| Germany | Invoer verbodenFederal HundVerbrEinfG (2001): Pitbull-Terrier, American Staffordshire-Terrier, Staffordshire-Bullterrier, Bullterrier and their crosses may not be imported or brought into Germany; keeping rules are set by each Land. | officieel |
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| Germany, Baden-Württemberg | BeperktPolVOgH 2000: Kampfhunde list 1, dangerousness presumed; keeping needs a permit, muzzle and leash in public, unless a Wesenstest (temperament test) rebuts the presumption. | bron |
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| Germany, Bayern | BeperktKategorie 1 of the Bavarian Kampfhundeverordnung: fighting-dog status is irrebuttably presumed; keeping requires a permit from the municipality, granted only for a special interest. | officieel |
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| Germany, Berlin | BeperktHundegesetz Berlin 2016: Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and Bull Terrier and their crosses count as dangerous. Keeping one must be reported to the veterinary office without delay, breeding them is banned, and outside a secure property they need a bite-proof muzzle from seven months of age and a leash at all times. | bron |
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| Germany, Bremen | VerbodenBremHundeG 2025 (replacing the 2001 law), section 7: Pit Bull Terrier, Bullterrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and Staffordshire Bullterrier and their crosses are dangerous dogs. Breeding, trading and acquiring them is banned, and keeping one is banned unless an exception permit is granted after a passed temperament test. | bron |
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| Germany, Hamburg | BeperktHamburgisches Hundegesetz: these four breeds are irrebuttably dangerous; keeping needs a permit, muzzle and leash in public. | officieel |
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| Germany, Hessen | BeperktHundeVO 2003 (amended 2022): one list of presumed dangerous breeds; keeping needs a permit, Wesenstest, Sachkunde, liability insurance, muzzle and leash. | officieel |
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| Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen | BeperktLHundG NRW §3 gefährliche Hunde: permit, Sachkunde before the official vet, criminal record check, liability insurance, microchip, leash and muzzle outside fenced property. | officieel |
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| Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz | BeperktLHundG RP 2004: keeping needs a permit (Sachkunde, reliability, insurance), muzzle and leash in public. | bron |
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| Germany, Saarland | BeperktSaarland dog ordinance (HuV SL 2022): presumed dangerous, rebuttable by a temperament test; permit, muzzle and leash otherwise. | bron |
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| Germany, Sachsen | BeperktGefHundG Sachsen 2000: presumed dangerous, rebuttable by official behavioural assessment; permit, muzzle and leash otherwise. | bron |
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| Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt | BeperktHundeG LSA 2009: dogs that may not be imported under the federal HundVerbrEinfG are presumed dangerous; keeping must be notified and needs a Wesenstest, insurance, leash and muzzle. | bron |
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| France | Vergunning verplichtCatégorie 2 (chiens de garde et de défense): permis de détention from the mairie, behavioural evaluation at 8-12 months, owner training certificate, liability insurance, muzzle and leash in public places and transport. | officieel |
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| Denmark | VerbodenHundeloven §1a: possession and breeding of these 13 breeds and any cross containing them is prohibited (since 2010); commercial import is banned. | bron |
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| Denmark | Invoer verbodenHundeloven §1a stk. 3: commercial import of the listed dogs and their crosses is prohibited; consolidated act LBK nr 329 af 02/03/2021. | officieel |
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| Norway | VerbodenHundeforskriften under the Hundeloven: owning, breeding and importing these six breeds (and any cross containing them) is illegal; police may order a dog of doubtful breed destroyed or exported. | officieel |
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| Lithuania | BeperktDangerous breeds (pavojingi sunys): permit from the municipality to keep in multi-apartment buildings, warning sign, muzzle and short leash in public, microchip and rabies vaccination; the list is exhaustive. | bron |
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| Luxembourg | Vergunning verplichtLoi du 9 mai 2008 relative aux chiens art. 10: for 'chiens susceptibles d'etre dangereux' the owner needs a keeping authorisation from the Minister of Agriculture before acquiring the dog, must complete the LAK theory course (Hondsfuehrerschaein), and the dog must pass a training course and exam before 18 months, with a second declaration to the commune. Castration can be required. All dogs in Luxembourg need liability insurance. | officieel |
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| Switzerland, Zürich | VerbodenHundeverordnung §5 Rassetypenliste II (the canton says the list is not complete): breeding, keeping, buying and bringing these types into the canton is prohibited. Rottweilers registered in the canton before 1 Jan 2025 may be kept only with a Haltebewilligung after a temperament test (applications by 30 June 2025). Visitors may stay up to 30 days a year with leash and muzzle in public. | officieel |
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| Switzerland, Genève | VerbodenLChiens Art. 23 and RChiens Art. 17 (15 'chiens listés' and their crosses): these dogs are banned in the canton. Dogs already kept when their breed was listed may stay only with a keeping authorisation, and owners of newly listed dogs must apply within 12 months of the listing; listed dogs must pass a behaviour test (RChiens Art. 16). | officieel |
