The applied framework is governed by law 99-24 of March 9, 1999, relating to veterinary health control at import and export. This control is carried out at crossing points with customs offices by sworn veterinarians.
Imported animals and animal products must be accompanied by health documents issued by the official veterinary authorities of the exporting country attesting to their good health, their wholesomeness as well as their conformity with the sanitary and hygienic requirements in force in Tunisia.
Veterinarians mainly check the documents accompanying the animals and animal products as well as the identity check by visually checking the concordance between these documents and the animals/animal products.
If it turns out to be non-compliant with documentary and identity checks, the animals and animal products will be returned or destroyed if the reshipment outside Tunisian territory is impossible.
In case of suspicion, veterinarians can carry out a physical check of animals and animal products via an examination or sample collection. In case of non-compliance with the results of the analysis, the seizure, the slaughter of the living animals and the destruction of the animals and animal products will be carried out after authorization from the territorially competent judge.
