Declaration of cash on EU border
As of 15 June 2007 pursuant to the Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 all travellers crossing the EU border with EUR 10 000 or more in cash must declare this sum to Customs. Obligation to declare cash is laid down with a view to deter crime and increase security through preventing money laundering and terrorism in the European Union.
Any person entering or leaving the European Union who carries:
- EUR 10 000 or more in cash; or
- its equivalent in other currencies or easily convertible assets (e.g. bonds, shares, traveller's cheques or any other instrument of payment)
must make a cash declaration and lodge it with the customs authorities at the control point through which the person enters or leaves the European Union.
In addition to EU rules there are separate provisions for control and declaration for intra community movements of cash in some Member States. Detailed information and references to the sites of individual Member States are available on the website of the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/eucashcontrols.
See also:
- Video on cash declaration (flash)
- REGULATION (EC) No 1889/2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on controls of cash entering or leaving the Community
- Regulation No 21 of the Minister of Finance of 26 March 2007 "Amendment of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance No 91 of 23 April 2004 "Procedure of traveller's customs formalities, traveller's declaration form and instruction for completing thereof”” (in Estonian)
- Regulation No 24 of the Minister of Finance of 31 March 2010 “Procedure of cash declaration, cash declaration form and instruction for completing thereof” (in Estonian - as of 01.05.2010)
- Declaration form and instructions for filling in the declaration (in English)
- Declaration form and instructions for filling in the declaration (in English - as of 01.05.2010)
- Cash declaration poster (in English)