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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 4446868, member: 18716&quot;]<a href="https://www.verpackungsregister.org/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.verpackungsregister.org/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.verpackungsregister.org/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From July 22 anyone anywhere in the world selling into Germany as a business (which also means anyone who bought something with the intention of reselling), now has to register with the German Lucid system and pay annual taxes to the German government.&nbsp; This is to cover disposal/environmental costs of packaging materials shipped into Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Minimum charge is about 40 Euro.&nbsp; It also seems you need a VAT registration to be able to apply, so a sole trader below VAT threshold may not even be able to register (although I&#039;m still trying to establish if that&#039;s correct - if so you can&#039;t legally ship to Germany).</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems like this applies to all EU states too, so if you are in France you have to register and comply, it is country based and not EU based.&nbsp; It is protectionism by the back door - they have already leaned on ebay - so if you don&#039;t have your registration cert and number ebay will block you selling into Germany.&nbsp; Expect Etsy etc to suffer the same fate soon too.</p><p><br /></p><p>More hits on free trade, the last few years have been very regressive.&nbsp; Governments are trying to stifle smaller businesses, and if Germany starts this you can bet other countries will be on the bandwagon soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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