Carrying food onboard when sailing to France.

You are very unlikely to be visited or asked and nobody will particularly care. If you do get some jobsworth show them this as a starter:


"Article 6

Products of animal origin and composite products on board means of transport operating internationally which are not unloaded and are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers

1. Products of animal origin and composite products are exempted from official controls at border control posts provided that:

(a)they are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers on board means of transport operating internationally; and

(b)they are not unloaded on Union territory.
"

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R2122

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doug748 said:
You are very unlikely to be visited or asked and nobody will particularly care. If you do get some jobsworth show them this as a starter:


"Article 6

Products of animal origin and composite products on board means of transport operating internationally which are not unloaded and are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers

1. Products of animal origin and composite products are exempted from official controls at border control posts provided that:

(a)they are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers on board means of transport operating internationally; and

(b)they are not unloaded on Union territory.
"

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R2122

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Brilliant
Thanks very much
 
Hopefully you don’t intend to carry magic mushrooms or hash cakes. If sailing to cherbourg and arriving after 6 no officialdom in sight until next morning should you want the 30minute hike to stamp in but of course you might need to catch the early tide to round the cap if going south -rather depends on your destination of course as to whether there is an actual stamping in facility .
 
We have always just done what one would normally do and carry the usual mixture of fresh and preserved food. This seems to be what the regulations allow. I suppose that in theory it might contravene them if you were to take meat ashore for a barbecue but even then you’d be unlucky to be caught.
 
Frankly I'm just astounded that anyone would ever ask that question in the first place.
Whatever could prompt such a bizarre question?
At first I was convinced it was a troll. It's so off the wall I'm still not entirely persuaded it isn't.
 
doug748 said:
You are very unlikely to be visited or asked and nobody will particularly care. If you do get some jobsworth show them this as a starter:


"Article 6

Products of animal origin and composite products on board means of transport operating internationally which are not unloaded and are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers

1. Products of animal origin and composite products are exempted from official controls at border control posts provided that:

(a)they are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers on board means of transport operating internationally; and

(b)they are not unloaded on Union territory.
"

EUR-Lex - 32019R2122 - EN - EUR-Lex

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Very useful to know, thank you. On our first trip to France, by car, we went out of our way to ensure we carried no fresh food or meat products. Of course, nobody checked, as others had advised. Your clarification of “for personal consumption“ makes entry requirements much easier for us.
 
doug748 said:
You are very unlikely to be visited or asked and nobody will particularly care. If you do get some jobsworth show them this as a starter:


"Article 6

Products of animal origin and composite products on board means of transport operating internationally which are not unloaded and are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers

1. Products of animal origin and composite products are exempted from official controls at border control posts provided that:

(a)they are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers on board means of transport operating internationally; and

(b)they are not unloaded on Union territory.
"

EUR-Lex - 32019R2122 - EN - EUR-Lex

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Agree .... but note that therer were reports of truckers being 'caught' with sandwiches and other foodstuffs and fined - food confiscated..... despite it was for their own use. Admittedly - it was shortly after Brexit ... so probably a 'reaction'.
 
I suppose the difference is that the lorry drivers were taking the food ashore to eat whereas those arriving in yachts, or any kind of vessel of whatever size come to that, would be eating it on board.
 
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