EU pet documents and the separate restrictions on certain dog categories.
Documents and identification
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
For the ordinary EU-origin branch, the pet must have valid EU pet-passport and rabies records and identification by microchip, or a clearly legible tattoo made before 3 July 2011. A non-EU vaccination booklet is not an EU pet passport.
Selected non-commercial EU-origin entry requirements for dogs and cats, with a valid EU passport and at most five pets. Check owner travel and any additional preventive health measures. Other origins, commercial movement and individual exceptions need separate assessment.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
For the EU-origin branch, France states a minimum age of 15 weeks. The first rabies vaccine must be given at 12 weeks or older after identification and becomes valid three weeks later; boosters must maintain the vaccine’s required schedule.
Selected non-commercial EU-origin entry requirements for dogs and cats, with a valid EU passport and at most five pets. Check owner travel and any additional preventive health measures. Other origins, commercial movement and individual exceptions need separate assessment.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
France prohibits entry, including transit, of dogs legally classified as category 1 attack dogs. Category 2 dogs have separate conditions. Classification depends on legal definitions, pedigree and morphology; do not decide eligibility from a casual breed label.
Selected non-commercial entry rules. EU document rules below apply to EU departures; non-EU arrivals and legally classified dog categories require separate review.
