Veterinary certificate
Veterinary certificate in the i EU:
It is the responsibility of the consignor that a valid EU health certificate is present on departure of the horse.
The health certificate must be issued by the local ministry approved veterinarian, which in Denmark must be booked at least 2 working days in advance.
The health certificate can be issued max. 48 hours (plus week-ends) before the departure of the horse.
If the health certificate is not present or not issued by a ministry approved veterinarian, the horse will not be accepted for transport, and the transport will be charged in full.
We shall be pleased to assist you in making arrangements with the veterinary authorities.
For "registred horses" the fee to the Danish government veterinarian is (January 2021):
Start-up fee DKK 589,- / Euro 80,-- + DKK. 493,- / Euro 67 per every 15 min.
In addition horses going outside the EU must have a TRACES certificate DKK 696,- / Euro 95,-
For each issued certificate a fee of DKK 117,- / Euro 16,- apply.
For all horses exported from Denmark a fee of DKK 125,- / Euro 20,- must be paid to the Danish government.
The diagram of the horse in the pasport MUST be filled in and the passport must content pages for medical treatment.
In a normal Danish passport these pages are 41-51.
We shall be pleased to assist you in making arrangements with the veterinary authorities.
Veterinary certificate outside the EU:
This can be different from one country to another. We shall be pleased to assist you.
Certain countries do also demand export / import permits.