Goods admitted free of import duties on the occasion of a marriage

Goods admitted free of import duties  on the occasion of a marriage:

• trousseaux and household effects, whether or not new, belonging to a person transferring his or her normal place of residence from another country to the customs territory of the Republic of Albania on the occasion of his or her marriage;
• presents customarily given on the occasion of a marriage, which are received by a person having his normal place of residence in another country.

Criteria to be met in order to grant relief:

a) the normal place of residence has been outside the customs territory of the Republic of Albania for a continuous period of at least 12 months. However, derogation from this rule may be granted provided that the intention of the person concerned was clearly to reside outside the customs territory of the Republic of Albania for a continuous period of at least 12 months and transfers his normal place of residence from another country to the Republic of Albania as a result of exceptional political circumstances;
b) who produce evidence of their marriage;
c) the value of each present admitted duty-free may not exceed the equivalent in ALL of 1.000 EUR.

Time limits to benefit from the exemption:

a) Goods must have been imported, not earlier than two months before the date of marriage.
In this case, the exemption shall be granted only against the lodging of a security equal to the amount of the customs debt if the goods have to pay Customs duties. This guarantee is issued after the person who will marry submits the marriage certificate;
b) Not later than four months after the date of marriage.

Conditions to be met:

• The above goods can be imported into some special consignment within the above mentioned deadlines.
• Until 12 months have elapsed from the date on which their entry for free circulation was accepted, goods which have been admitted duty-free may not be lent, given as security, hired out or transferred, whether for a consideration or free of charge, without prior notification to the competent customs authorities.
• Any loan, giving as security, hiring out or transfer before the expiry of the 12 months period shall entail payment of the relevant import duties on the goods concerned.

Attention! No relief shall be granted for alcoholic products, tobacco or tobacco products.