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Buying tobacco on holidays and customs

  • 12-03-2012 1:20pm
    #1
    dpqt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    I am wondering how much tobacco is allowed past customs in Ireland and France? How many 50g bags of rolled tobacco are you allowed bring back to Ireland, or is the amount you are allowed bring home on an airplane not regulated? I am going on holiday to France next month and will be buying rolled tobacco to bring home, and it is important that I know how much I'm allowed bring back to Ireland in case the tobacco is confiscated.


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  • #2
    Procrastastudy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭Procrastastudy


    http://europa.eu/travel/shop/index_en.htm


  • #3
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    From that link

    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 resale. 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 questioned to check that you have no commercial intent. 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
    In essence there is no limit, as Commissioner Feehily stated in the Oireachtas a few years ago. Each event is treated on a case by case basis. If they suspect you of selling on the tobacco they will have to prove it though if you're carrying 20kg of tobacco then it could be reasonable for the court to infer that you're not going to smoke all that yourself.


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