🔖 Microchip

Partly required or being introduced

Being introduced. A 2026 law makes microchipping compulsory for dogs and cats; until it takes effect, identification is set by local governments.

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✈️ Travel entry

Standard EU pet passport rules

Standard EU rules: the dog, cat or ferret needs a microchip, a valid rabies vaccination (given at 12 weeks or older, at least 21 days before the first trip) and an EU pet passport. Dogs from outside the EU may need more, such as a rabies antibody test.

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General information, not legal advice. Local authorities in Estonia may have stricter rules.