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Shopping Within the EU (Tobacco and alcohol (For guidance, goods are…
Shopping Within the EU
There are no limits on what you can buy and take with you when you travel betweenas EU contruies, as long it is for personal use and not for resale.
Tobacco and alcohol
For guidance, goods are considered to be for your own use if you have no more than:
These rules already apply to Malta and Cyprus but there are transitional arrangements for travellers returning to one of the 15 old EU countries from one of the other new EU countries.
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90 litres of wine (of which, a maximum of 60 litres of sparkling wine)
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VAT
When you shop in another EU-country, VAT and duty are included in the price you pay and, since these vary from country to country, you may want to take advantage of some interesting price differences.
Duty-free
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This can either be general publicity terms or it might refer to special rules that apply when you travel to a country outside the EU.
You might then be allowed to pay lower VAT or duty on a limited number of goods, since you are not considered to be in any one country during your travel.
Similar “duty free” shopping does not exist when you travel between EU-countries, because all of the EU is one single market, and you can in stead profit from the freedom to buy whatever you want and take advantage of the diversity in choice, taste, taxes and price levels.
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