{
  "id": 6413204,
  "title": "Could your dog’s passport soon sit beside yours on your phone?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/could-your-dogs-passport-soon-sit-beside-yours-on-your-phone",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:30:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euro Weekly News",
    "slug": "euro-weekly-news",
    "url": "https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/09/could-your-dogs-passport-soon-sit-beside-yours-on-your-phone/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pet passports could soon become digital files on your phone. The European Commission is evaluating the feasibility of adding cats' and dogs' passports to the EU Digital Identity Wallet, a phone-based system that holds people's identity documents. The plan is tied to a new EU law on dog and cat welfare and traceability, which mandates microchipping, national registration databases, and stricter breeding standards. The Commission sees merit in digitalising pet passports but stresses the need for technical and practical feasibility testing with member states. The two-year assessment, running alongside existing rules, will determine if a digital pet passport is adopted formally as a delegated act. Once completed, the EU will decide whether to propose the change, which would allow vets, border officers, and airlines to check a pet's identification, vaccinations, and travel history from a phone. Spain, a pilot country, is testing a similar system called Cartera Digital Beta, currently storing items like driving licences and proof of age. If successful, the digital pet passport could make airport and vet visits more streamlined for pet owners, who currently carry a paper passport alongside an animal health certificate and vaccination records. However, no rollout date is set, and the study is expected to conclude around 2028.",
  "summary": "Not having to carry an identity card or driving licence, with everything held on a phone instead, is a convenience […]",
  "key_points": [
    "European Commission evaluating digital pet passports for EU.",
    "Plan tied to new EU law on dog and cat welfare and traceability.",
    "Two-year assessment to determine feasibility and potential adoption."
  ],
  "editors_take": "A proposed digital pet passport system would streamline verification of pet ownership and health records for travellers and vets, but its adoption depends on a two-year feasibility study.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}