Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA

Federal Food Safety and

Veterinary Office FSVO
International Affairs

List of countries with their status regarding rabies –

dogs, cats, ferrets
This list of countries applies with reservation as to temporary sanitary restrictions. See
https://www.blv.admin.ch/dam/blv/en/dokumente/import-export/geltende-schutzmassnahmen/seuchenpolizeiliche-
schutzmassnahmen.pdf.download.pdf/seuchenpolizeiliche-schutzmassnahmen.pdf

1 Member States of the EU and other European States and

territories using approved pet passports
These States are free of urban rabies.

1.1 Member States of the EU

AT Austria GR Greece
BE Belgium HR Croatia
BG Bulgaria HU Hungary
CY Cyprus (Republic) IE Ireland
CZ Czech Republic IT Italy
DE Germany LT Lithuania
DK Denmark LU Luxembourg
EE Estonia LV Latvia
ES Spain with: MT Malta
Balearic Islands NL Netherlands
XA Canary Islands
XC Ceuta PL Poland
XA Melilla PT Portugal with Azores and Madeira
FI Finland RO Romania
FR France with: SE Sweden
GF French Guiana
GP Guadeloupe SI Slovenia
MF Saint-Martin SK Slovakia
MQ Martinique
RE Reunion
YT Mayotte

1.2 Other European States and territories

AD Andorra LI Liechtenstein
CH Switzerland MC Monaco
FO Faeroe Islands NI Northern Ireland
GI Gibraltar NO Norway
GL Greenland SM San Marino
IS Iceland VA Vatican City State

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2 Countries with low risk of rabies
In the States and territories with a favourable disease profile for rabies, the risk is low that dogs, cats
or ferrets might be infected with urban rabies.

AC Ascension Island LC Saint Lucia

AE United Arab Emirates MK North Macedonia
AG Antigua and Barbuda MS Montserrat
AR Argentina MU Mauritius
AU Australia MX Mexico
AW Aruba MY Malaysia
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina NC New Caledonia
BB Barbados NZ New Zealand
BH Bahrain PF French Polynesia
BM Bermuda PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon
BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba RU Russia
BY Belarus SG Singapore
CA Canada SH Saint Helena
CL Chile SX Sint Marteen
CW Curaçao TT Trinidad and Tobago
FJ Fiji TW Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
FK Falkland Islands US United States of America with:
AS American Samoa
GB Great Britain
GU Guam
(including Crown dependencies) MP Northern Mariana Islands
HK Hong Kong PR Puerto Rico
VI US Virgin Islands
JM Jamaica
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
JP Japan
VG British Virgin Islands
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
VU Vanuatu
KY Cayman Islands
WF Wallis and Futuna

3 Rabies risk countries

All States and territories which are not listed under 1 and 2.

In these countries the presence of urban rabies cannot be excluded. There is a serious risk that dogs,
cats or ferrets get infected with urban rabies.

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