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<p>Dear NHColl community,</p>
<p>just a brief reminder that the value-added tax exemption rule for
shipments to the EU expired yesterday. <br>
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<p>There will be no levies of charges (e.g., declared value of 5 EUR
or less), all (commercial) good imported to the EU will be subject
to VAT and will require formal customs declaration. Thus, all
shipments to the EU should have a <b><u>reasonably low declared
value </u></b>
for custom purposes and it should be <u><b>stated clearly in the
shipping documentation</b></u> that specimens included are
either sent on loan, returned from loan or sent as a gift to the
receiving EU collection and are <b>not for resale, not traded
goods and do not have a commercial value</b>. </p>
<p>I am not sure at the moment how these foreseeable microtaxes
(e.g., 19% VAT out of 5 EUR = 0,95 cent) will be charged,
eventually there will be some sort of flat rate that is subsumed
in the shipping cost. This should become clearer within the next
weeks.</p>
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<p>Colleagues at EU institutions may have a closer look on arriving
shipments and should be aware that shipments may arrive delayed
because of customs clearance.</p>
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<p>With best wishes</p>
<p>Dirk<br>
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<p>Further information is provided also by respective Express
carriers, for example FedEx, UPS, DHL Express<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.fedex.com/en-ca/shipping-services/international/regulatory/eu-vat-changes.html">https://www.fedex.com/en-ca/shipping-services/international/regulatory/eu-vat-changes.html</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/media/en_US/EU_VAT_Reform_Business.pdf">https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/media/en_US/EU_VAT_Reform_Business.pdf</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.dhl-eucustoms.com/">https://www.dhl-eucustoms.com/</a><br>
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<p>The English website of the German Customs provides further
information and details, e.g., on simplified calculation of
charges etc.<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.zoll.de/EN/Private-individuals/Postal_consignments_internet_order/Shipments-from-a-non-EU-country/Duties-and-taxes/Assessment-of-taxes-and-duties/assessment-of-taxes-and-duties_node.html">https://www.zoll.de/EN/Private-individuals/Postal_consignments_internet_order/Shipments-from-a-non-EU-country/Duties-and-taxes/Assessment-of-taxes-and-duties/assessment-of-taxes-and-duties_node.html</a><br>
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Dirk Neumann<br>
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Tel: 089 / 8107-111<br>
Fax: 089 / 8107-300<br>
neumann(a)snsb.de<br>
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Postanschrift:<br>
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Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns<br>
Zoologische Staatssammlung München<br>
Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Storage<br>
Münchhausenstr. 21<br>
81247 München<br>
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Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung:<br>
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Dirk Neumann<br>
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Tel: +49-89-8107-111<br>
Fax: +49-89-8107-300<br>
neumann(a)snsb.de<br>
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postal address:<br>
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Bavarian Natural History Collections<br>
The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology<br>
Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage<br>
Muenchhausenstr. 21<br>
81247 Munich (Germany)<br>
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Visit our section at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/">http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/</a><br>
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