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I mark everything as 'gift'.
By "everything" I mean jewellery or stuff like stems that I've made myself, headset caps I've laser engraved or used goods, normally bike parts that I'm selling on.
Think I started doing so when it was the older, smaller cn22 we had to attach to the back of parcels and the options were Gift, Sample, Documents or Other.
Possibly the person at the post office counter directed me to mark it as Gift, possibly I just chose to do so myself.
Never had any issue marking things that way although perhaps it'll come under more scrutiny now.
M_V
@Philbythesea
Simpleton's question here, but I'm a bit confused, as I've actually never posted anything that I've sold to outside of the EU before, so I've never had this issue...
It's for a private sale of a 20 yr old, under-£100 mtb frame.
On the CN23 form you have to declare the item as one of the following:
It's not a 'commercial' sale, but it's still a (private) sale, so on the first examples of forms I found online, I put 'Sale of goods'. I didn't fill in anything for the invoice number, certificate number, and license number, but included a pro forma invoice.
From Chronopost website:
Whether you're sending goods for commercial purposes or not, you must attach customs documents (invoices in triplicate), which must contain precise information on the nature, origin and value of the goods.
For your trade exchanges (goods intended for sale):
You must attach commercial invoices.
These must specify the Incoterms. Depending on the destination and the value of your shipment, it is recommended to declare the origin of the goods on the commercial invoice or to attach an EUR 1 or ATR 1 document.
For your non-commercial exchanges (goods not intended for sale):
You must attach pro forma invoices.
They must contain the words "sans valeur commerciale - no commercial value" and "valeur pour la douane - value for customs purposes only."
Tonight I tried filling in the customs declaration form direct through the LaPoste website:
https://www.laposte.fr/formulaire-douane/declaration
But if tick the box 'Sale of goods' then I can't continue without giving an invoice number, certificate number, and license number; it red flags me and tells me I need to fill them in to continue to the next step.
So what should I declare it as?