Importing your Household goods to France If you are moving to France from a country situated outside of the EU, you can import your household goods duty free. You will need to provide a detailed inventory showing the value of your goods in euros, and you should have a receipt for goods less than 6 months old.
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Can I take personal possessions to France?
You must transfer your property to France within 12 months from the date of transfer of your residence. You may import your property all at once or in several stages. In the latter case, the inventory provided to French Customs for the first import must include all belongings for which an exemption is being requested.
Can I take my furniture to France?
Bad news here, French customs states that: “Goods intended to furnish a secondary residence are no longer admitted free of customs duty and VAT.” So you can still bring items over, but if they are worth more than €430 you will have to pay customs duty on them.
What can you not bring into France?
You are not allowed to take meat or meat products to France apart from fish or fish products (up to a maximum of 20kg). You are not allowed to take milk, cheese, yoghurt or other milk-based products except for infant milk, infant food or food required by humans or pets for medical reasons.
Can I take furniture from the UK to France?
Can I bring some furniture in a van from UK to my second home in France? It is not newly bought and I have no receipts for it.If you are bringing items with you in person above a total value of €300 a declaration should be made to the French customs and there can be French VAT payable on the value of the items.
What value of goods can I take to France?
When entering France, you may bring with you, in your per- sonal luggage*, goods purchased or received as gifts in Andorra without filling out a declaration or paying duties and taxes, as long as the total value of these goods and gifts does not exceed €900 (€450 for travellers under 15).
Do I have to pay customs on personal items?
You do not usually pay tax or ‘duty’ (customs charges) on personal belongings you move to the UK from the European Union (EU) .
Can I bring cheese back from France after Brexit?
If you are travelling in the EU you can carry meat or dairy products with you as long as they are for your own personal consumption. This also applies to plants or plant products, such as cut flowers, fruit or vegetables as long as they have been grown in an EU country and are free from pests or disease.
Can I take canned meat to France?
As a general rule, you cannot bring meat, meat products, milk and milk products (e.g. charcuterie, cheese, yogurt) into the EU. You must declare any animal products you have in your luggage and present them to Customs.
Can I bring cheese back from France?
Banned from EU: apples, beef, cheese and other items you cannot take in baggage.
Can I send teabags to France?
Teabags, however, are not one of the items that are restricted for travellers entering the EU.The same goes for your tea, whether teabags or loose leaf. With regard to tea in particular, European regulation 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 states that you cannot bring in fresh, whole, uncut, unfermented tea leaves.
Can I take a ham sandwich to France?
No you can’t take your ham and cheese sandwich to Europe and no you may not keep the bread. With Brits already mourning the demise of the booze cruise – another victim of the new deal – people may well have missed some of the more obscure new rules about entering the EU.
What do I have to declare at French customs?
If you are carrying more than 10,000 euros in cash, you must declare this to the Customs Authorities when entering or leaving France.
These include:
- Live animals and animal-based products.
- Endangered species of flora and fauna.
- Plant and plant products.
- Cultural goods.
- Weapons and ammunition.
Can I move to France after Brexit?
Joining family members in France after Brexit
UK nationals can still move to France after Brexit to join family members. However, they no longer have the right to do so as EU citizens. This means that you will need to apply for a family visa if joining relatives for longer than three months.
Do I need a customs declaration for France?
No tax or customs procedures are required for personal belongings entering France. Their nature and quantity must not imply commercial purposes.
Can I take personal goods into the EU?
Up to 31 December 2020 those travelling to the EU can still take unlimited amounts of duty and tax paid goods for personal use.This means those travelling from GB won’t have to pay UK tax and excise duties on alcohol and tobacco they take with them when they leave.
Can I take goods to France from UK?
UK-bought items being brought into France – new or otherwise – must be declared if they are above a ceiling of €430, if you are coming by air or sea, or €300 if you are coming by car (including a car on a ferry) or by train. There are also specific rules on alcohol and cigarettes, and cash over €10,000.
How much spirits can I take to France?
10 litres
Anyone coming in to France from an EU country can bring with them 10 litres of spirits, 20 litres of fortified wine such as Port or Madeira, 90 litres of wine and 100 litres of beer (otherwise known as The Local’s weekly shop).
Can I take dry dog food to France?
You aren’t allowed to take meat based or milk based dog food including treats into the EU unless you have written confirmation from your vet that your pet requires a certain dog food for medical reasons.
Do I have to declare clothes at customs?
You must declare all items you purchased and are carrying with you upon return to the United States, including gifts for other people as well as items you bought for yourself. This includes duty-free items purchased in foreign countries, as well as any merchandise you intend to sell or use in your business.
What happens if you don’t declare at customs UK?
If you get caught smuggling goods or selling goods you did not declare, you could face prosecution and imprisonment. If we are satisfied that the goods are for a commercial purpose and you have not declared them, we may seize them and any vehicle used to transport them, and may not return them to you.
