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Old Dec 15, 2017 | 10:15 am
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jamespvg
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Originally Posted by Calchas
Things are really not that simple.

For one thing, excise duties are payable on alcohol and tobacco products where they are not for the traveller's own personal use
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs...u/index_en.htm
Out of interest, what are other ways in which things are "not that simple"? (A genuine question, I'm not being facetious.)

Was just pulled aside for a customs check arriving at St Pancras (UK passport). The officer wanted to know in particular how much cash I was carrying, and where I had been before Paris. (Didn't seem to have anything to do with alcohol or tobacco products.)

I really don't understand why (if?) they have the right to perform these kinds of checks on European travelers traveling within the EU.
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