Declare removal goods at customs

You must submit the customs declaration in writing:

• Download the form for "Customs declaration for relocation goods" (Form 0350) via the website of the Federal Tax Administration.
• Fill out the form completely and sign it.
  • when entering the country with relocation goods: hand in your customs declaration at the customs office.
  • in postal traffic: enclose your customs declaration in a mailing bag on the package and mark it "relocation goods".
• Customs officials will check your declaration.
• If necessary, further checks will follow, for example an examination of the goods.
• You will receive a copy of the customs declaration.

• You, as a natural person, transfer your usual place of residence to the customs territory of the European Union.
• The goods are Übersiedlungsgut within the meaning of customs law. This means, among other things:
  • Your habitual residence has existed outside the customs territory of the European Union for at least 12 months prior to the move;
  • Exceptions are possible if you can prove that you had at least the intention to live outside the European Union for 12 months or more, for example through an employment contract.
  • The goods belong to you or your family;
  • You or your family have used non-consumable goods for at least 6 months in your third country of origin;
  • The goods are to be further used by you or your family for the same purpose.
• A German customs office can clear the goods as household effects if you take up your new residence - temporarily if necessary - in Germany.

Proof is required that you have transferred your usual place of residence to the European Union. The proof can be provided, for example, by

• De-registration certificate from the foreign authority stating how long you have lived outside the European Union
• Certificate from the German registration authority or
• rental contract or
• personal papers or

if necessary, further documents such as

• Invoices, purchase receipts or other proof that you own goods or
• employment contract

in the case of vehicles and aircraft:

• Proof of registration for traffic in the country concerned

for weapons:

• Weapons ownership card

You can make the customs declaration free of charge.

If you import household effects before you move, you must provide security.

• You must register the household effects within 12 months of the move.
• You can also import the household effects before your move. In this case, you must undertake, among other things, to establish your residence in the customs territory of the European Union within 6 months as part of the customs declaration.
• You may not give the personal property to anyone for 12 months from the date of acceptance of your declaration. For example, you may not give it away, sell it or lend it.

• usually up to about 1 hour

Service regulation Übersiedlungsgut of the Federal Ministry of Finance (Z 0803), paragraph 1

• Artikel 3 bis 11 der EG-Verordnung über das gemeinschaftliche System der Zollbefreiungen (1186/2009)

• Objection

Forms: yes

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: no

• Customs declaration for relocation goods (form 0350en)