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🌍 Send a pet abroad

What you need, country by country, and who can help: transporters, shared trips and shelters doing international adoptions.

💡 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?

🇩🇪 Germany🇦🇹 Austria🇳🇱 Netherlands🇸🇪 Sweden🇫🇮 Finland🇩🇰 Denmark🇳🇴 Norway🇨🇭 Switzerland🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇯🇵 Japan

🔎 Quick check: is it possible? · 🇫🇮 Finland

📋 What you need: 🇫🇮 Finland

  1. Basic papers: chip, rabies vaccine at least 21 days before, passport.
  2. Dogs: treatment against fox tapeworm (Echinococcus) given by a vet 1 to 5 days (24 to 120 hours) before entering Finland and recorded in the passport.
  3. Through an association: DSVSA certificate in TRACES, exam within 48 hours. The certificate is valid for 10 days.
  4. On arrival, the receiver checks the papers and must not pass the animal on until everything is in order.
  5. The dog must be entered in the Finnish dog register within 4 weeks and before it is handed to the adopter. The fee is 10 euros online.

⚠️ Watch out

  • Dogs and cats under 6 months may not be brought to Finland to be passed on within 4 months. For adoptions through an association, send animals older than 6 months.
  • The Echinococcus treatment cannot be done at the border.
  • An illegal import is a crime: the animal may be returned, quarantined or put down at the importer's cost.
Steps common to all EU countries
  1. ISO microchip, implanted before the rabies vaccine.
  2. 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.
  3. EU pet passport issued by an authorised vet, with the chip and the vaccine recorded.
  4. Dogs must be registered in RECS (the Romanian dog register).
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Transport is done by an authorised animal transporter (Regulation EC 1/2005).
  8. In the destination country, the adopter registers the animal in the national register within the local deadline.

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Official sources: Finnish Food Authority: trade of dogs and cats between EU countries · Finnish Food Authority: import ban on puppies and kittens under 6 months · Finnish Food Authority: dog register FAQ · European Commission: travelling with a pet within the EU · European Commission: movements of dogs and cats within the EU · European Commission: travelling with a pet within the EU · European Commission: young animals · 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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