Bicycles to EU after Brexit - ATA Carnet

VeloVanners
VeloVanners Forum Participant Posts: 13
edited September 2022 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Picked up on the guys going over to Spain for a charity bicycle event and the fact they were clobbered for duty.  Seems the bikes were transported in a van while most passengers went separately. Assume they didn't get an ATA Carnet to cover the bikes as post Brexit (benefits of being a 3rd country!!!) a Carnet is now needed when transporting goods on trailers or in vans - in this case their personal bikes which were not identified as the specific means of transport to cross the border.  I have tried to find the ruling for family bikes when travelling inside cars+caravans & motorhomes across to the EU and have failed apart from a second-hand mention of a requirement to take proof of ownership for each bike over 300 euros.  Having read another piece, it also seems e-bikes may be in a different category to pedal bikes and may, as a powered bike, be lumped together with motorbikes and thus require a Carnet where necessary (in a motorhome garage?). Can anyone out there shed any light?

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  • Lutz
    Lutz Forum Participant Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2022 #2

    There is no differentiation between bicycles, e-bikes, motorbikes, etc. regarding the need for a carnet. Basically, a carnet is issued for the temporary importation of:-

    1. Trade fair and exhibition goods
    2. Professional equipment
    3. Product samples
    4. Goods for scientific or cultural purposes
    5. Goods to sporting events

    Personal items being temporarily imported by the owner in his or her vehicle do not fall into any of those categories, but it would be advisable to carry proof of ownership of obviously valuable items. Items which are temporarily imported by a commercial carrier or if transported separately from the owner would, on the other hand, require a carnet.

     

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