From continental France/Corsica: explicit Guyane rabies obligation and French vaccination documentation rules obtained.
Vaccination and health
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Article 3 of the Guyane order expressly requires rabies vaccination for domestic carnivores introduced from continental France or Corsica. The January 2008 order was repealed and is not the basis used here.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
For vaccination performed in France, use a sanitary veterinarian or the legally specified exception and an inactivated rabies vaccine authorised for the market.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Follow the authorised vaccine manufacturer’s primary/booster protocol and veterinarian-recorded validity. The former universal one-year primary limit was removed by the 2018 amendment.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Primary rabies certification becomes valid at least 21 days after the manufacturer’s protocol is completed. Booster certification takes effect on issue; the veterinarian records vaccination and validity dates. Confirm any lapse separately.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The consolidated French order records domestic-carnivore rabies vaccination in the pet passport’s section V, with the sanitary veterinarian’s registration number. Blue/pink livestock certificates are not the dog/cat format.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
In Guyane’s public roads and places open to the public, be able to produce identification and valid rabies documentation when the policing authority requests it. This is not a separate fixed arrival-quarantine period.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
Third-country entry remains unresolved: earlier APHIS guidance describes three pets and no endorsed international certificate, while DGAL’s June 2026 EU note uses five and official certification. Confirm territorial application, current passport model, identification and any additional route conditions with Guyane authorities. Symptomatic/bite surveillance is not routine arrival quarantine.
Selected rabies and documentation conditions for healthy adult private dogs/cats introduced from continental France or Corsica, without third-country transit. FR here means this route, not all French overseas territories. Legifrance’s consolidated September/October 2008 orders were read; this is not a complete entry protocol, carrier approval or third-country pathway.
