Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 9 June 2025.
James Wild
Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury), Opposition Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, when measures on taking pets on holiday to the EU will take effect.
Daniel Zeichner
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
As announced at the UK-EU Leaders Summit on May 19, 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone to reduce delays and paperwork at the border. Taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of getting an animal health certificate each time you travel, you will be able to get a multiuse pet passport valid for travel to the EU.
Our aim is to start talks straight away and we want to remove barriers as soon as possible.
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