Austria keeps the EU baseline: microchip, rabies vaccine, and a health certificate, with no import permit and no quarantine. The titer test is the exception — whether it applies to your dog depends on where it has traveled from, not a blanket rule. Pixel makes friends with every customs officer, but even she can't skip the microchip-before-vaccine order.

Bringing a pet to Austria requires three documents in the right order: a microchip, a rabies vaccine within the destination's wait window, and a government-endorsed health certificate. The table below lays out exactly what's required, what's not, and where each rule comes from.

How Austria handles your pet

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Each fact comes straight from the operator’s published policy. Tap the to read the exact wording; the opens the source page.

Health & documents

Microchip · Required Yesverified 2026-09-09
Microchip · StandardISO 11784/11785verified 2026-09-04
Microchip · Tattoo accepted Yesverified 2026-09-09
Microchip · Must be done before vaccination Yesverified 2026-09-09
Quarantine · Typenone_if_compliantverified 2026-07-31
Quarantine · Required Noverified 2026-09-09
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Required Yesverified 2026-09-09
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Approved labs list
  • a laboratory approved by the EU
verified 2026-09-09
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Minimum level iu ml0.5verified 2026-09-09
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Approved laboratory required Yesverified 2026-09-09
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Waiting period after test days90 daysverified 2026-09-09
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Test must follow vaccination days30 daysverified 2026-09-09
Import permit · Required Noverified 2026-09-09
Health certificate · Issuercompetent official veterinarianverified 2026-09-09
Health certificate · Required Yesverified 2026-09-09
Health certificate · Endorsed bycompetent authorityverified 2026-09-09
Health certificate · Validity days10 daysverified 2026-09-09
Health certificate · Bilingual required Noverified 2026-09-09
Health certificate · Government endorsed Yesverified 2026-09-09
Rabies vaccination · Required Yesverified 2026-09-09
Rabies vaccination · Booster required Yesverified 2026-09-09
Rabies vaccination · Approved vaccines list
  • inactivated or recombinant vaccine
verified 2026-09-09
Rabies vaccination · Waiting period after vaccination21 daysverified 2026-09-09
Rabies vaccination · Min age at vaccination12 weeksverified 2026-09-09
Tapeworm treatment · Required Noverified 2026-09-09

Other rules

Pets accepted Acceptedverified 2026-09-09

Timing chain

Day -90 microchip implant · Day -21 rabies vaccine deadline · Day -10 health certificate issued · Day 0 arrive at customs

Conditional requirements

These rules apply only to some travellers — where the pet is departing from, where it has been, or who is travelling with it. Most people can ignore them, but if one applies to you it can change what you need, or mean denied entry if you skip it.

Pet arriving from, or recently in, a third country or territory NOT listed in Annex I or II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/636 — If your pet has been in one of 154 higher-risk countries in the last 6 months:

  • Rabies titer (blood) test: Rabies antibody titration test >= 0,5 IU/ml, on a sample taken by an authorised veterinarian at least 30 days after the primary vaccination and not less than 90 days before the animal health certificate is issued, performed in a designated laboratory (Del. Reg. (EU) 2026/131; model certificate Annex III to Impl. Reg. (EU) 2026/705, point II.3.1).

Trained service dog — recognized by many EU airlines with proof of training

  • Import permit: Service/assistance dogs recognized under EU Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 concerning rights of disabled persons in air transport. Proof of training (e.g. IGDF, ADEu, or national accreditation) required. EU Pet Passport and standard rabies vaccination still required.
  • Carrier required: Service/assistance dogs recognized under EU Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 concerning rights of disabled persons in air transport. Proof of training (e.g. IGDF, ADEu, or national accreditation) required. EU Pet Passport and standard rabies vaccination still required.
Austria requires the microchip to be implanted before the rabies vaccination is given, matching the EU Pet Travel Scheme rule. A vaccination administered first and chipped afterward does not satisfy entry requirements, and the dog has to be revaccinated after chipping. Confirm the chip date precedes the vaccination date on the certificate.
The official veterinary health certificate for Austria must be no more than 10 days old on the date of entry into the EU, no exceptions. A certificate issued 11 days before arrival is already expired for this purpose. Schedule the certificate appointment close to the actual travel date, not weeks in advance.
The science here is simpler than it sounds once the order is right: chip, then vaccinate, then get the certificate within its 10-day window. Whether a titer test is also required depends on your pet's travel history, so don't assume either way. Get a personalized plan from Pawgo to confirm exactly which steps apply to your trip.
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Glossary

ISO chip
ISO 11784/11785 — the universal microchip standard.
FAVN
Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization — a rabies serology test required by rabies-free destinations.
Brachycephalic
Snub-nosed breeds (French Bulldogs, Pugs, Persians, Himalayans) with restricted airline acceptance due to heat-stress risk.
AVIH
Animal Vehicle In Hold — IATA's term for cargo pet shipment, with fees that vary by carrier and route.