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Fri 03 Mar 2010Customs headache: Private use key to smuggling issue
CUSTOMS OFFICERS have difficulties cracking down on the number of cigarettes an individual can bring into the country for private use from other EU member states. If tobacco or alcohol goods bought abroad are not for personal use, excise duty can be charged on them. At the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, Revenue chairman Josephine Feehily said the indicative quantity for cigarettes was 800.
This means that if a person is carrying larger quantities, he or she may be asked to prove they are intended for personal use.
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