Shopping
Within the EU
There are no limits on what you can buy and take with you when you travel between EU countries, as long as it is for personal use and not for sale. Taxes (VAT and excise duties) are included in the price you pay and no further payment of tax can be due in any other EU country.
Tobacco and alcohol
To determine whether tobacco and alcohol are for personal use, each country can set guide levels. If you carry a larger quantity of these goods, you may be asked to prove that they are for your own personal use only. The guide levels may not be lower than:800 cigarettes
400 cigarillos
200 cigars
1 kg of tobacco
10 litres of spirits
20 litres of fortified wine (such as port or sherry)
90 litres of wine (of which, a maximum of 60 litres of sparkling wine)
110 litres of beer
Coming from outside
If you enter the EU from outside, you can bring with you goods free of VAT and excise duties for personal use within the limits set out below. The same applies if you come from the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Gibraltar or other territories where EU rules on VAT and excise do not apply.
Alcoholic drinks
1 litre of spirits over 22% vol. or 2 litres of fortified or sparkling wine
4 litres of still wine
16 litres of beer
Tobacco products
There is a higher or lower limit depending on the country you are visiting (Romania uses the lower limit for all travellers). The following countries have chosen to apply the lower limits to land and sea travellers: Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia.
Higher limit Lower limit
200 cigarettes or 40 cigarettes or
100 cigarillos or 20 cigarillos or
50 cigars or 10 cigars or
250 g tobacco 50 g tobacco
Other goods including perfume
Up to a value of €300 per traveller or €430 for travellers by air and sea is allowed. Some EU countries apply a lower limit of €150 for travellers under 15.
Source : European Commission
Source : European Commission
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