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Animal care (9 regulations)Care and animal care general (15 regulations)Medicines and medical technologies (7 regulations)Requirements for health care professionals (8 regulations)

Animal gatherings and exhibitions

Do you want to gather animals from various holdings? Forf instance temporarily to an assembly centre, for exhibition purposes at fairs, markets, or exhibitions? You must keep to the regulations on...

Animal welfare requirements

Do you keep animals in the Netherlands? If so, you are responsible for their health and welfare. You have to comply with health and welfare regulations from the Animals Act, which can differ according...

Applying for a GMO permit

Do you work with genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the Netherlands, or do you want to market a GMO? You need to apply for a GMO permit ( GGO-vergunning ). For experiments with GMOs you need a...

Ban on physical interventions involving animals

In the Netherlands physical interventions on animals (to remove or damage parts of an animal) are not allowed. For example, removing ears or a tail. Only veterinarians may perform physical...

Fighting animal diseases

Do you keep livestockin the Netherlands? You must do everything possible to prevent animal disease outbreaks. If you keep, among others, livestock, mink, bees, or aquaculture and aquatic animals, you...

Registration and microchipping of dogs, and dog passports

Are you a dog breeder or dog importer? You can only sell or transfer ownership of a dog if it is registered in the Identification and Registration system for dogs (I&R Hond). This I&R helps to prevent...

Registration in the Register of Veterinary Medical Practitioners

Are you a veterinarian or paraveterinarian and do you want to work in the Netherlands? Then you must be registered in the Register of Veterinary Medical Practitioners (Diergeneeskunderegister)....

Rules for protected animals shelters

For which animals do you need permission to shelter You need permission to shelter: protected native animal species: protected animals that occur naturally in the Netherlands, such as hedgehogs, deer,...

Rules for veterinary drugs and animal feed additives

Do you produce, supply, keep in stock, or administer veterinary drugs in the Netherlands? You must have a marketing authorisation from the Medicines Evaluation Board (College ter Beoordeling van...

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