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Act on amending the Veterinary Act and other related laws

i lugemine lopetatudEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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18 May 2026

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The bill specifies the traceability requirements for pets, including pets kept for commercial and special purposes, making the identification of dogs, cats and ferrets kept in Estonia with an injectable electronic identification device (microchip) and the entry of relevant data about the animal and the keeper in the national register mandatory. Agricultural Registers and Information Agency (PRIA) of agricultural animals for this purpose, a new part of the register, the pet register, which gathers the data of pets and pet owners, will be created for the purpose of the register, and the register of agricultural animals will be renamed the register of animals. The new domestic pet tagging requirement will result in a uniform approach to tagging dogs, cats and ferrets and recording data on these animals and their owners in a single register. Pet registration is currently open fragmented between different local government databases. A unified register enables faster identification of the owner of a pet that has arrived at the shelter, shortens the time the animals stay in the shelter and thus improves the welfare of the animals. The change will also help reduce illegal pet trade and fraud resulting from insufficient animal traceability. The administrative burden on keepers and prospective keepers increases if they are not already fulfilled the obligation of chipping and registration when the law entered into force. In this case, the one-time cost of chipping and registration at the veterinarian and the obligation to pay a state fee of 12 euros for the initial registration of the animal or when changing the animal keeper are added. Veterinarians have an additional obligation to submit the animal's data to the register. At the same time, the scope and workload of local governments is decreasing. The burden on shelters can also decrease, as chipped animals return home faster. In addition, amendments and clarifications are made to the Veterinary Act, the purpose of which is to bring Estonian law into line with European Union law. Among other things, the changes ease and specify requirements that have been interpreted more strictly than necessary during the transposition of EU legislation or that can be fulfilled more flexibly. It will be clarified about the changes that have taken place in the animal keeper's company the deadline for submitting data to the register of agricultural animals, the costly and little-used process of submitting data to PRIA in paper form will be completed and a basis will be created for the application of exceptions to the labeling of animals. The organization of prevention and control of animal diseases is also specified.

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