Ithink that it is up to each individual country i the EU; when I was living
in Canada (Toronto), I had green cards made out by the local customs
office. The same system does not seem to exist in Denmark. Typically, after
the Danish Customs have stopped a packet and assigned a value and customs
duty sales tax, it is just sent to the local post office. There it seems to
be a take-it-or-leave-it rule, so that if you do not pay up it is sent back
to the sender. I have usually just paid up.....
Roger Key, Copenhagen
>Hi folks,
>Just thinking about the Customs duties reported by Chris, John and Roger;
>before New Zealand so enthusiastically adopted a free-trade mentality,
here
>we also had similar punitive duties.
>But, in the case of people taking dutiable items such as cameras out of
the
>country for a vacation, or sending the stuff overseas for repair /
maintenance,
>it was possible to obtain a certificate from Customs which recorded that
the
>item had been sent out of the country temporarily. Then, when it returned
>and Customs assessed it for duty, it was sufficient to show the export
>certificate, to have the import duties waived.
>Maybe such a mechanism exists in the EU now?
>Brian (Swale)
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