{"id":1430,"date":"2023-09-19T21:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/animali-domestici-al-seguito\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T21:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:51:20","slug":"animali-domestici-al-seguito","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/animali-domestici-al-seguito\/","title":{"rendered":"Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<pre class=\"entry-title h3\"><\/pre>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Bringing domestic pets with you to Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Movement of Pets (Dogs, Cats and Ferrets)-New Pet Regulation, applicable from 29\/12\/2014 The new Pet Regulation and the amendment of the animal health requirements governing intra-Union trade in and imports into the Union of dogs, cats and ferrets were published on 26 June 2013 following the adoption by the European Parliament and the Council:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/IT\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32013R0576\">Regulation (EU) No 576\/2013<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/IT\/TXT\/?qid=1448336182483&amp;uri=CELEX:32013L0031\">Directive 2013\/31\/EU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the regulation, passengers may enter Italy with up to a\u00a0<strong>maximum of five pets<\/strong>\u00a0and all pets introduced in Italy from Australia,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Modulo-Certificato-veterinario-1.pdf\"><strong>must obtain an\u00a0official veterinary certificate<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0issued by a certified veterinarian in the country of origin. The issue date on the certificate should not exceed 30 days prior the departure date.\u00a0<strong>The certificate does NOT need to be authenticated or certified by this Consulate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE EUROPEAN REGULATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The regulation states that pets (or domestic animals) should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be identifiable by a clearly readable tattoo or an electronic identification system (transponder\/microchip), which provides the pet owner\u2019s name and address;<\/li>\n<li>have a valid vaccination against rabies.<\/li>\n<li>It is prohibited to introduce in Italy cats and dogs that are younger than three months of age and not vaccinated against the virus of rabies.<\/li>\n<li>Dog owners, please note that in Italy it is mandatory to use:\n<ul>\n<li>A muzzle for dogs that walk on the streets or any other open space without a leash;<\/li>\n<li>A muzzle and a leash for dogs led in public places and public transportation (article 83 of D.P.R. 320\/54 of the Veterinary Police Regulations).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>USEFUL LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salute.gov.it\/portale\/temi\/p2_6.jsp?lingua=italiano&amp;id=219&amp;area=cani&amp;menu=viaggiare\">Ministry of Health of Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsbwa.org.au\/\">Veterinary Practice Board of Western Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bringing domestic pets with you to Italy Movement of Pets (Dogs, Cats and Ferrets)-New Pet Regulation, applicable from 29\/12\/2014 The new Pet Regulation and the amendment of the animal health requirements governing intra-Union trade in and imports into the Union of dogs, cats and ferrets were published on 26 June 2013 following the adoption by [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1437,"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1430\/revisions\/1437"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consperth.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}