What am I entitled to bring with me while travelling within the EU?
What am I entitled to buy for personal use?
If you buy a product while travelling within the EU, you will pay the relative VAT, but no further payment will be required once came back home, apart from some specific products, such as a car or a good for professional use.
However, Member State are entitled to collect a levy on tobacco and alcoholics, so they have established a maximum quantity of these products which is to be considered for personal use[1]. If you exceed in quantity, you might be asked to show that is for personal use.
These rules apply to original 15 Member States and also to Malta, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. In any case, Member States may apply special transitional arrangements for travelers returning from Member States that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 , as long as these States haven’t reached the minimum level of taxation for cigarettes and other tobacco products.
For further information see DG “Taxation and Custom Union” website at:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/travellers/within_eu/index_en.htm
The following quantities are to be considered for personal use: |
-cigarettes 800 pcs |
-cigarillos (cigars weighing not more than 3 g each) 400 pcs |
-cigars 200 pcs |
-smoking tobacco 1.0 kg |
-spirit drinks 10 litres |
-intermediate products 20 litres |
-wines (including a maximum of 60 litres of sparkling wines) 90 litres |
-beers 110 litres |