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Medicinal products

As a matter of principle, medicinal products may only be imported after obtaining the advance permit by the Federal Ministry for Health (phone: +43 (0) 1 71100; http://www.bmg.gv.at/).

Travellers with EU domicile may re-import into Austria those pharmaceuticals, without requiring authorization that they carried with them when leaving the country. By the same token, any medicinal products purchased abroad do not require any authorization, in quantities up to a maximum of three (single) retail packages.

Travellers with non-EU domicile do not need any import authorization for medicinal products that are duty-free.