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| Switzerland, Valais | VerbodenConseil d'Etat decision 2005 under art. 37 LALPA: any new keeping of these 12 breeds, crosses included, is banned. Stays of up to 30 days per year are allowed, with a leash and a muzzle (or a dental guard that prevents bites) outside private areas. | bron |
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| Switzerland, Vaud | Vergunning verplichtRLPolC art. 2 and 9-11: 'chiens potentiellement dangereux' need a cantonal keeping authorisation (adult, insurance, clean record), a behaviour test (TCOM) once the dog is 12 months old, and 72 hours of dog education courses over at most two years, starting within 45 days of the test (may be shortened after a good test). | officieel |
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| Switzerland, Ticino | Vergunning verplichtRegolamento sui cani (RCani, in force 1 Jan 2026) art. 14-20: the 32 listed breeds (Bull Terrier and Miniature Bull Terrier share one entry) and their crosses, born after 1 April 2009, need an authorisation from the cantonal veterinary office before acquisition, a training course, and aptitude tests at 9 to 13 months and again in the third year. Applies to residents and to anyone staying with the dog in the canton for at least 30 days a year. | bron |
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| Switzerland, Other cantons | Vergunning verplichtPermit (Bewilligungspflicht) cantons per SRF overview (Dec 2024): Aargau (7 bull types + Rottweiler, per Hundeverordnung para 11: American Staffordshire Terrier, Bull Terrier, American Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Pit Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Bully, Rottweiler), Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft (8), Solothurn (8), Glarus (10 incl. German and Belgian Shepherd), Schaffhausen (14), Thurgau (14); no breed rules in AI, AR, BE, GR, JU, LU, NE, SG, UR, ZG, NW, OW, SZ. | bron |
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| Austria, Wien | Vergunning verplichtWiener Tierhaltegesetz and Hundefuehrscheinverordnung: 'Listenhunde' need a Hundefuehrschein (exam within 3 months, repeat after 21-24 months), muzzle and leash in public, handler at least 16 and under 0.5 permille alcohol; Sachkunde course before registering since 1 July 2019. | officieel |
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| Austria, Niederösterreich | BeperktNOe Hundehaltegesetz §2: 'Hunde mit erhoehtem Gefaehrdungspotential' must be notified to the municipality, extended Sachkunde, muzzle and leash in built-up areas, transport, schools and parks. | officieel |
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| Austria, Oberösterreich | BeperktOOe Hundehaltegesetz (new rules from 1 Dec 2024): 'spezielle Hunde' are treated as large dogs regardless of size, must pass an Alltagstauglichkeitspruefung and are under leash and muzzle duty in public places. | bron |
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| Austria, Vorarlberg | Vergunning verplichtVorarlberg: keeping a listed breed requires an authorisation; muzzle, leash or custody conditions are set case by case by decision (older secondary overview, not re-verified against the current law). | bron |
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| Spain | Vergunning verplichtReal Decreto 287/2002 (Ley 50/1999) 'perros potencialmente peligrosos': municipal licence (adult, clean record, psychological and physical aptitude, liability insurance of at least 120,000 EUR), muzzle and non-extensible leash under 2 m in public, one PPP per handler; a 2025 draft decree under Ley 7/2023 would let dogs leave the category by passing aptitude tests but is not yet approved. | officieel |
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| Portugal | Vergunning verplichtPortaria 422/2004 lists the 'caes potencialmente perigosos'; Decreto-Lei 315/2009 (as amended by DL 9/2021) requires an annual licence from the junta de freguesia (owner over 16, criminal record, training course, liability insurance of at least 50,000 EUR, sterilisation unless LOP-registered), muzzle and leash of max 1 m in public, secure 2 m enclosure and warning signs. | officieel |
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| Romania | Muilkorf en riem verplichtOUG 55/2002 categoria II: muzzle and leash in public places (except dog areas), owner at least 18 with clean record, police declaration, ACR registration, warning sign; transfers must be reported within 48 hours. | bron |
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| Croatia | Vergunning verplichtPedigree bull-type terriers (HKS/FCI) are allowed only from controlled breeding, with owner conditions and a socialisation test (art. 8). | officieel |
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| Iceland | Invoer verbodenMAST (Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority) does not permit import of these breeds, their crosses for 5 generations, wolf hybrids for 10 generations, or other dogs of comparable origin, physique or temperament. | officieel |
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| Turkey | VerbodenLaw 7332 (in force 14 July 2021) amending Animal Protection Law 5199 bans producing, owning, adopting, housing, trading, displaying or advertising dangerous animals. The breeds are named in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry circular of 7 December 2021: American Pitbull Terrier, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Japanese Tosa, American Staffordshire Terrier and American Bully. Dogs owned before 14 July 2021 could be kept if neutered, microchipped and registered in PETVET by 14 January 2022, and must be muzzled and leashed and kept out of crowded places, playgrounds and parks (2026 fine 95,590 TL). | bron |
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| Ukraine | Verzekering verplichtCabinet of Ministers resolution 'Deiaki pytannia shchodo nebezpechnykh porid sobak' (10 Nov 2021) lists 51 breeds and their mixes as dangerous: owners must hold compulsory liability insurance when registering, and use a leash and muzzle where the dog may endanger people. | officieel |
