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• Donation of personal protective equipment: exemption from customs duties on import
  The coronavirus poses major challenges to citizens and entrepreneurs. We also see that many want to contribute to the fight against the virus, for example, by donating personal protective equipment to healthcare institutions. This is desperately needed, because there is a great shortage of these resources. Customs therefore offers the possibility of exempting the import […]
• Corona crisis: set of measures for entrepreneurs
  Due to the corona crisis, many entrepreneurs may temporarily not be able to comply with their payment obligations pursuant to the customs regulations and it may not be possible to observe all the deadlines and customs formalities. Customs will support entrepreneurs who get into problems for this reason by providing a set of measures.
• Export authorisation application form personal protective equipment available
  On 23 March we announced that export of personal protective equipment is only possible with an export authorisation. The application form for this authorisation can be found on the Customs website.
• The effects of corona on your package
  The outbreak of the coronavirus has a serious impact on all of us. This also applies to the work of Customs.
• Export declaration: an exporter is not required to be based in the European Union
  Earlier, we informed you that from April onwards, only an exporter established in the European Union could be entered in box 2 of the export declaration. However, due to the corona crisis, it continues to be authorised to enter an exporter not based in the European Union, also after April 1, 2020.
• Ban on the export of personal protective equipment
  The export of personal protective equipment is prohibited for the time being. EU Regulation 2020/402 was published on 15 March. This Regulation 'making the export of certain products subject to the production of an export authorisation' is effective immediately.
• Coronavirus: Customs is scaling down activities
  The coronavirus outbreak is having a major impact on citizens and businesses worldwide. This also applies to the work of Dutch Customs. It will go without saying that the health of our personnel comes first. We are therefore planning to 'downscale' some of our activities where it is possible and responsible to do so. Of […]