Douane / Customs in 2023

Customs after Brexit

The custodian of this website has monitored Facebook pages related to second home owners in France. They have the following observations

1. The French authorities were relaxed about Douane matters during Covid.  

2. As of December 2022 the Douane appear to have continued this relaxed approach however there is always the risk that they will be enforced on the day you travel!

3. We have no information on how Dutch;  Belgium and Spanish customs officer apply the generic EU rules.

The Douane Pages of the website

The original Douane section of this website was written in early 2021. We do not have the resources to maintain these page so they may be out of date. 

We kept the section on personal effects which was last updated in September 2021. It is available here

We added a copy of a reply from the Infos Douane Services, dated October 2022, sent in a response to a request for information about taking furniture and household goods from the UK into France.  It is available here: 

We have retired much of the content but have kept the old pages for reference; they are available here

A link to an official Douane page was added in April 2023: https://www.douane.gouv.fr/french-customs-information-available-english

Disclaimer

All sections are published on the basis that you use them at their own risk

Lynn Whitmore and the 180days team are not responsible for the accuracy of the information that has been provided by the Douane as this is constantly evolving.