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EXPORT HORSE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATION

Export Horse Transport Certification

If you wish we can take care of preparing the export paperwork for you.

EXPORT CERTIFICATION WITHIN THE EU

Gelissen Paardentransport offers the opportunity of export inspection within the EU for horses every Tuesday. An official veterinary from the VWA (Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) checks the horses and their passports on that day. Following a successful inspection, the vet then issues a health certificate.

The costs involved are generally lower than when an owner has this inspection done per horse at his home address. Because we have all the horses that are to be transported on Tuesday inspected at the same time at Gelissen Paardentransport, we can carry the certification out for a modest cost.

EXPORT CERTIFICATION FOR OUTSIDE THE EU

We can also have the export inspection carried out for horses that are to be shipped to countries outside the EU. Depending on the country to which the horse is travelling, there often has to be a blood sample taken and possibly a CEM test. These tests may need to be repeated at a few days’ interval for certain countries.

We’ll send the samples to a certified laboratory and once the results are known, a vet from the WVA will draw up the export certificate at Gelissen Paardentransport.

IMPORT CERTIFICATION

When horses are transported from another EU country to the Netherlands, you can usually have the necessary export certificate drawn up by the Ministry of Agriculture in the country concerned.

The United Kingdom is an exception to this. When horses are transported from the United Kingdom to another country in the EU you have to ask for a health certificate and an export licence in the United Kingdom. This health certificate has to be issued by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) in the United Kingdom. A local licensed vet will stamp this within 24 hours prior to departure.

The export license can be requested from DEFRA in advance. In principle the application has to be sent in 7 days prior to departure, however the document is then valid for one month.

Gelissen Paardentransport can also apply for the import certification on your behalf for a modest fee.

GELISSEN PAARDENTRANSPORT BV
DAALWEG 38A
6102 TD ECHT – THE NETHERLANDS
T: +31 (0)46 437 35 74

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