Customs

European travel: how much tobacco and alcohol can be brought home?

Publié le 03 juillet 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You will soon leave for Italy and you want to come back to France with a few bottles of limoncello ? You bought several cartons of cigarettes in Spain? Beware, especially with regard to alcohol and cigarettes, customs duties set exemptions, even if you are traveling to Europe. Service-Public.fr explains the regulations with 2 infographics.

As of March 29, 2024, demonstrating the commercial nature of a cross-border purchase of tobacco is no longer based solely on the quantity transported. This follows the publication of a decree of March 27, 2024, published in the Official Journal 29 march 2024.

Infographie - Travel to Europe: table of quantities of tobacco allowed to return to France
Illustration - Travel to Europe: table of quantities of tobacco allowed to return to France - plus de détails dans le texte suivant l’infographie
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Please note

If you have any questions, please contact “Customs Info service” at 0 800 94 40 40 (service and free call) or + 33 1 72 40 78 50 (from overseas or abroad).

You can find all the criteria and conditions, depending on your situation, on the Service-Public.fr Bring tobacco from the foreigner.

Infographie - Traveling in Europe: table of quantities of alcohol allowed to return to France
Illustration - Traveling in Europe: table of quantities of alcohol allowed to return to France - plus de détails dans le texte suivant l’infographie
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You can find all the criteria and conditions, depending on your situation, on the Service-Public.fr Bring alcohol from abroad.

Please note

In addition, you must report any amount greater than or equal to €10,000.

Finally, some goods are subject to restriction (medicines, food, weapons, works of art...) while others are strictly prohibited (drugs, counterfeits, animals and plants threatened with extinction...).

Warning  

the overseas departments and regions and the overseas authorities and territories are not concerned, nor are the Channel Islands, the Canary Islands, Andorra, Monaco and Switzerland. For these countries, you should consult the content dedicated to the other territorial areas.

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