If you are an operator and release fresh bananas for free circulation, you can only draw up the necessary weighing certificates yourself with an authorisation from customs.

If you are involved in customs-related activities, such as importing or exporting goods, you must apply for an EORI number.

In some cases you have to prove the Union status of goods. By granting the status of "approved exhibitor", you can simplify the proof procedure vis-à-vis the customs authorities.

Do you want to use a deferral account to process deferred payments with customs? Among other things, you need a deferral BIN with which you can identify yourself electronically.

If you want to operate a bonded warehouse, you need a permit from the customs authorities.

To export a medicinal product for human use approved in Germany to a country outside the EU, you need the WHO certificate, which is issued in accordance with the specifications of the World Health Organization (WHO).

To export a medicinal product for human use that is not authorized in Germany to a country outside the EU, you need the WHO certificate, which is issued in accordance with the requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Goods carried by the TIR procedure in international road transport can be received as "authorised consignee".

As an airline or shipping company, you can apply for a simplification of the transit procedure. With this simplification, it is possible to use an electronic transport document as a transit declaration in the Union transit procedure.

Manufacturers of in-vitro diagnostics can apply for a certificate of free sale. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer or authorized representative has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.

Manufacturers of active medical devices can apply for a certificate of free sale. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.

If you declare non-Union goods for the end-use procedure, you can benefit from reduced rates of duty.

When importing goods into Germany, the applicable customs duties and import turnover taxes are always due, which usually have to be paid directly upon import. Under certain conditions, you as an importer or freight forwarder can apply for a deferral of payment.

If you would like to obtain a European Technical Assessment (ETA) for your construction product, you can apply for one at Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt).

If you take advantage of special official actions from the customs administration, you may incur fees and expenses for them, which you must pay.

If you want to operate a bonded warehouse, you must submit an application.

If you as an entrepreneur import goods with a material value of up to EUR 150 into the EU, you can declare and pay tax on the resulting turnover centrally using the Import-One-Stop-Shop (IOSS) procedure.

If you regularly receive goods in transit, you can simplify the customs procedure by using the status "authorised consignee".

If you regularly ship dutiable goods within the European Union, you can simplify the customs procedure with the status "Authorised consignor".

As an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), you benefit from simplifications in customs clearance. To obtain this status, you must submit an application to your main customs office.

If you want to import or export specimens of protected animal and plant species into or from the EU, you will need a permit.

If you export goods to third countries, you can apply for an export refund under certain conditions.

Manufacturers can apply for a certificate of free sale for export purposes. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer or authorized representative has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.

Manufacturers of in-vitro diagnostics can apply for the issue of a certificate of free sale for export purposes. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer is established in Germany and that the product can be traded within the EU.

Manufacturers of non-active medical devices can apply for a certificate of free sale. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.

If you export plants, plant products or other objects to countries outside the EU, they must not contain harmful organisms. As proof of this, you must apply for a phytosanitary certificate or a pre-export certificate or re-export certificate.

If goods are stopped by customs on suspicion of counterfeiting, you will be informed of this as the rights holder.

If you want to offer software for the IT procedures ATLAS, AES or EMCS, you must have it certified.

If you conduct customs-relevant trade in the EU and want to use the Union transit procedure, you must participate in the automated customs clearance system ATLAS and declare your goods shipment to customs. You can use a customs internet platform for this purpose.

If you are carrying cash or certain other funds of EUR 10,000 or more when entering or leaving Germany, you must inform Customs.

If you are exporting goods from Germany to a country outside the European Union (third country), you can make the customs declaration via the Internet under certain conditions.

If you are importing goods into Germany from outside the EU, you can submit the customs declaration via the Internet.

If you are transporting goods for NATO or partner forces, these can be imported into Germany duty-free under certain conditions. However, the goods must be declared to customs.

If you wish to declare goods in consignments of up to EUR 150.00 in Germany, you can use a simplified electronic customs declaration.

If you are moving to the European Union from a third country, you can usually import household goods and other household effects duty-free. However, you must declare this to customs.

If you move unaccompanied cash and/or other funds, for example in postal and freight traffic, into, out of or through the European Union, you must submit a disclosure declaration when requested to do so by the customs authorities.

If you move unaccompanied cash, for example, in postal and freight traffic from a third country to or through the European Union or from the European Union to a third country, you must submit a disclosure declaration when requested to do so by the customs authorities.

With the "MRN status information" of the customs you can retrieve online information about your (re-)export declarations.

You want to re-enter or change your tax number or tax identification number, which is the basis for the ELSTER certificate used for the registration in the Internet Export Declaration Plus (IAA Plus), in your EORI master data? Then you need to submit an application.

You can import goods from countries outside the EU into Germany. However, there are quantity and value limits for certain goods.

You can bring goods from any EU country to Germany. However, there are guideline quantities for certain goods.

To clarify the origin of a product in terms of customs law, you can apply for binding origin information.

For non-Union goods that you import into the customs territory of the Union only temporarily and for a specific purpose, you will have to pay less import duty or none at all.

If you bring goods into or out of the customs territory of the European Union, you must submit an entry or exit summary declaration under certain conditions. You can do this, among other things, via the Internet declaration.

If you have general questions about all areas of customs and excise law, motor vehicle tax and financial control of undeclared work or questions about online customs applications, you can obtain information from the central information desk of the customs administration.

If customs authorities find that import or export duties were not claimed in the amount required by law, you may receive a subsequent claim.

Travellers from a non-EU member state can make purchases in Germany free of VAT under certain conditions.

In order to simplify the clearance of goods upon import into the European single market, you can apply for a binding tariff information (BTI) beforehand.

If your goods are stopped on suspicion of counterfeiting, customs will inform you of the next steps.

The IT procedures ATLAS and AES are used for electronic customs clearance. In order to be able to electronically declare and process your excisable consignments under duty suspension, you must participate in EMCS.

If you want to make customs declarations by entry in the accounts, you must first apply for an authorisation.

Do you want to declare goods for a customs procedure at a centrally competent customs office, even though the goods are located elsewhere at that time? This is possible with an authorisation for central customs clearance.

Are you concerned that goods being imported into or exported from the customs union could infringe your intellectual property rights? Then you can apply to the Central Industrial Property Office to stop these goods.

If you as a company want to prove the origin of an export product yourself, you must submit a one-time application. There is also a simplified procedure for storing input materials with or without origin together.

If you import goods from third countries into Germany, you can use lump sums in certain cases to determine the customs value of the goods. You will need permission from customs to do this.

If you import goods into the customs territory of the European Union and/or handle them there, you can apply for a comprehensive guarantee under certain conditions. The amount may be reduced or waived as appropriate.

For the dispatch of certain goods, an authorisation for the use of special seals is required.

As a holder of an authorisation to lodge simplified customs declarations for the export of goods, you may also place the goods under the export procedure outside the opening hours of the customs office of export.

Under the inward processing procedure, you can have non-Union goods processed in the customs territory of the European Union. Initially, you do not have to pay any duties on import.

Under the outward processing procedure, you can have goods processed in third countries. You then pay reduced or no import duties on re-importation.

If you are a shipping company established in the EU, you can apply for a liner service for customs purposes. In a liner shipping service, you transport Union goods from one EU port to another EU port without the goods having to undergo customs clearance again there.

If you import goods into the European Union, you can get customs duties reimbursed or waived under certain conditions. You can apply to the customs authorities even if you do not have access to the ATLAS system.

With the customs Internet status information service, you can call up online information on consignments of goods that you have posted under the EU-wide Union transit procedure.

You can use the Internet Status Information (ISA) to access information online about your temporary custody applications.