Applies to items worth up to 150 euros. The new pricing policy reduces fees for parcels costing up to 100 euros. In August, a new Web service will be launched for consumers, so that they know in advance what they will pay.
ELTA: How the new customs clearance fees for small parcels are structured
The ups and downs have been brought to e-commerce by the imposition of VAT on online purchases from 0 to 22 euros, with ELTA “breaking” the category from zero to 150 euros into five subgroups, with VAT scaling.
The aim is that consumers with orders of less than 150 euros and especially up to 22 euros are not burdened with significant amounts, which is the largest volume of parcels that arrive in our country.
At the same time, ELTA is creating a web application which is expected to work for consumers in August, so that the latter can be informed by entering the code of their order for the final customs clearance fee. This is a new service that will help calculate the final cost of an order, mainly for items under 100 euros.
In the context of the implementation of the new legislative package of measures for e-commerce that concerns the adjustment of fees related to the customs clearance of postal items, ELTA is proceeding to amend a relevant decision from 2017, introducing five levels in purchases ranging from 0 to 150 euros.
In particular they decided:
i. Abolition of the fee related to “Presentation at Customs for the designation of Customs Free”.
ii. Introduction of new levels of customs clearance fees for items worth €0 to €150, namely as follows:
Parcels of the same value from 0 euros to 15 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €2.50, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €2.02
Parcels of the same value over 15 euros up to 30 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €5.00 while the ELTA fee before VAT is €4.03
Parcels of the same value of more than 30 euros up to 50 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €7.50, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €6.05
Parcels of the same value over 50 euros up to 100 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €10.00, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €8.06
Parcels of the same value above 100 euros up to 150 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €15.00, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €12.10.
At the same time, they decided to determine the other fees as follows:
Parcels of the same value over 150 euros up to 500 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €20, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €16.13
Parcels of the same value of more than 500 euros up to 1,000 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €25, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €20.16
Parcels of the same value over 1,000 euros, the ELTA fee (including VAT) is €50, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €40.32
Delivery to the recipient’s Customs Broker, the fee is €15, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €12.10
Declaration of Export of an individual item, the fee is 5 euros, while the ELTA fee before VAT is 4.03€
Export Declaration for depositing more than five items €1/Per item (minimum fee €5) while the ELTA fee before VAT is €0.81 (minimum fee €4.03)
Request for Review of Duties, the fee is €12, while the ELTA fee before VAT is €9.68
The approval of an effective date for the implementation of the aforementioned fees on July 19, 2021.
It is recalled that according to a previous decision, the fee for parcels worth from €22 to €150 the fee was €15, for packages over €150 to €500 the fee was €20, over €500 to €1,000 it was €25 € and for parcels over €1,000 the fee was €50. As can be seen, the prices remain the same for parcels from 150 euros and above, while significant differences exist for parcels up to 100 euros.
The new procedure, as long as the items worth up to €150 have been sent from the countries, under the responsibility of the sender, with all the prescribed mandatory information in electronic form or through the IOSS regime, will not incur any charge from ELTA for their customs clearance.
Possible charges for customs clearance operations will only exist for those items that are not accompanied by the necessary electronic information and in the case of a sample check, in accordance with the procedures imposed by the AADE.
