Spain Pet Import Requirements

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

The ordinary non-commercial scope covers up to five pets, no sale or ownership transfer, and travel with the owner or an authorised person. If transported separately, the owner must make the same journey within five days before or after the pet. An authorised person needs the owner’s written authorisation. Documented event exceptions are outside this summary.

Non-commercial entry into Spain from another EU member state or a region that MAPA explicitly treats as equivalent (including Norway and Northern Ireland). At most five animals, owner/authorised-person travel and valid documents must be checked. Independent commercial cargo and reciprocal entry into the departure country are not covered.

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

For non-commercial entry to Spain from another EU state or a region explicitly treated as equivalent by MAPA, dogs and cats need a microchip (or a still-legible tattoo applied before 3 July 2011), valid rabies vaccination and a valid European pet passport. Complete the owner, animal description, marking, passport issue and rabies vaccination sections. Other third-country certificate branches are assessed separately.

Non-commercial entry into Spain from another EU member state or a region that MAPA explicitly treats as equivalent (including Norway and Northern Ireland). At most five animals, owner/authorised-person travel and valid documents must be checked. Independent commercial cargo and reciprocal entry into the departure country are not covered.

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

Spain does not allow the unvaccinated-young-animal exception. The minimum vaccination age is 12 weeks; allow at least 21 days after completion of the primary course. The ministry states a minimum entry age of 15 weeks. Valid on-time boosters follow the applicable vaccination-validity rules.

Non-commercial entry into Spain from another EU member state or a region that MAPA explicitly treats as equivalent (including Norway and Northern Ireland). At most five animals, owner/authorised-person travel and valid documents must be checked. Independent commercial cargo and reciprocal entry into the departure country are not covered.

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

For the ministry’s third-country certificate branch, obtain the EU-model animal health certificate signed by an official veterinarian, at least in Spanish, the corresponding declaration, and certified identification/vaccination records. This summary does not replace the separate valid-passport or equivalent-territory branches.

Non-EU branch only. Confirm the origin category under the current EU list, passport exceptions and approved entry points with MAPA. This branch is not offered as a completed checklist.

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

For origins not listed in Annexes I or II of Regulation (EU) 2026/636, an authorised-laboratory rabies antibody test is required, with at least 0.5 IU/ml. Following primary vaccination, sampling is at least 30 days later; the legal text separately covers an ongoing valid vaccination series. Consult the current country lists and certificate procedure.

Non-EU branch only. Confirm the origin category under the current EU list, passport exceptions and approved entry points with MAPA. This branch is not offered as a completed checklist.