No mention of per month, year or any period - if he imported 90L every week, then they would certainly be suspicious but 90L every quarter - hey, I'll drink to that!If you want to bring in alcohol and tobacco products (up to the indicative limits below) without paying extra duty or tax:
The following quantities are generally considered as being for personal use for individuals travelling within the EU:
- you must be 17 or older
- you must keep receipts (to prove you have already paid duty and tax)
- and
- you must transport and accompany the goods yourself
- the goods must be acquired by you for your own personal use and you cannot intend to sell them.
- 800 cigarettes
- 400 cigarillos
- 200 cigars
- 1kg smoking tobacco
- 10 litres of spirits (whiskey, gin, vodka and so on)
- 20 litres of other alcoholic drinks with no more than 22% alcohol (for example, port, sherry and some liqueurs)
- 90 litres of wine (of which only 60 litres can be sparkling)
- 110 litres of beer.
90L per person is about 2.5 bottles a week. That sounds reasonable.
For a 36 week year. Must be a maths teacher.
No, just a budding alcoholic.Purple is definitely a maths teacher. Who else would change the units from litres to bottles in mid question.
A know a retired European space agency scientist who told me that he keeps his research going be doing chemistry experiments of converting alcohol into urine
Yes, he was incorrect.
And in fact 90L is also incorrect, as there is no limit for personal use.
Someone with far more than that who was organising their daughter’s wedding and bringing back the wine would be fine, for example
In fairness, they are genuinely only using for family consumption......There is a couple of family occasions & they kindly provide the wine
Would these examples definitely qualify as 'personal use' if there are quantities in excess of those cited by the customs officials and quoted in the Revenue guidelines?
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There’s no yearly limit mentioned, however,
Which is within the rights of the customs officers to asses.
- the goods must be acquired by you for your own personal use and you cannot intend to sell them.
You probably get away with a second trip shortly afterwards but exceeding the limits significantly within a reasonable timeframe can easily be argued against being for personal use.
You can of course still bring the stuff in, but you might be required to pay excise duty.
This is well within the spirit of the legislation, and you will be hard pressed to convince a judge otherwise.
Yes, he was incorrect.
And in fact 90L is also incorrect, as there is no limit for personal use.
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