On the day of accession to the European Union, Croatia will be obliged to directly apply the European Commission regulation on cash control, according to which all travelers entering or exiting the EU must declare to the customs authority the cash they carry in amounts exceeding 10,000 euros, the Ministry of Finance announced today.
The Ministry states that Croatia will also be obliged to directly apply Regulation 1889/2005 of the European Commission on cash control when entering and exiting the Community from July 1 (Regulation /EC/ No 1889/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Community).
According to this regulation, all travelers entering the EU or exiting it through Croatian territory will be required to declare to the customs authority the cash they carry in amounts of 10,000 euros or more, or the equivalent of that amount in other currencies or other means of payment.
Additionally, from July 1, Croatia will have to apply the New Single European Union Cash Declaration (Cash Declaration Form CDF), established under this regulation, which is available on the European Commission’s website in 24 official EU languages, including instructions for completion.
With amendments to the Foreign Exchange Operations Act, from July 1, cash declaration in written form will be mandatory in Croatia, and the declaration can be made using the cash declaration form in both Croatian and English. Both versions of the form are available on the Customs Administration’s website www.carina.hr/Carina/InformacijeFizicke.aspx.
There, the form can be filled out electronically and printed for submission to a customs officer at the border customs office, or it can be completed at the border office itself.
In Croatia, cash control will not be conducted at the borders with other member states, the Ministry of Finance reminds.
