Know which authority said what.
Read the original sources behind twelve document guides between Canada, France, Great Britain and the United States. This is a reading list, not an approved route database.
48 distinct original sources across 5 authority and carrier groups. Repeated URLs appear only once. No source listing authorises a journey.
A guide view shows the sources registered for that explainer. It is not a complete list of requirements for your pet. Source dates and warnings still apply. Guide links open the matching view; your reading choice is not saved.
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European Union institutions
EU pet-entry rules, country classifications, legal texts and designated laboratories.
- EU Regulation 2026/131: non-commercial pet movementResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- EU Regulation 2026/132: passport issuing and older modelsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- EU Regulation 2026/636: country listing classificationResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- EU Regulation 2026/705: certificate models and annexesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- European Commission: bringing pets from outside the EUResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Great Britain authorities
GOV.UK and APHA entry documents, operator lists and veterinary controls. Great Britain excludes Northern Ireland.
- APHA: 2023 guidance notes for Canada certificate 2923Research checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Notes revised 30 October 2023 contain historical UK-return passport wording. Read the current GB document table and actual records; the old sentence is not present-day return permission.
- APHA: 2024 veterinary notes for dog certificate 8860Research checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Guidance notes dated 26 July 2024, not newly published today. Read with the applicable certificate and current state requirements; Hawaii recommendation is not individual entry approval.
- APHA: Canada cat and dog certificate 2923Research checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- APHA: official approved pet carriers and routes registerResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Parent publication date may differ from air and sea/rail detail-page editions.
- APHA: US-state-specific dog certificate 8860Research checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
For certain US states, such as Massachusetts; not a certificate automatically required for every US-bound pet or a substitute for CDC dog documentation.
- Defra: 2026 EU travel changes for GB pet ownersResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- GOV.UK: animal health certificate for travel to the EUResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- GOV.UK: conditions for returning to Great Britain with an AHCResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
The AHC detail and document list use different return-date anchors. Ask APHA before relying on a boundary date.
- GOV.UK: EU-issued pet passport requirementsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- GOV.UK: general non-EU pet export paperworkResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
General EHC wording and US-specific certificate 8860 have different scope; actual species, state and carrier documents must be checked separately.
- GOV.UK: Great Britain pet health certificateResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
GOV.UK uses certificate issue for its ten-day entry condition; US APHIS separately describes private signature and endorsement. Do not silently treat these events as identical.
- GOV.UK: permitted pet entry routes and transport modesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- GOV.UK: pet checks on return to Great BritainResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- GOV.UK: tapeworm treatment for dogsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- GOV.UK: which document is needed to enter Great BritainResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
The document list uses AHC issue date; the AHC detail uses EU-entry date. GB return timing needs clarification.
United States authorities
USDA APHIS export and import guidance, plus CDC dog and cat entry requirements.
- CDC: animal entry requirements, including catsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- CDC: bringing or returning a dog to the United StatesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- CDC: dog entry from rabies-free or low-risk countriesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Only applies to dogs with exclusively low-risk or rabies-free six-month history. Other agencies, destination and carrier requirements remain separate.
- CDC: foreign-vaccinated dogs with high-risk country historyResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Foreign-vaccinated/high-risk pathway, including cases without accepted US-return evidence. Confirm documents, facility and arrival airport; a valid titer does not remove ordinary pet facility services.
- CDC: US-vaccinated dogs returning after high-risk country visitsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Conditional US-vaccinated/high-risk branch. Prepare the specific endorsed CDC vaccination form before US departure; a current EU export certificate is not a substitute.
- USDA APHIS: domestic pet-cat import requirementsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- USDA APHIS: GB certificate selector including dogsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- USDA APHIS: GB certificate selector without dogsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Cats/ferrets-only selector also repeats dog-treatment wording. GOV.UK scopes tapeworm treatment to dogs; copied text is not a cat requirement.
- USDA APHIS: October 2026 EU certificate specimenResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Informational specimen, not a usable travel certificate. Use the issuing veterinarian and APHIS workflow for the completed document.
- USDA APHIS: pet import and destination-state requirementsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- USDA APHIS: pet travel from the United States to FranceResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
For separate owner/pet travel, the APHIS page describes designee travel after the owner, while the Commission describes before or after. Confirm an earlier-pet arrangement with APHIS and the EU entry authority.
- USDA APHIS: preparing US-to-GB pet certificatesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- USDA APHIS: US-to-Canada dog and cat record branchesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
The APHIS headings say older/younger than eight months; the Canadian reference uses eight months or older. An exact-boundary case needs actual authority review, not an inferred result.
Canadian authorities
CFIA veterinary and document-endorsement procedures.
- CFIA: Canadian companion guidance for US-bound dogsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Page modified 1 August 2024 gives blanket high-risk-history advice. CDC now distinguishes vaccination branches; the Canada guide discloses the scope difference and clears no high-risk-history crossing.
- CFIA: destination-specific pet export certificatesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Generic export wording does not override a destination-specific instruction, such as CFIA's no-endorsement statement for US-bound domestic-cat records.
- CFIA: domestic dog and cat import evidence rulesResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Different domestic-cat and dog age/accompaniment branches; country-residence evidence is not inferred from the last departure. No individual entry decision.
- CFIA: EU certificate signature and endorsement instructionsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
CFIA starts its ten-day instruction at the Canadian licensed-veterinarian signature. The French June 2026 note separately describes official issue or competent-authority endorsement; do not merge these events.
- CFIA: HA3149 Great Britain certificate specimen (2021)Research checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
HA3149 is marked amended 5 August 2021. An older specimen date alone does not prove withdrawal; ask the Canadian veterinarian and CFIA which current form they supply.
- CFIA: non-commercial pet export from Canada to the EUResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- CFIA: ordinary non-commercial pet export to Great BritainResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- CFIA: selecting the Canadian personal-pet entry branchResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
The selector needs the actual species, dog age, purpose, accompaniment and country. PetWaymark has not recorded an individual selector result.
- CFIA: US-bound domestic-cat veterinary recordsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- CFIA: veterinary export endorsement appointmentsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
French authorities
French customs border and pet declaration guidance, plus official dog-category restrictions.
- French Customs: third-country pet checks and EU returnResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
- French Customs: travelling with pets from Great BritainResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Current GB-resident AHC advice agrees with GOV.UK, but the pages describe different historical starting dates for passport restrictions.
- French DGAL: June 2026 pet-entry information noteResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
June 2026 information note: focused first-four-page reading only. Official-issue/endorsement clock and conditional EU passport return are not an individual deadline or approval.
- Service Public: France category 1 and category 2 dogsResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
Category classification and conditions need individual review; this page does not clear a dog for entry.
- Service Public: preparing pet travel from FranceResearch checked: · Official authorityOriginal source ↗
General French traveller guidance. Its passport and return wording does not decide individual GB entry documents, residence or France re-entry conditions.
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