Prohibited in France
France
74 rules, checked against France’s own pages. Last verified September 12, 2026.
Before anything else
8 rules here carry a consequence heavy enough to state whether or not you asked.
Prohibited in France
Action required in France
Ivory and protected-species products need a CITES permit to leave France.
Confiscation
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Action required in France
Narcotic-family medicine above the 90-day personal limit risks prosecution in France.
Prosecution
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Action required in France
Morphine above personal-use quantities can lead to prosecution in France.
Prosecution
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Action required in France
Action required in France
Undeclared cash of €10,000+ risks a fine up to 50% and temporary seizure.
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Action required in France
Fruit without a phytosanitary certificate is seized and destroyed.
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The final decision rests with the officer.
Look up anything
You do not have to be bringing it.
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Food and plants
10
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Medication
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Alcohol
5
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Tobacco, vapes, and nicotine
3
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Electronics
1
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Drones and professional gear
5
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Liquids at the checkpoint
1
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Cash and monetary instruments
6
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Purchases and valuables
10
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Antiques and other restricted goods
6
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Forms and documents
7
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Entry and admissibility
2
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Vaccines and health
7
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Plugs and power
3
Food and plants
10
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Baby formula
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Standing Limited quantity
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Biosecurity authority
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Fresh fruit
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Standing A permit is required
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Honey
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Standing Limited quantity
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Nuts
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Standing Not listed as restricted by contrôles SPS aux frontières
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Pet food
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Standing Limited quantity
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Sealed packaged snacks
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Standing Not listed as restricted by contrôles SPS aux frontières
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Seeds, plants, soil
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Standing A permit is required
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Spices
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Standing Not listed as restricted by contrôles SPS aux frontières
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Vegetables
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Standing A permit is required
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Medication
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A pharmacist checks each medicine before it is listed here. What follows is what the health authority publishes for every traveler.
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Health authority
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Insulin and needles
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Standing Must be declared
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Medication regime
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Controlled medicines need a permitProsecution
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Morphine
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Quantity ceiling 90 daysProsecution
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Permit
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Autorisation de transport de certains medicaments dans un pays de l'espace Schengen (Cerfa n. 10083*03)
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Permit page
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Prescription or letter
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Required
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Quantity ceiling
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90 days
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Alcohol
5
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Alcohol, any kind
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Alcohol allowance 2 liters
age 17+
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Beer
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Alcohol allowance 16 liters
age 17+
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Combining alcohol and tobacco
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Per person, never combined
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Spirits
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Alcohol allowance 1 liter
age 17+
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Wine
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Alcohol allowance 4 liters
age 17+
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Tobacco, vapes, and nicotine
3
Electronics
1
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Used personal effects
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Exempt
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Drones and professional gear
5
Liquids at the checkpoint
1
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Liquids in a carry-on bag
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100 ml
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Cash and monetary instruments
6
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Cash declaration form
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DALIA online declaration, or the paper 'Formulaire UE' (extra-EU movements) / 'Formulaire FR' (intra-EU movements)
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Cash declaration page
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Gold
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Gold coins and unminted gold (bars, nuggets, or other agglomerates of at least 99.5% purity) count toward the same €10,000 cash-declaration threshold as cash and bearer instruments; there is no separate gold-specific threshold.
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Local currency
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Taking it out Must be declared
leaving · items over 10,000
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What counts as cash
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Cash (banknotes and coins), Bearer or endorsable negotiable instruments (bearer checks, traveler's checks, money orders, undomiciled bills of exchange and letters of credit, anonymous savings certificates, bearer or endorsable negotiable securities), Gold (coins, and unminted gold such as bars, nuggets, or other agglomerates at least 99.5% pure), Prepaid cards (only for movements to or from another EU member state)
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When cash is declared
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Arriving and leaving
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Purchases and valuables
10
Antiques and other restricted goods
6
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Antiquities
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Taking it out A permit is required
leaving
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Aviation security authority
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Coral and shells
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Taking it out Limited quantity
leaving
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Cultural goods and art
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Taking it out A permit is required
leaving
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Customs authority
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Export permit page
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Forms and documents
7
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Biometrics at the border
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Taken at the border
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Customs form
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Cerfa n° 10070 — Déclaration d'entrée en France en franchise de biens personnels
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Customs form page
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Onward ticket
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Required
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Passport validity
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3 months
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Travel authorization
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Not required
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Travel authorization
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ETIAS
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Entry and admissibility
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A criminal record
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Under Article 6(1)(d)-(e) of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), a non-EU national must not be the subject of an alert in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing entry, and must not be considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health, or the international relations of any Schengen state. There is no published fixed sentence-length threshold; admission is assessed case by case by the border officer.
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Immigration authority
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Vaccines and health
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Health notes for this destination
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Insurance coverage
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€30,000
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Insurance page
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Malaria
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CDC's destination page for France lists no malaria risk and no malaria prevention section for the country.
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Travel health insurance
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Required
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Yellow fever certificate
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Not required
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Yellow fever risk area
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No
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Plugs and power
3
From the European Union
France applies these alongside its own rules. A national rule that states its own figure wins.
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Baby formula
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Standing Limited quantity
arriving
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Beer
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Alcohol allowance 16 liters
arriving · age 17+
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Cash declaration threshold
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€10,000
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Cigarettes
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Tobacco allowance 200
arriving · age 17+
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Cigars
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Tobacco allowance 50
arriving · age 17+
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Combining allowances
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Per person, never combined
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Dairy
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Duty-free allowance
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Gold
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Coins with a gold content of at least 90% and gold bullion (bars, nuggets, or clumps) with a gold content of at least 99.5% count toward the EUR 10,000 cash-declaration threshold; ordinary gold jewelry does not.
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Loose tobacco
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Tobacco allowance 250 grams
arriving · age 17+
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Meat and meat products
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Pet food
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Standing Limited quantity
arriving
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Spirits
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Alcohol allowance 1 liter
arriving · age 17+
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Splitting one item
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One item may not be split
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Undeclared cash
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Detention
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What counts as cash
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Banknotes and coins in circulation as a medium of exchange, Bearer-negotiable instruments (traveler's cheques, cheques, promissory notes, or money orders signed without a named payee), Coins with a gold content of at least 90%, Gold bullion (bars, nuggets, or clumps) with a gold content of at least 99.5%
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When cash is declared
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Arriving and leaving
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Wine
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Alcohol allowance 4 liters
arriving · age 17+
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France publishes these
Who publishes these rules
- Customs Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects (DGDDI)
- Immigration Schengen Borders Code / European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs
- Biosecurity Ministère de l'agriculture — DGAL (contrôles SPS aux frontières)
- Health ANSM (Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé) / Service-Public.fr douane et médicaments
- Civil aviation Direction générale de l'aviation civile (DGAC) / ecologie.gouv.fr
Official portals
- DALIA — Déclaration d'argent liquide Online declaration of cash and monetary instruments of €10,000 or more crossing the French border
- Cerfa n° 10070 — Déclaration d'entrée en France en franchise de biens personnels Customs declaration form for personal goods imported duty-free
- AlphaTango EU UAS operator registration and French drone electronic-identification registration
Sites that charge extra to “handle” a France application are not official. The government issues these directly.