The uploaded pdf is the update by German customs on the “new” regulation (German only). However, there seems to be a sort of grey zone as some airfields “insist” on customs declaration currently (i.e. Donaueschingen), saying as they have customs on the airfield they need to run the customs procedure irrespective of the updated regulation……… (maybe that will change soon).
But well, as Sebastian wrote above, the net message is, as long you don’t have anything to declare, coming from Norway or Switzerland, you don’t need German customs anymore….
+1 for Colmar as fuel stop…
Thanks for all good tips. EDDS and LFGA might be good alternatives for me enroute between Berlin and Perpignan. I will research further.
I see the letter above is dated 3 march, and I don’t understand much German, so I’ll have to dig into the customs regulations further to see if the changes you mention already apply to us coming from Norway. Norwegian customs might have an opinion as well.
Norway is non-EU, but Schengen. We have had a Scandinavian customs union for a long time, meaning that there has been in place simplified customs rules between Norway, Denmark and Sweden. So usually we would just make a stop there, and then continuing further into the rest of the EU was no issue. But going directly was. But if this is now changed this year nothing would make me happier. :)
