EU Customs Duty Relief System for Tranferring Place of Residence
It allows for the granting of relief from the duties that would normally be payable on goods both imported into and exported out of the European Union (EU).
Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up an EU system of reliefs from customs duty. It allows for the granting of relief from the duties that would normally be payable on goods both imported into and exported out of the European Union (EU).
It sets out the cases in which relief from import and export duties and measures adopted on the basis of Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is granted when goods are imported into or exported out of the EU.
Relief from import duties
There are various categories of goods which are eligible for relief from import duties. Subject to certain conditions, goods are free from import duties when they concern the following.
Personal property:
- personal property of people changing their normal place of residence from a non-EU country to an EU Member State, provided that the place of residence had been outside of the EU for at least 12 consecutive months;
- goods imported on the occasion of a marriage, provided that the person concerned has been residing outside of the EU for at least 12 consecutive months and can provide proof of marriage;
- personal property inherited by an EU resident; clothing, study materials and furniture of students coming to study in the EU.
Goods of negligible value, non-commercial goods, capital goods and goods contained in travellers’ personal luggage.
Agricultural, biological, chemical, pharmaceutical and medical products.
Where relief from import duties is subject to the goods being put to a particular use, the person concerned must provide the relevant authority with proof that these conditions have been met.
Residence in origin: proof of living 12 months before transfer
Residence in destination: 6 months after transfer
List of goods: bought 6 months before transfer, 12 months vehicles
Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up an EU system of reliefs from customs duty
Quotation for a Container
These are the most popular type of container and are used to transport dry goods including machinery, grain, paper and electronics.
The standard ISO dry cargo container is 7.8 feet (2.3 metres) wide and 7.9 feet (2.3 metres) high and comes in two lengths:
20 feet (5.9 metres)
40 feet (12.03 metres)
Others costs: you will have to pay your customs agent and transport to final destination.