PN 1878a - Customs and Excise Information for Travellers Arriving in Ireland from Cou

Ned_led16

If the legal limit for duty free from outside the eu to ireland is:
- 1 carton cigarettes
- 1 liter of liquor
Q:1 What ever happened to personal consumption limits?
Q:2 Does your return journey outside eu limit, include your initial journey limit
Q:3 How is Marloboro allowed to market twin packs - or liqour marketed as buy three for price of 2?
Q:4 Why does duty free shop in airport sell you as much as you like (surely that should be ilegal)
I thought the limit was much higher>
Last question, is it legal for an airline to not allow a person to cansel sports equipment travel due to a medical condition/ sports injury?

MagicSean

You are assumed to be a responsable adult and able to make your own decisions. They aren't there to police you in the shop.

Ned_led16

A friend just told me that the limit is increased from 1 carton of cigarettes and 1 liter of liquor to "personal consumption," when you purchase in the shop in that country opposed to duty free - because local vat and tax has been paid!

Interesting - because duty paid goods are sometimes as cheap outisde of the Eu as duty free in the airports cause they bump up the price??

I disagree about the responsible adult argument. I think its to do with making money! Perhpas im to cynical though!

MagicSean

The limit you are talking about is in the country you are flying to and the shop is in the country you are flying from. They can't be expected to know the rules of a different country.

ScouseMouse

Are you not confusing duty free allowances (what you have mentioned) and are very limited, and duty paid in the EU allowances, which are reasonable personal consumption?

FreudianSlippers

The short answer is that it doesn't matter whether the goods were purchased duty-free/tax-free or duty-paid/tax-paid outside the EU; the limit is 200 cigarettes, 1 litre of spirits, 2 litres of "Intermediate Products" and 4 litres of still wine.

If you exceed these amounts you are liable to pay customs duty, excise duty and VAT on the items you're bringing in.

Regulation 1186/2009 deals with customs and duties.
Directive 2007/74/EC deal with VAT and excise.

I'm not sure I understand questions 2 and 3. Question 4 was dealt with adequately by MagicSean. It's not their job to make sure you don't break the law.

As for cancelling sports equipment charge, I'm sure it's all contained in your contract with them. If it were me, I'd phone up the airline and explain to them the situation and hopefully they would refund the charge. You'd be surprised what a short phone call and a good attitude will get you with airlines. I had to fly in a bit of an emergency last March and I couldn't get a ticket - phoned up Aer Lingus and explained the situation and she got me on the plane for a reasonable price in about 2 minutes.