Article: Norway & Pets
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Article: Moving to Norway with Animals

The 200 kroner limit
Buying online is a hassle when you’re in Norway. Buying from Norwegian websites is ok – all tax is included in your purchase and shipping is usually good for domestic packages. However, as soon as you shop on out-of-country websites, there’s lots to consider. The rule is, for most purchases (but to make it more tricky, books are exempt) you have to keep it below 200 kroner when it comes from overseas or you will end up paying tons of import tax.

One thing to keep in mind here, is not to mix books with other goods. If you have 18 books in a package totaling 2000 kroner – it’s exempt from tax. However, if you add ONE cd to that package, you have to pay 25% tax (and 10% toll) on the whole package AND the postage. It’s a silly rule – but keep it in mind.

The 200 kroner limit can be a bit tricky when you’re dealing with foreign currency like USDs , Pounds or Euros. This page can help you. It’s updated every week and shows the currency rates used when checking your package. Also, the 200 kroner rule is excluding postage.

If item is sent as a gift, the 200 kroner rule does not apply. However – there is still a limit, but it’s now 1000 kroner. Finally, it’s illegal to have tobacco sent to Norway, but you can now import alcohol privately. However – the 200 kroner limit does not apply for alcohol and you MUST toll-declare it.

Travelling to Norway
When you return to Norway from a trip out of country, you can only bring with you a certain amount of alcohol and tobacco. The exact measures can be found here. You can also find information on importing animals and cars on the same page. There is also a helpful PDF-file.

Pets
When bringing pets to Norway there are some important things you need to know. Quarantine is no longer required when importing cats & dogs to Norway. The animal must be identified by a microchip or clearly readable tattoo.

The animal must have been vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (WHO standard). In addition, a neutralizing antibody titration at least equal to 0,5 IU/ml must have been carried out in an EU approved laboratory on a blood sample taken not earlier than 120 days after the latest vaccination and not later than the day the validity of the vaccination expires. Dogs and cats must have had tapeworm (echinococcus) treatment with an appropriate dosage of medicine containing e.g. praziquantel maximum 10 days before arriving Norway. This treatment must also be repeated within 7 days of arrival. Both treatments, including the name and dosage of the medicine, must be certified in the pet passport.

The animal must be accompanied by a veterinary certificate (download “Veterinary Certificate for domestic dogs, cats and ferrets entering EC for non commercial movements”) carrying the information on the animal’s identification, rabies vaccination, neutralising antibody titration and echinococcus treatment. The certificate must be issued by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorized by the competent authority.

The animal must be inspected by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority upon arrival. The importer must notify the District Office about the time and place of arrival at least 48 hours in beforehand (find addresses, telephone numbers etc. to the District Offices under the link below). Please click HERE for more detailed information.

Cars
More info here.