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Luggage restrictions

Carrying plants, fruits, vegetables, flowers or seeds from countries outside the EU

Hold planteskadegørere og plantesygdomme ude af EU

You are NOT allowed to bring plants, fruit*, vegetables, flowers or seeds into the European Union without a phytosanitary certificate**.

* Bananas, coconuts, dates, pineapples and durians can be brought into the EU without a certificate.


** You do not need a certificate when the plants, fruit, vegetables, flowers or seeds come from Liechtenstein, Switzerland or the United Kingdom (only Nothern Ireland).


** You will need a certificate when they come from the following EU territories: Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.

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