🇩🇪 Bringing pets to Germany
EU pet passport accepted intra-EU. Non-EU: microchip + rabies vaccination + 21-day wait. Tapeworm treatment for dogs entering GB / Ireland / Malta.
Preparation timeline
- Total preparation
- 1 months
- Rabies status
- rabies-controlled
- Microchip required
- Yes (ISO 15-digit)
- Rabies vaccination
- Yes
- Antibody titre test
- Not required
- Wait after titre / vaccination
- 21 days
- Post-entry quarantine
- None if paperwork correct
Authority + permit
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
https://www.bmel.de/EN/topics/animals/animal-welfare/pet-travel.html →
Species covered
dog, cat, ferret
Last verified 2026-04-28.