Britons still face EU red tape when traveling with their furry friends amid ongoing pet passport row
- Eurocrats reject UK’s latest bid to recognize UK pet passport
- Brussels won’t allow UK pets into the EU without a vet certificate
- These certificates can cost up to £180 and are only valid for four months
Eurocrats have rejected Britain’s latest bid to have UK pet passports recognized, meaning holidaymakers still face Brexit red tape when they travel across the bloc.
Leaked minutes of last month’s talks show Brussels will not allow British pets to travel to the EU without a veterinary certificate.
They can cost up to £180 and are only valid for four months, so regular travelers have to cough up more than once.
Eurocrats have rejected Britain’s latest bid to have UK pet passports recognized, meaning holidaymakers still face Brexit red tape when traveling across the bloc.
According to memos from a meeting last month seen by the Daily Mail, EU officials rejected a demand from British negotiators that the EU recognize its own pet passport.
Brussels said such recognition is ‘only available to non-EU countries that are dynamically aligned with the EU animal health regime or are working towards such dynamic alignment’.
British officials said UK animal health regulations already meet the bloc’s standards as they have not changed since Brexit. An exception has already been granted for guide dogs.