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| Canada, Ontario | VerbodenDog Owners' Liability Act (Bill 132, in force 29 Aug 2005): no new pit bulls may be owned, bred, imported or transferred; grandfathered 'restricted pit bulls' must be sterilised, muzzled and on a leash of max 1.8 m off the owner's property (O. Reg. 157/05). | bron |
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| Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba | VerbodenResponsible Pet Ownership By-law: pit bulls may not be brought into the City of Winnipeg (city council voted to keep the ban in 2022). | officieel |
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| Japan, Ibaraki Prefecture | BeperktIbaraki dog ordinance: specified dogs must be kept in a fully enclosed, roofed cage and the owner must display a specified-dog label. | officieel |
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| South Korea | Vergunning verplichtAnimal Protection Act (amended, in force 27 April 2024): 'maenggyeon' owners need a permit from the provincial governor after a temperament assessment, with registration, neutering and liability insurance; existing owners had until 26 Oct 2024. | bron |
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| South Korea | Muilkorf en riem verplichtOutside, these dogs must wear a muzzle and a leash of max 2 m; in shared indoor spaces the owner must hold the dog or its collar. | bron |
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| Singapore | Invoer verbodenAVS: Part 1 specified dogs (except those already licensed) are not allowed into Singapore for sale, visit or stay. | officieel |
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| Singapore | Verzekering verplichtPart 1 licensing conditions: leashed and muzzled in public, sterilised over 6 months, insurance of at least 100,000 SGD, 5,000 SGD banker's guarantee, obedience training. | officieel |
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| United Arab Emirates | VerbodenFederal Law 22/2016 on dangerous animals, Annex 2 'List of Dangerous Dogs': possession, trade, breeding and import banned except by licence for service or medical purposes; a Nov 2021 ministerial decision updated the list to pit bull types, mastiffs, Tosa and Presa Canario, so the status of Rottweiler, Doberman and Boxer should be treated as uncertain. | officieel |
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| Argentina, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires | Verzekering verplichtLey 4078 CABA: registration before 3 months of age, muzzle and non-extensible leash of max 2 m in public, liability insurance, secure enclosure; abandonment is a serious offence. | officieel |
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| Israel | BeperktRegulations for the Supervision of Dogs (Import and Keeping of Dangerous Dogs) 5765-2004: import prohibited, owners and handlers must be over 18, dogs over 6 months sterilised, muzzle and leash of max 2 m outside the premises, fenced yard with warning sign, no dog parks, transfer only to approved recipients. | bron |
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| Malaysia | Invoer verbodenDepartment of Veterinary Services Malaysia: these breeds and their crosses are banned from import (as published on the Australian government MICoR page for Malaysia). | officieel |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Vergunning verplichtBull-type dogs from controlled breeding (Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, bull terrier, mini bull terrier) need a pedigree from the Kennel Club of BiH (KS BiH) or a kennel club of an FCI member country and must pass the socialisation test (Art. 8(1) and (2)). Bull-type dogs without such a pedigree count as pit bull terriers and fall under the dangerous dog rules (Art. 8(4)). | officieel |
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| Belarus | BeperktAnnex to Ministry of Agriculture and Food Resolution No. 40 of 12 Dec 2001 lists 40 potentially dangerous breeds (Russian names as in the FAOLEX copy, English in brackets). Importing them needs permission from the Main Veterinary Directorate, and owners must complete a special course at a dog club within three months. The Law of 1 April 2024 No. 361-Z on responsible treatment of animals replaced the term with 'dogs requiring special owner responsibility'; a new list is in a draft Council of Ministers resolution not yet adopted as of Aug 2026, so the status of the 2001 list is uncertain. | officieel |
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| Liechtenstein | Vergunning verplichtThese breeds, Pitbull type dogs, crosses with them and look-alike dogs whose breed cannot be proven otherwise are treated as potentially dangerous. A keeping permit, an expertise exam and a clean record are needed before acquiring one, and they must be leashed and muzzled outside fenced property unless exempted after a social compatibility test. Breed list from Art. 3 of the Hundeverordnung (LR 455.11), version in force since 1 January 2019. | officieel |
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| Moldova, Chisinau | Muilkorf en riem verplichtA draft city regulation lists these breeds and crosses as 'special responsibility' dogs that need a muzzle and leash, an owner course and a certificate. Draft, not confirmed as in force. | officieel |
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| Malta | VerbodenSince 13 December 2024 it is illegal to breed, advertise or sell non-pedigree bully-type dogs of these breeds or their crosses, or to keep ones born after that date. Pedigree dogs with recognised kennel club registration are allowed, and existing non-pedigree dogs may be kept if they were microchipped and registered before 13 December 2024. Dogs brought from another EU country that the keeper has had for at least six months are exempt if registered within 30 days of entry. | officieel |
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