Those who keep pet shelters must submit an online application to register in the pet shelters register, providing the necessary information and supporting documents. The Register is part of the Register of Pet Animals.

Registration is required to:

private animal lovers who maintain a shelter
associations or organisations registered in the Register of animal welfare associations and organisations
municipalities and their legal entities, associations of municipalities, inter-municipal partnerships and municipal development organisations

Shelters which do not have a licence to operate at the time of their application for registration may also be included in the Register.

In particular through the application, you can:

subscribe to Register
update your registration
unsubscribe from the Register

The registration process takes place in stages:

Application for registration

Enter the necessary information about your place of shelter. At this stage, your application can be saved and reprocessed until final submission.

After final submission, the application is evaluated in a later stage and you can view the outcome of the evaluation through the application. An email will also be sent to the email address you provided in the application.

Partial and full approval of registration

If there is partial approval of the application, you must update the application data within one (1) month and resubmit it. After this period of time, the application shall be rejected.

If the application is fully approved, your place of shelter is registered in the Register. The information posted in the Register is publicly accessible.

Appointment of representatives

After registering in the Register the legal representative of the association or organisation may appoint one or more representatives (using the Tax Identification Number (AFM)).

The legal representatives of the place of shelter may:

directly update specific data without further approval being required
submit a request for updating or deletion, procedures which require approval at a later stage

You will need:

Taxisnet credentials of the legal person or natural person to register, update or delete from the Register
the legal representative’s personal Taxisnet credentials for updating or deleting from the Register
civil Service Credentials for municipal employees

Ministry of Interior

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