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Hungary

IP Enforcement

Special requirements related to border measures

54. Article 60 permits Members to exclude from the provisions for border enforcement small quantities of goods of a non commercial nature carried by passengers or sent in small consignments. Please describe what constitutes a de minimis import that is excluded from the border measures under the law of Hungary.

Non commercial traffic: importation or exportation of customs goods, goods not constituting a commercial quantity, imported by, arriving for, exported or sent out by a natural person, to an individual or total value not exceeding the forint (Ft) amount defined, or below the value limit. Alcoholic beverages: 1 litre of spirits; 1 litre of wine; 5 litres of beer. Tobacco products: 500 cigarettes; 100 cigars; or 100 grams of tobacco. Coffee, tea, cocoa and all spice herbs and their mixtures thereof: 1 kilo each, except for: seasoning paprika and the mixture thereof. Other goods: up to the value of Ft 500/item 10 per type; up to the value of Ft 2 000/item 5 per type; up to the value of Ft 5 000/item 2 per type; over the value of Ft 5 000/item 1 per type. Motor vehicle: 1/year/family.