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Can a UK vet give a jab for a French pet passport?
Rabies jabs required for pet passports should not be administered by a UK vet now the UK has fully left the EU, as a French pet passport is an EU document
Reader question: My dog is due to have her rabies injection but I am stuck in England and cannot get back to France. Can a UK vet enter details of an injection into her French pet passport?
Unfortunately, no, a UK vet cannot give the jab.
Since a French pet passport is an EU document, rabies jabs required for the passport should not be administered by a UK vet now the UK has fully left the EU.
Read more: Rabies shot for dogs: How often is it required for France-UK travel
This was confirmed to The Connexion by the French Agriculture Ministry, which said that only EU vets must do the pet’s jabs for a French pet passport.
A UK government source also said that Britons using French pet passports should ensure that UK-based vets “have no input” into it, as this could invalidate it.
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