Here you can find out which target group you belong to – company or private individual:
You belong to the company group in the following cases
- You are a company (sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited liability company, corporation, limited partnership) and you pursue commercial aims.
Examples that fall into this category:
- Use of goods in companies, in one's own firm or restaurant (e.g. you buy tomatoes from Italy for your pizzeria)
- Delivery on behalf of another private individual or for a company
Examples that do not fall into this category:
- Personal travelling provisions when on a business trip
- Souvenirs that you bring back from a business trip for your own use
You belong to the private individuals group in the following cases:
- You are a private individual wanting to import, export or transit with goods for your own use or intended as a gift
- The goods are not intended to be traded (customs term: goods in tourist traffic)
Examples that fall into this category:
- Souvenirs from abroad for your own use
- Goods from shopping tourism and intended for your own household
- Your own travelling provisions
Examples that do not fall into this category:
- Deliveries on behalf of a person for payment (e.g. furniture deliveries)
- Goods transported by farmers and restaurant owners for their business (e.g. a market)
- All services performed for a person under a contract for works (e.g. delivery and installation of a kitchen in a home)
- Postal and courier consignments (see Online shopping, postal and courier consignments)
Special case – online shopping:
- Goods that you arrange to have transported from abroad as a private individual are categorised as commercial goods, and the customs tariffs for commercial goods (e.g. furniture from abroad) therefore apply. Thus, in this case a private individual is treated in the same way as a company.
