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Customs controls?

In principle, there are no customs controls when you enter Austria. When arriving by air, you can therefore use the Blue Channel (exit for EU-travellers). This does not apply, however, to journeys that you began outside the EU and where you only changed planes inside the EU. In this case, your personal luggage was only transferred to another plane without any customs check.

If there is no Blue Channel, you can use the Green Channel.

Customs officers, however, must continue to conduct certain checks in order to make sure that prohibitions and restrictions on imports, for example, are observed. These checks help, inter alia, to ensure your own safety and security, to prevent any illegal trade in prohibited goods, as well as to protect the health of persons, animals and plants, as well as the environment.

If you arrive from an – EU country by way of a non-EU country or after a stop-over in a non-EU country, the customs check is carried out in accordance with the provisions for entry into Austria from a non-EU country.

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