Regulations on personal effects for citizens resident for more than 185 days of the year in a European Union country
Please select the option that applies in your case:
First import of parts or derivatives of species listed in Annex A of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97, for personal effects.
This includes, for instance:
- First import of
hunting trophies of the species Ursus arctos (brown bear), Ursus arctos horribilis (grizzly bear), Felis silvestris (wild cat), Canis lupus (wolf), from the Annex A populations of Loxodonta africana (African elephant), Panthera pardus (leopard) and other species listed in Annex A to Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97
- First import of ivory carvings from the Annex A populations of Loxodonta africana (African elephant) or Elephas maximus (Indian elephant)
- First import of parts or derivatives of other species listed in Annex A of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97
Rules / Required documentation
First import of parts or derivatives of species listed in Annex B of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97, for personal effects
This includes, for instance:
- First import of hunting trophies of the species Ursus americanus (black bear), Ursus maritimus (polar bear), Lynx canadensis (North American lynx), Lynx rufus (bobcat) Papio ursinus (Chacma baboon), Panthera leo (lion) and other species listed in Annex B to Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97
- First import of reptile leather or fur products from species listed in Annex B of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97
- First import of coral fragments or coral jewellery
- First import of parts or derivatives of other species listed in Annex B of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97
- First import of caviar up to 125 g in containers that are individually and correct marked
- First import of up to three rainsticks
- First import of up to three shells of queen conches
- First import of up to three shells of giant clams
- First import of up to four worked specimens from dead crocodiles of species listed in Annex B to Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 (excluding meat and hunting trophies)
- First import of up to four dead specimens of seahorses
Rules / Required documentation
Re-import of parts or derivatives of species listed in Annexes A and B of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97, for personal effects
Re-import means the import of a previously exported or re-exported specimen back into the European Community.
Export means that parts or derivatives from specimens bred in captivity inside of the European Union or which have been taken from the wild inside of the European Union are to be exported for the first time.
Re-export of parts or derivatives of species listed in Annexes A and B of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97, for personal effects
Re-export means that the parts or derivatives have already been imported into the European Union at an earlier date in accordance with the legislation in force.
