๐ Send a pet abroad
What you need, country by country, and who can help: transporters, shared trips and shelters doing international adoptions.
๐ก In short, before anything else
There are two legal ways. One: the adopter comes to Romania, adopts the animal, the passport is put in their name and they travel home with it. This is non-commercial travel, with no TRACES and up to 5 animals. Two: the animal travels without its new owner, through an association and a transporter. This counts as a commercial movement, even if nobody makes a profit and even if the adoption fee only covers costs. It needs an official DSVSA certificate in TRACES, a clinical exam within 48 hours, departure from an approved centre and an authorised transporter. A private person without an approved centre cannot send an animal to an adopter abroad on their own. EU rules for non-commercial travel are in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/131, applicable from 22 April 2026, which replaced Regulation 576/2013.
Where is the animal going?
๐ฉ๐ช Germany๐ฆ๐น Austria๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands๐ธ๐ช Sweden๐ซ๐ฎ Finland๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark๐ณ๐ด Norway๐จ๐ญ Switzerland๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom๐ฏ๐ต Japan
๐ Quick check: is it possible? ยท ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
๐ What you need: ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
- Basic papers: chip, rabies vaccine at least 21 days before, passport. The animal must be at least 15 weeks old.
- Through an association: DSVSA certificate in TRACES, one per destination address. An authorised transporter is also needed.
- The association needs a Dutch registration number (UBN) from RVO.
- Within 14 days of arrival a Dutch vet registers the dog under the association's number. Then the association reports the handover and the adopter reports the adoption.
โ ๏ธ Watch out
- Animals under 15 weeks cannot enter.
- Only a vet can make the registration. The association can authorise the adopter in writing to take the dog to the vet.
Steps common to all EU countries
- ISO microchip, implanted before the rabies vaccine.
- Rabies vaccine given at 12 weeks or older. It becomes valid after 21 days, so the animal is at least about 15 weeks old when it leaves.
- EU pet passport issued by an authorised vet, with the chip and the vaccine recorded.
- Dogs must be registered in RECS (the Romanian dog register).
- If the animal travels without its new owner: clinical exam no more than 48 hours before departure and an official certificate from the Romanian veterinary authority (DSVSA), sent through the EU TRACES system.
- The animal leaves from a shelter or centre approved by DSVSA for EU dispatch. If it goes through a collection centre, it stays there at least 48 hours.
- Transport is done by an authorised animal transporter (Regulation EC 1/2005).
- In the destination country, the adopter registers the animal in the national register within the local deadline.
๐ Scheduled trips
Transporters heading abroad who still have room. Share the trip, pay less.
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๐ Transporters to ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
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๐ Shelters doing adoptions to ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
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Official sources: European Commission: movements of dogs and cats within the EU ยท NVWA: importing dogs and cats ยท RVO: registration of dogs imported by rescues ยท NVWA: travelling from EU countries to the Netherlands ยท European Commission: movements of dogs and cats within the EU ยท European Commission: travelling with a pet within the EU ยท European Commission: young animals ยท Romanian ANSVSA Order 10/2024 (approved establishments for intra-EU trade)
Indicative information from official sources, October 2026. Rules change often: always confirm with the Romanian veterinary authority (DSVSA) and the destination country.
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