Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente

The import of live animals, animal by-products, germoplasm and feed is subject to veterinary border controls. These controls are carried out at ports or airports which must be approved as Border Control Posts or Points of Entry depending on the nature of the goods. You can consult the list of authorized facilities in the following link:

List of Border Control Posts/Points of Entry

Import health requirements vary depending on the nature of the goods. In the following sections you can consult these requirements depending on the type of goods you wish to import:

To know more about the health requirements for the import of live commercial animals whose import requirements are harmonized at EU level (e.g. sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, horses, poultry, fish, dogs, cats and ferrets, bees and bumblebees), please consult the following links:

IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVE ANIMAL- HARMONIZED

List of approved bird quarantine centers -april 2018

To know more about the health requirements for the import of commercial live animals whose import requirements are NOT harmonized at EU level (e.g. animals for experimentation, zoological institutions, circuses, exhibitions, exotic animals to be sold as pets...) you can consult the following documents:

Importation of non harmonized live animals

Annex I form - Import of non-harmonized live animals

Acces to online site - request for import 

Generally speaking, the import requirements for live animals and products of animal origin, germoplasm and animal by-products are harmonized at EU level and therefore laid down in Community Decisions and Regulations.

Access to MODELS OF IMPORT CERTIFICATES

To know more about the health requirements for the import of products of animal origin intended for human consumption (meat, fish, dairy products, etc.), check the Ministry of Health website:

https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/sanidadExterior/Imp_terc_paises.htm

To know more about health requirements for the import of products of animal origin NOT intended for human consumption (fishmeal, hides, wool, blood, etc.) please refer to the following document:

IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS

For health requirements for the import of products of germoplasm (semen, ova and embryos) please refer to the following document:

IMPORT INTO SPAIN OF SEMEN, OVA AND EMBRYOS (BOVINE-OVINE-CAPRINE-PORCINE-EQUINE)

• Procedure for import of biological material for research purposes (Spanish)
• Application forms: Word  , Pdf.

To know more about health requirements for the import of feeding stuff of non-animal origin (e.g. cereals, oilseeds, additives, compound feed not containing products of animal origin...), please check:

IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEEDING STUFF OF NON ANIMAL ORIGIN