You have an allowance for "personal goods", such as a phone [0]. In this case it's probably borderline illegal (IANAL), but I suppose people would throw away th

You have an allowance for "personal goods", such as a phone [0]. In this case it's probably borderline illegal (IANAL), but I suppose people would throw away the box and everything while abroad. Whenever I flew in France from outside the EU no one asked me where I bought my phone, laptop or camera. Anecdotally, several times I was carrying camera gear bought from the US because it was cheaper to pay for shipping + VAT + taxes than buying locally... [0] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=legissum%3Al11002 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=legissum...