Requirements listed below
  • Rabbit: Requirements listed below
  • Ferret: Requirements listed below
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Entering Germany

Reference requirements for this pet. Read each item's conditions: different origins, histories and entry options can require different steps. Each item links to its official source and check date.

Before you travel

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Up to 3 pet rabbits come in without extra conditions

Germany's national rules set no conditions for bringing up to 3 pet rabbits. More than 3 is treated as a commercial movement and needs a veterinary licence from the top veterinary authority of the state you enter.

Rabbits

The authority pages still cite some older EU legislation; the rabbit rule is a national German rule. More than 3 rabbits needs confirmation with the top veterinary authority of the state of entry, rather than multiplying the limit by the number of travellers.

Source: German Embassy in Russia · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV) · Checked Nov 12, 2026

How many pets can you bring?

Caps recorded for Germany can depend on the species, origin and entry conditions. Your airline can set a lower limit.

Official forms and documents

Links go to the issuing authority. We do not sell, fill in or issue official documents.

No stand-alone form is recorded for this destination. The steps above name the documents to carry.

Open the official page to download or complete the form. Requirements can change; confirm with the authority before you travel.

Official sources

Every rule above is checked against these pages. Dates show our last check, not the page's own update.

Recent rule changes

Sourced entries that affect this country.

Second data batch: entry rules for Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and the six EU countries Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands (the EU six extend the shared EU base); US and China exit coverage for these routes; new airlines Condor, Aer Lingus, ITA Airways, Iberia, TAP, Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand; and new/updated transit files for Munich, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland.

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Checked Great Britain export guidance for seven EU destinations and the USA: added AHC issuance and declarations, state-specific US certificate checks, and explicit rabbit/ferret paperwork gaps.

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Expanded destination-specific pet requirements, including origin-country branches, young-animal exemptions, official documents and entry options. Known unverified details remain clearly marked; free country summaries and personal trip reports use the same rules.

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