BRUSSELS PUSHES FOR PET PASSPORT HARMONISATION IN EUROPEAN UNION
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is pushing for Britain and Ireland to adopt the same rabies protection measures in place for other European Union (EU) member states - other than Finland and Sweden, which also have tougher controls. In a review of the EU's current pet movement health checks mandated by EU regulation EC/998/2003, Brussels has concluded that "provided that protective immunity has been established and maintained by administration of an authorised vaccine...a valid vaccination should be the sole requirement for pets to travel to all ...
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