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Taking a dog or cat out of Luxembourg

Exit rules verifiedLimited official guidanceChecked 2026-10-10Authority: Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration

The steps the authorities in Luxembourg require before your pet leaves, mostly the health certificate and who has to sign or endorse it. The destination adds its own requirements on top: pick it below, or make a dated plan.

Limited official guidance. Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. The portal gives no deadline or fee for the certificate or for ALVA's authentication: book the appointment early and ask ALVA what your destination needs.

The steps

  1. Official stamp

    Your vet issues the health certificate; ALVA's official vets can authenticate it by appointment

    Applies when: you do not travel to any EU country, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City

    If the destination asks for a veterinary certificate on the animal's health (an 'animal health certificate'), your own vet can issue it. ALVA's official vets (animal health and welfare department) can then authenticate the certificate and the details in the EU pet passport, after an inspection, with a stamp and their signature: you must book an appointment.

    Details and the official words

    The portal gives no deadline for how recent the certificate must be: the destination's own requirements decide.

    “Wird eine tierärztliche Bescheinigung über den Gesundheitszustand (animal health certificate) des Tieres verlangt, so kann diese vom behandelnden Tierarzt ausgestellt werden.”

    “Die offiziellen Tierärzte der ALVA, Abteilung für Tiergesundheit und Tierwohl, können, nach Terminvereinbarung, dieses Gesundheitszertifikat und die Angaben im Heimtierausweis nach einer Kontrolle mit einem Stempel und ihrer Unterschrift beglaubigen.”

Good to know

  • Each country sets its own entry rules for pets, so find out from the destination's authorities, in good time, which documents your pet needs.When: You do not travel to any EU country, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City
  • If the destination asks for a rabies antibody titer test, contact your own vet, who arranges the blood sample.When: You do not travel to any EU country, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City
  • To come back from other non-EU countries the pet has to have the rabies antibody titer test before it leaves the EU, and your vet must enter the result in the EU pet passport before it leaves.When: You do not travel to any EU country, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City
  • Planning to bring your pet back to the EU? After a short stay in a non-EU country you can skip the 3-month wait after the rabies blood test, but only if, before you leave the EU, your pet was vaccinated against rabies, passed a successful titer test, and your vet recorded both in its EU pet passport. So do the blood test before you go.When: You do not travel to any EU country, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City

Where are you taking your pet?

Routes from Luxembourg where we cover both sides.