bringing back ciggerettes from E.U (spain)

[HarveyLidbet]

hey. im going to spain on wednesday and ive read from previous answers that i can legally bring back 3200 cigerettes.
but i wanted to know whats the rules about bringing back cigerettes for myself and tobacco for my dad?
and because im only 17, if for some reason i got questions what would be the consiquences?

any help would be great appreciated.
thanks
harvey

[HarveyLidbet]

well clearly i am too young to buy ciggerettes in spain, but it hasnt been a problem before, so im hoping it wont be this time.

but thanks for the input

[HarveyLidbet]

why are you stressing at me?
yer your answer was fair enough, you told me some facts which i didnt think of.

and seriously like theres no need to swear, people of all ages may be reading this.

[Peeler]

Whilst not legal to buy as Legend states I suppose the question is about our custom rules. Strictly a guess but assuming there is anyone on customs duty they would apply our laws which stands at 16. My opinion only HL.

[HarveyLidbet]

seriously why would they be agreeing with you?
so what im underage and i smoke, how does that effect anyone but me??

all you've done is state the obvious, and miraculously think your a genius. my 4 year old sister could have told me what youve told me

[scotgal]

Put your handbags away you 2!

[HarveyLidbet]

i really dont understand i asked a genuine question and i get slatted for it?

im new to this site, have i done something wrong?

and thanks to the guy who actually out an opinion up, it does help

[Buenchico]

All travellers entering the UK from any EU country (with the exception of a few new member states in Eastern Europe) are theoretically entitled to bring back an unlimited quantity of alcohol and tobacco, as long as they are for personal use. The definition of 'personal use' includes bona fide gifts to others but not items for which you'll receive any form of payment (even if that payment is only 'cost price').

HMRC issue guidelines to travellers as to the maximum quantities that they'll normally consider as meeting the 'personal use' rule, without asking any questions. These include 3200 and 3kg of tobacco:
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebAp p/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_page Label=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD_010221& propertyType=document

Your principal problem, at 17years of age, (when entering the UK where it's illegal for you to purchase cigarettes) might be justifying 'personal use' for the cigarettes you intend to smoke yourself. If questioned about the tobacco, you'd have to make it clear that you intended to give it to your father as a present. If you stated that your father was going to pay you the cost price for it, you'd risk confiscation of the tobacco (or being required to pay excise duty, import duty and VAT on it).

However:
(i) the minimum age for importing 'duty free' tobacco products, from outside of the EU, remains at 17 years, not 18. It would therefore seem illogical for HMRC to apply a different age limit to imports of 'duty paid' goods from within the EU ; and
(ii) HMRC staff at airports aren't generally interested in imports of tobacco and alcohol from within the EU. The weight and space restrictions on air travellers means that th

[Buenchico]

. . .they're not going to be importing the really large amounts that people try to bring in through the ferry ports.

Chris

(I hate it when AB cuts off the end of an answer without warning!)

[HarveyLidbet]

thanks!

thats everything i needed to know

[HarveyLidbet]

actually purchacing the cigerettes does not concern me, hence it not being my question. i was asking about customs which Chris has sorted for me.

[HarveyLidbet]

legend758, give up, no one cares abut what you have to say, the questions been answered by someone cleverer than you, move on.

[MartinKeane]

Is that all your looking forward to going on holidays,paying hard earned money buying cigeretts to damage your health.Take a bit of advice and give them up