Cash transfer across the border (new rules of 3 June 2021)
Transfer of cash in the Union and from the Union is free and without limitation to the sum for all-natural persons, but along with a report to the customs officer for a value of 10.000,00 EUR or more.
The Cash definition comprise: banknotes and coins which circulate as a means of payment or were circulating as a means of payment but still being replaced through financial institutions or central banks; other means of payment - for example: cheques, traveller's cheques, promissory notes or money orders which do not indicate the user’s name and for the first time as of 3 June 2021 coins with a share of gold of at least 90 % and gold bars, gold nuggets or clumps containing at least 99.5 % of gold.
Transfer of cash in passenger traffic
Any natural person entering the EU or leaving the EU who beside himself, in his luggage or in means of transport carries cash of a value of 10,000.00 EUR or more, or in other currencies in the equivalent value, is obliged to declare that cash to the customs officer at the border customs office.
To declare cash, the Cash Declaration Form is used, which can be electronically filled in and sent to the e-mail address:
operativno@carina.hr or it can be printed and submitted to the customs officer at the border customs office. The Cash Declaration Form can also be filled in at the border office. If the space available on the application form is not sufficient, an additional sheet which is considered an integral part of it shall be used. The form can be completed and submitted in Croatian or English.
Sending Cash in postal, courier or cargo shipments
For cash being sent in postal, courier or cargo shipments in a value of 10,000 EUR or more, the customs officer may require the sender or the recipient or representative of the sender or of the recipient to submit cash declaration for unaccompanied cash within 30 days.
For this purpose the Cash Disclosure Declaration Form is used and can be electronically filled in and sent to the e-mail address:
operativno@carina.hr or it can be printed and submitted to the customs officer at the border customs office.
Cash Disclosure Declaration Form can be filled in at the border office. If the space available on the application form is not sufficient, an additional sheet which is considered an integral part of it shall be used. The form can be completed and submitted in Croatian or English.
Cash entering or leaving the Republic of Croatia to another Member State
The Foreign Exchange Act (Official Gazette no. 96/03-52/2021) introduces the national controls of the movements of cash into the Republic of Croatia from another Member State or from the Republic of Croatia to another Member State, and the Customs Administration and the Ministry of the Interior are given control powers in that subject matter.
At the request of an authorised customs officer or border police officer, natural persons are obliged to register cash they carry in the amount of 10,000 EUR or more, in writing on the Cash Declaration Form-Article 40.a, when they enter the Republic of Croatia from another Member State or leave the Republic of Croatia to another Member State. If the space available on the application form is not sufficient, an additional sheet which is considered an integral part of it shall be used. The form can be completed and submitted in Croatian or English.
For the request of an authorised customs officer or border police officer, a natural person will fill in the Cash Declaration Form pursuant to Article 40a of the Foreign Exchange Business Act, individually.
Information on the rights of persons with regard to personal data protection can be found in the personal data protection statement, available at the link:
https://carina.gov.hr/pristup-informacijama/zastita-osobnih-podataka-6521/6521
Cash Declaration
EN1. Cash Declaration
EN2. Cash Disclosure Declaration
EN3. Cash Declaration - Additional Sheet
EN4. Cash Dislosure Declaration - Additonal Sheet.
Application of national controls under the Foreign Exchange Act
EN5. Cash Declaration Form-Article 40.a
EN6. Cash Declaraton Form-Article 40.a - Additional Sheet
For more information, please visit the link:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/individuals/cash-controls_en
