Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Work internationally to create fully digital animal export/import certification
Closed
105 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should work with other countries, particularly the EU, to create an entirely digital animal export/import certification system. Since Brexit, movement of animals in and out of the UK has become a long, expensive, prone to error process, confusing and unnecessarily expensive.
Certain documents which need to be exported with the animal require from 9 to 27 pages, and hence it’s not environment friendly either. This could all be avoided using an online certification system.
Establish an online certification system that permanently removes the need for physical paper documents to travel with the animal.
This could make exporters, vets, owners and govt workload slimmer and less prone to errors in the documentation.
Establish an online certification system that permanently removes the need for physical paper documents to travel with the animal.
This could make exporters, vets, owners and govt workload slimmer and less prone to errors in the documentation.
Timeline
| 26 Apr 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Nov 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
105
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
26 Apr 2022
Closed
9 Nov 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.