Translation of "contenu des bagages " (French → English) :

9. Is concerned by the content of article 2.X of section 3, which mentions the fact that travellers’’ personal luggage, even when the goods carried are of non-commercial nature, are covered by the agreement unless parties decide to exclude them ; considers that this article constitutes an incitation to the adoption by parties of stricter rules regarding checks of travellers’ personal luggage at borders, while on the contrary the Commission should have defended at the international level a greater protection of people’s fundamental rights, in particular the right to privacy;

21. Is concerned by the substance of Article 2.X of Section 3, which refers to the fact that, even when the goods carried are of a non-commercial nature, travellers' personal luggage is covered by the agreement unless parties decide to exclude it; considers that this article constitutes an incentive for parties to adopt stricter rules regarding checks on travellers’ personal luggage at borders, while the Commission should instead have defended greater protection of people’s fundamental rights, in particular the right to privacy, at international level;

In particular the way in which passengers are expected to turn over their ‘duty-free’ liquids purchased at an airport to the authorities checking hand luggage.

In particular the way in which passengers are expected to turn over their ‘duty-free’ liquids purchased at an airport to the authorities checking hand luggage.

Here, the principle is that goods contained in the personal luggage are exempted from value added tax, from excise duty and from customs duty, up to a certain monetary amount applicable to the totality of the goods in the personal luggage (so far 175€).

3. Furthermore, the total value of these products shall not exceed EUR 500 in the case of small packages or EUR 1 200 in the case of products forming part of travellers' personal luggage.