# An anti-rabies vaccination must fulfil the following conditions · European Union — The dated, ordered steps for taking a dog, cat or ferret into the United States, the European Union or Great Britain — microchip, rabies vaccination, blood test and the waiting periods between them, quoted from the law itself

For An anti-rabies vaccination must fulfil the following conditions · European Union, entering is European Union; provision is An anti-rabies vaccination must fulfil the following conditions; what is required is the pet animal was at least 12 weeks old at the date on which the vaccine was administered; the clock is not be less than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for the primary vaccination; order it must come in is the date of administration referred to in point (c) does not precede the date of application of the transponder or tattoo, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **Entering:** European Union
- **Provision:** An anti-rabies vaccination must fulfil the following conditions _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What is required:** the pet animal was at least 12 weeks old at the date on which the vaccine was administered _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **The clock:** not be less than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for the primary vaccination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Order it must come in:** the date of administration referred to in point (c) does not precede the date of application of the transponder or tattoo _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, Annex III, point 2 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An anti-rabies vaccination must fulfil the following conditions: (a) | the vaccine was administered by an authorised veterinarian; | (b) | the pet animal was at least 12 weeks old at the date on which the vaccine was administered; | (c) | the date of administration of the vaccine is indicated by an authorised veterinarian or an official veterinarian in the appropriate section of the identification document; | (d) | the date of administration referred to in point (c) does not precede the date of application of the transponder or tattoo or the date of reading of the transponder or the tattoo indicated in the appropriate section of the identification document; | (e) | the period of validity of the vaccination starts from the establishment of protective immunity, which shall not be less than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for the primary vaccination

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32013R0576

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2026-12-26.
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