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title: "Mandated veterinarian (vétérinaire mandaté) · Treats"
description: "A mandated veterinarian is a vet appointed by the administrative authority to carry out sanitary police operations on behalf of the State, a status separate from the sanitary authorisation held by a sanitary vet."
url: https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/mandat-sanitaire/
lang: en-GB
updated: 2026-11-08
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[Glossary](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/)

# Mandated veterinarianvétérinaire mandaté

A mandated veterinarian is a vet appointed by the administrative authority to carry out sanitary police operations on behalf of the State, a status separate from the sanitary authorisation held by a sanitary vet.

The French Rural Code separates two roles. A sanitary vet holds the sanitary authorisation (Article L. 203-1). At the request of the administrative authority, that vet helps carry out sanitary police operations on the animals entrusted to them (Article L. 203-7). A mandated vet is appointed to act on behalf of the State (Article L. 203-8). The mandated vet holds the status of official veterinarian under Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

The choice of a mandated vet is preceded by a call for applications, except in the cases set out in Article L. 203-7 or in an emergency. A convention, based on a model approved by the minister for agriculture, sets out the mission, the conditions for carrying it out and the conditions for ending it (Article L. 203-9).

A mandated vet does not hold the status of a public official. Their fees for these missions are treated as liberal-profession income. The State remains liable for damage suffered or caused to third parties during these missions, unless personal fault is involved (Article L. 203-11). The older term “sanitary mandate” still appears in the title of Ordinance No. 2011-863 of 22 July 2011\. See [sanitary vet](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/veterinaire-sanitaire/).

## Sources

* [French Rural Code, Chapter III on sanitary and mandated veterinarians, Articles L. 203-1 to L. 203-11 (Légifrance)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section%5Flc/LEGITEXT000006071367/LEGISCTA000006152203/)
* [Ordinance No. 2011-863 of 22 July 2011 on the modernisation of the duties of vets holding a sanitary mandate (Légifrance)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000024388431)

 Checked on 8 November 2026 · by [Amir Davies](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/amir-davies/)

## See also

* [Vétérinaire sanitaire](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/veterinaire-sanitaire/) A vétérinaire sanitaire is a French vet holding a prefect-issued authorisation (article L203-1 of the Rural Code) to carry out the State’s compulsory disease prevention and surveillance on a keeper’s behalf.
* [Listed disease](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/danger-sanitaire/) A listed disease is a transmissible animal disease included in the list in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on animal health, and classed in one of categories A to E by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882.