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title: "VAT on veterinary medicines (TVA des médicaments vétérinaires) · Treats"
description: "In France, veterinary medicines are subject to the standard VAT rate of 20%, with no distinction between companion animals and farm animals, while feed for food-producing animals is taxed at the reduced rate of 5.5%."
url: https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/tva-medicaments-veterinaires/
lang: en-GB
updated: 2026-11-08
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[Glossary](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/)

# VAT on veterinary medicinesTVA des médicaments vétérinaires

In France, veterinary medicines are subject to the standard VAT rate of 20%, with no distinction between companion animals and farm animals, while feed for food-producing animals is taxed at the reduced rate of 5.5%.

The French tax guidance (BOFiP) keeps medicines of any kind with an established veterinary use at the standard rate. This includes human-use products dispensed on a veterinary prescription, or relabelled for animal use (BOI-TVA-LIQ-40-10, § 290). The standard rate is 20%, and the reduced rate is 5.5% (French customs authority).

The BOFiP also states that veterinary medicines, and medicines given to animals, remain at the standard rate, with no distinction by species (BOI-TVA-LIQ-30-10-60, § 50).

The species distinction applies to feed. Feed for food-producing animals is taxed at 5.5% (BOI-TVA-LIQ-30-10-20, §§ 1 and 150). Feed for companion animals is taxed at the standard 20% rate (§§ 10 and 150). A dog, a cat or a dwarf rabbit is not a food-producing animal (§ 50). Products usually used for both kinds of animal are taxed at 5.5% (§ 160).

## Sources

* [BOFiP, BOI-TVA-LIQ-40-10, § 290 (version of 27 November 2024)](https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/1449-PGP.html/identifiant=BOI-TVA-LIQ-40-10-20241127)
* [BOFiP, BOI-TVA-LIQ-30-10-60, § 50 (version of 14 May 2025)](https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/130-PGP.html/identifiant=BOI-TVA-LIQ-30-10-60-20250514)
* [BOFiP, BOI-TVA-LIQ-30-10-20, §§ 1, 10, 50, 150 and 160 (version of 20 November 2024)](https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/273-PGP.html/identifiant=BOI-TVA-LIQ-30-10-20-20241120)
* [French customs authority, VAT rates (updated 27 April 2021)](https://www.douane.gouv.fr/fiche/les-taux-de-tva)

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

## See also

* [AMM](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/amm/) The AMM is the marketing authorisation a veterinary medicine needs before it can be sold, granted in France by the ANMV or at EU level by the European Commission.
* [RCP](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/rcp/) The RCP, or SPC (summary of product characteristics), is the official document attached to a veterinary marketing authorisation that sets out the medicine’s composition, target species, indications, dosage, contraindications and withdrawal periods (article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6).