Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Code Article 62 requires official veterinary sanitary examination in the exporting country and an international zoosanitary certificate issued by that authority. The 2019 live-animal provision still refers to the Code; product-certificate validity is not borrowed for pets.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Code Article 63 requires informing the competent authorities ten days before planned entry, stating species, numbers, nature, transport and border post. Confirm the current notification channel; notification is not permit approval.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Article 61 treats imports outside designated border posts as illegal. Confirm the approved port or airport and inspection service with the authority; no current operational list was obtained.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Articles 66 and 68 link onward release to an international certificate, health recognized by the border veterinary authority and prior veterinary authorization for customs entry. Confirm the personal procedure; the authorization is not automatically renamed a separate import-licence form.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Article 65 allows refusal or diagnostic quarantine for disease or nonconforming documents, with further measures under its conditions; Article 67 assigns related costs to the responsible purchaser/exporter. No fixed routine quarantine was established. Confirm the actual journey’s charges and measures.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
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
Article 64(3) requires dogs/cats from rabies-infected countries to have an inactivated rabies vaccination at least 21 days before entry, certified in the document. Current source classification was not obtained; do not apply this as a universal branch or infer exemption for other origins.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Use the destination dog/cat model currently linked by DGAV and obtain official veterinary certification. Complete owner/responsible-person and animal fields; the specimen is not an individually issued travel document.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Microchip identification is compulsory; record number, location and implantation date and link the identity to vaccination and antibody testing. The note does not state a separate ISO specification or a general tattoo alternative.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The model specifies rabies vaccination at three months of age and validity 21 days after a first vaccination. Record manufacturer/product, batch, vaccination and valid-until dates; this does not impose another 21-day wait after every booster.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The official veterinarian examines an official result from an OIE-authorized laboratory: sample at least 30 days after rabies vaccination and neutralizing antibodies at least 0.5 IU/ml. This model does not state a three-month wait after sampling.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Clinical examination must find no infectious/contagious symptoms, supported by a clinical veterinarian’s documentation. No fixed examination-to-departure interval is given; the certificate’s ten-day validity is a different condition.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The certificate must accompany supporting documentation or certified copies, including precise animal identification and vaccination data. Keep the laboratory result available for official review.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The DGAV model states ten-day certificate validity. Coordinate official issuance and travel accordingly; neither the 180-day product clause in the 2019 law nor another destination’s seven-day validity replaces it.
Only Portugal departure and non-commercial dogs/cats, with or without their owners, under the DGAV model dated 18 December 2020. Other origins need separate confirmation.
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
Confirm current private-pet authorization, source-country classifications, local notice channel, approved entry post and any added arrival measures. Portugal’s vaccine/titer model is not applied to other origins; old statutory provisions do not prove the complete current procedure.
Selected official provisions for healthy adult personal dogs and cats. Choosing a departure country does not establish residence history, admission, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual journey with the authority. The 2005 Livestock Code covers companion animals; the 2019 decree refers live-animal imports to that Code. Portugal-only medical certification is kept separate. Current implementation, permitted source regions and personal-pet authorizations require confirmation.
