Package in customs clearance

She’s normally not in the package either because I picked it up at a Mondial Relay point. So it’s the tobacco shop’s address on it. Under no circumstances did I enter my address during the payment.
But I'm still stressed, I don’t want an invoice.

First of all, CCM is primarily a computer forum; the consumer forum is dedicated to problems with dubious eCommerce sites, and parcel tracking is off-topic.

To get precise information about your package, it would be best to contact the service provider responsible for its delivery or through THIS FORUM, and in my opinion, there’s no need to worry; this kind of procedure is standard.

@bazfileOh, I didn't know that.
Thank you still for your help, everyone.

@bazfileYes and no, he didn't use the right forum topic, there is a rights and finance topic he could have used. And Aliexpress is not a questionable site, it's a dropshipping site (like Amazon).

@UnderFRNon-legal and finance does not track parcels here; we can't provide him with anything more than what he has on his tracking, so it's preferable to inquire with the service provider responsible for delivery. From what I've seen on the forum, we can only give him speculations, which is to say nothing at all.

Yes, since July first.

And precisely because Ali Express (and others) explicitly encouraged tax-free purchasing for everyone, even going so far as to invoke professional billing or to cheat on declared amounts.

If you don't call that encouraging tax fraud, I don't know what you need...

It's true that, until they find the next loophole, they've calmed down; they are going back to their first loves, to, as usual, sell low-quality counterfeit goods on a large scale.

And let's not lose sight of the fact that, apart from the obvious that these anti-competitive practices destroy jobs in other countries, in the field of IT, the only risk is buying junk, and aside from trademark rights, the potential danger is real when buying clothing, toys, and especially when it comes to "miraculous" "medications" whose assembly and composition no one has checked.

if you have a tax to pay, you will find out when you pick up your package since you will have to pay it to get it, but in my opinion, I doubt it.

@bazfileOh, I really hope not; I don't plan on paying more than the product itself.
We'll see
I'll keep you updated.

@LikruGood evening,

One should not play with words: Aliexpress is a site that openly encourages counterfeiting and tax evasion.

That said, if customs intercepts counterfeit goods, the procedure is not to charge fees or a fine on delivery, nor is it supposed to have that power.

It provides for:

- the destruction of the goods at the seller's expense, who will try to pass those costs onto the buyer
- a fine amounting to 1 to 2 times the price of the destroyed goods
- criminal penalties, which can be considerable, but are most often only imposed in cases of large-scale fraud, and it is not customs that will impose them directly, but rather refer the matter to the public prosecutor.

In essence, if the goods arrive safely, that's great; but when you play poker, you know in advance that you can lose and you have to accept that.

Hello,

their law of July is false

I love this concept of "their" (to inform you further, the law is the expression of democratic representation, therefore of all citizens) and of "false", as if a law could be that...

VAT and customs duties are two different things, and the law in question clearly states:

As of July 1, 2021, all shipments imported from a country outside the European Union are subject to an electronic customs declaration, regardless of the value of the goods