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| Import Regulations in Greece | In Greece EU regulations apply concerning temporary import of private boats.
Non-EU boats may be temporarily be brought into and privately used in the EU (which includes the territorial waters) without customs duties or Value Added Tax needing to be paid. Note, that EU VAT rate in Greece is 19% for boats crossing EU borders.But this can only be done by people who are not EU residents, this means, they are established outside that territory.
The vessels concerned have to be placed under the temporary import procedure with Customs and the period of use in one of the EU countries (Greece in our case) is limited in time. When the time ends the vessel has to leave the country. The re-exportation of the items from the customs territory of the Community is the usual way of ending a temporary importation procedure. If the vessel does not leave before the end of that time then customs duty and VAT become due.
A boat is temporarily imported into the EU and not into one of the constituent Member States. Thus it can move from one Member State to another with no further customs formalities during the 1 and a half year period allowed.
The eighteen month period can be extended for the time during which the yacht is not used. However, the maximum overall period during which the vessel can remain in the EU is 2 years.
Private vessels may be temporarily imported for private use only. Under temporary import a yacht may not be hired, sold or lent to a resident of the EU. Immediate relatives of the proprietor may use the vessel if they are resident outside of the EU. The boat may be used occasionally by a EU resident, when acting on behalf of the proprietor and when the proprietor is in the EU.
The VAT relief also applies to the import of spare parts and accessories to effect repairs or maintenance. This relief only applies to boats registered outside the EU and owned by a non-EU resident.
A proprietor is not limited to a single period of temporary import. He (she) can sail the yacht out of the EU and when you came back again for another vacation a new period of temporary importation can begin. The customs rules do not provide for a minimum period during which the products have to remain outside of the customs territory of the EU. |
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