Pharmaceutical products used at international sports events
You may import pharmaceutical products to use at international sports events in the EU free of customs duty and VAT.
This applies to pharmaceutical products that will be used by persons or animals coming from third countries. You may only import such quantities as are necessary for your needs during your stay in the EU.
Keep in mind that there are special regulations for those who travel and bring medicines with you for personal use.
How to apply for duty and VAT exemption
You apply for duty-free treatment in one of the following ways:
Submit a declaration by going to a customs office and getting help to register the data in our import system. To speed up the process, there is a form that you can fill in in advance and bring to the customs office (see below).
Contact a customs representative who applies for duty-free treatment in the import declaration.
Manage your import declaration yourself
If you choose to handle your customs declaration yourself, you can provide the information on a simplified form and lodge it at a customs office where a customs officer will help you enter the declaration into our import system.
You can find the places where we are located and our addresses on the page Customs clearance offices.
Forms
Download the ‘Basis for manual customs declaration for imports’ If you have several different types of goods, you may also need a continuation form.
Data for manual customs declarations for imports
Pdf, 162.1 kB.
Data for manual customs declarations for imports – Continuation form Pdf, 135.6 kB.
Codes to fill in
In the Customs Tariff, you can find commodity codes for the medicines you want to import.
Enter the following codes in your customs declaration to apply for duty relief:
- Data element 99 05 000 000 – Nature of transaction: 9
- Data element 14 11 000 000 – Preference: 100
- Data element 11 10 000 000 – Additional procedure: C19 + F45