Goods which are imported into the EU or exported from the EU have to be customs cleared. Customs requirements are becoming more and more diverse and the single process steps increasingly complex.
In order to ensure smooth customs clearance for your imports and exports you need the right partner. EgeTrans is glad to help you with all your customs-related issues.
It takes many small steps for goods imported to the European Union to be customs cleared. Our team takes care of every single step for you, from preparing the customs declaration to the release of the goods for free circulation. We monitor all digital interfaces, prepare the required documents and communicate with customs authorities, ensuring a smooth release of your goods for free circulation.
Our team is glad to advise you on selecting the appropriate procedure.
As a forwarding company EgeTrans is authorized to act as a fiscal representative for VAT purposes in the EU. The Value Added Tax Act allows forwarders to declare tax-free imports, which are not subject to input tax settlement, as an authorized representative of a foreign taxpayer. This mainly concerns VAT-free imports followed directly by intra-Community delivery.
A fiscal representative is specifically intended for companies located abroad that want to import goods from a third country into the EU and transit them through an EU country in which they do not have their domicile, registered office or other taxable turnover, before the goods are delivered to the country of destination. The fiscal representation is supposed to reduce the administrative effort for imports and to not affect the liquidity of the importer.
The fiscal representative processes imports VAT wise in the EU member state which serves as importing country and in this process releases the goods for free circulation upon arrival at the external border of the EU without VAT being raised and having to be pre-financed. The representative also takes care of prescribed reporting and declaration obligations. There is no further customs clearance required in the country of destination. The importer only pays the import VAT in the course of sales taxation.
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All goods exported from the customs territory of the European Union must go through the process of customs clearance and must be accompanied by relevant export documents. For this purpose consignments are transferred to export procedures are declared to the customs authority by using an electronic export accompanying document (export declaration).
The responsible customs authority checks the customs declaration and inspects the goods randomly. After careful examination of all requirements the customs authority releases the goods for export from the EU and issues an export certificate.
Of course we arrange all further steps and take over the coordination of the entire export customs clearance process.
In the European Union, the country of destination principle applies. This means that VAT only applies to goods for the country in which they are traded. The transit procedures are based on this principle.
When goods are transported between two places within the European Union, they only have to be customs cleared upon arrival at the final destination. This also simplifies transportation of goods between two EU countries where the transit country is a non-EU country (third country).
We are glad to take over the following shipping formalities within the European Union for you:
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