Model health certificates for exports of live animals and animal products to Great Britain
Model health certificates (templates) for competent authorities and exporters in EU and non-EU countries that show import requirements for Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Competent authorities in EU and non-EU countries must provide a health certificate to exporters of animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
The model health certificates cover all of the import requirements for animals and animal products in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
You must not directly copy the model health certificates provided on GOV.UK. Competent authorities should create their own official documents for use by exporters. These should include all the information from the model certificates.
Any consignments into Great Britain will be considered non-compliant and will be rejected if they have a model certificate that has been directly downloaded from GOV.UK, shows the ‘model certificate only’ watermark and is dated 1 April 2023 or later.
Canada, New Zealand and the United States have bilateral model health certificates with Great Britain for some animals or animal products.
Import and export animals and animal products
Read guidance about importing animals and animal products to Great Britain.
See the countries and establishments approved to export animals and animal products to the UK.
Animal by-products
Live animals
Equines
Germinal products
Products of animal origin
Other
Updates to this page
Published 4 November 2020Last updated 24 April 2023 + show all updates
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Clarified in the intro section that model health certificates should not be copied directly from GOV.UK.
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Updated first 4 paragraphs to add clarification on how to use model health certificates.
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Canada, New Zealand and the United States have bilateral model health certificates for some animals or animal products.
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Updated to explain how competent authorities and exporters in EU and non-EU countries should use model health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Added a link to a user guide to completing the health certificates.
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First published.