Hi everybody!

Nice to be with you in the group. I'am a analoge and digtal Photojournalist in Germany - shooting the Pentax 6x7.

And I tried to purchase a 135mm Macro lens from Japan. #8817573

The german customs officer refused to let the lens into the European Union. I need to have a declaration by Pentax Germany that this lens is imported before into the Union. And that there is
a "Verantwortlich Handelnder" with this lens. Somebody who imported the lens before, printed a (german) manual and warning advices. A CE sign was important first. Later on a second date
he dropped this demand.

Any ideas?

Did this happend anybody before?

Thanks for help


Marcus Kaufhold
kaufhold@taunus.de
++49 171 5014347

Ah - I forgot a important point. I was unable to get a living human into the phoneline with Pentyx-Germany!

Hello, I live in Denmark and have bought a lens from Japan. I had to pay an import customs tax (from a country outside the EU and relative to product and price) and an extra handling fee (from border to my address), but that was it. No such things as you mention? Here is a link to the danish Toldberegner (customs tax calculator), this is off course in danish, but perhaps you can find a german version or just (google) translate it? The rules should be the same for all the EU: Toldberegner - Beregn told, moms og gebyr p and rules: Toldregler - Reglerne og gebyrsatser for k

Regards Jakob

Dear Jakob...

...that was the well known Procedere before I got to the custom last week. I honstly do not get the Point. Puzzeled.

Best

I bought my lens on ebay, where every transaction is very automated and controlled—you most probably did too?—was the shipment declared right? It´s so odd what you describe, that it sounds almost like a punishment? Regards