Selected US-origin non-commercial requirements from the published 2016 entry guidance; current timing and format need confirmation.
Identification
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage
Use a microchip. A clearly readable tattoo applied before 3 July 2011 is the published exception; its application date must be established.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only US-origin adult personal dogs/cats, at most five, accompanying the owner or responsible person. US is in the published 2012 Annex IV Part B. The September 2026 announcement concerns exports from BiH to the EU, not imports into BiH. No 2026 EU certificate or blanket antibody exemption is substituted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage
An authorised veterinarian administers rabies vaccine from twelve weeks of age, after or on the day the transponder is implanted or read.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only US-origin adult personal dogs/cats, at most five, accompanying the owner or responsible person. US is in the published 2012 Annex IV Part B. The September 2026 announcement concerns exports from BiH to the EU, not imports into BiH. No 2026 EU certificate or blanket antibody exemption is substituted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage
For Part B, an official veterinarian issues a health certificate recording identification, rabies and blood-sampling details. It is valid ten days from issue to documentary/identity checks at the designated entry point; confirm the accepted current model.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only US-origin adult personal dogs/cats, at most five, accompanying the owner or responsible person. US is in the published 2012 Annex IV Part B. The September 2026 announcement concerns exports from BiH to the EU, not imports into BiH. No 2026 EU certificate or blanket antibody exemption is substituted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage
Use a travellers’ entry point designated by BiH and contact the competent authority there for documentary and identity checks. Do not use the old page to infer an up-to-date airport list.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only US-origin adult personal dogs/cats, at most five, accompanying the owner or responsible person. US is in the published 2012 Annex IV Part B. The September 2026 announcement concerns exports from BiH to the EU, not imports into BiH. No 2026 EU certificate or blanket antibody exemption is substituted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage
Keep this selected accompanied non-commercial pathway to at most five pets; the page sends more than five to the separate import procedures.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only US-origin adult personal dogs/cats, at most five, accompanying the owner or responsible person. US is in the published 2012 Annex IV Part B. The September 2026 announcement concerns exports from BiH to the EU, not imports into BiH. No 2026 EU certificate or blanket antibody exemption is substituted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The 2016 page specifies a twenty-one-day primary-vaccine wait in Part A but omits that sentence in Part B, while Part B asks for blood-sampling details. Confirm current US-origin vaccination timing, antibody applicability and certificate model with the Veterinary Office; omission is not a waiver.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only US-origin adult personal dogs/cats, at most five, accompanying the owner or responsible person. US is in the published 2012 Annex IV Part B. The September 2026 announcement concerns exports from BiH to the EU, not imports into BiH. No 2026 EU certificate or blanket antibody exemption is substituted.
