Disclose unaccompanied cash and/or other funds when requested to do so in mail and freight transactions
Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-PfalzCustoms authorities monitor the movement of unaccompanied cash and/or other means across the borders of Germany to other Member States of the European Union (EU).
Customs officials may request the consignor, consignee or a representative of that person to make a disclosure declaration for unaccompanied cash and/or other means which are
- in postal parcels,
- in courier shipments,
- in unaccompanied baggage, or
- as containerised cargo
into, out of or through the EU. This submission may be made in writing.
Cash is defined as:
- Cash such as banknotes and coins that are valid means of payment.
- Banknotes and coins that are not valid means of payment but can still be exchanged for currency that is valid means of payment. For example, it is still possible to exchange German marks or Austrian schillings for euros).
- Transferable bearer instruments, such as travellers' cheques, cheques, promissory notes and certain money orders.
- Commodities that have a high value in relation to their volume; these are coins with a gold content of at least 90 percent and gold bars, nuggets or nuggets with a gold content of at least 99.5 percent.
Equated funds include:
- Savings accounts,
- Precious stones (rough or polished) such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires or emeralds,
- Coins, with a gold content of at least 90 percent, and gold bars, nuggets, or nuggets with a gold content of at least 99.5 percent
- Other precious metals such as platinum or silver