Travel for work to EU

[James1979]

Don’t want this to go down the brexit bad / brexit good route

I am going to Sweden for a job in the new year. Nothing as fancy as it sounds, but….

How do I go about taking my own tools out there (flying) and not paying tax on them when I go into Sweden or when I come back to the UK?

Is there a carnet or something in operation now?

I’ve done it loads before, worldwide, but with a seaman’s book and visa and they just accept no one travels to some sh1t hole with a bag full of overalls for a laugh and to score cheap tools Sweden and back may be different? Or not.

Other issue is battery tools. I’ll check with airline but I’m assuming that’s a non starter.

Edit - just checked on Norwegian Air website - batteries are fine as long as they have a ‘proper’ terminal cover fitted and they’re in carry on. 3D printer is going to be busy.

I cannot however take a harpoon gun onboard, apparently. Whodathunkit!

 

[Barking Mat]

What permits do you need to work in Sweden ?

Can't you ship your tools using that permit ?

No idea.

 

[addjunkie]

I would look Swedish embassy website and ask the question

 

[Barking Mat]

Do you need a work visa nowadays if you're a UK resident and you work abroad ?

I guess so ?

 

[James1979]

What permits do you need to work in Sweden ?

Can't you ship your tools using that permit ?

No idea.

Just double checked the gov site - I’ll be going under no visa requirement for what I’m doing.

I can ask at the Swedish end and see what they reckon as to going in

 

[James1979]

Do you need a work visa nowadays if you're a UK resident and you work abroad ?

I guess so ?

Country dependent.

Depends what you’re doing and with whom and for how long.

Varies with each EU country.

Sweden is pretty lax as they go in that respect.

This is a general link for those that May need https://www.gov.uk/government/colle...land-norway-iceland-or-liechtenstein-for-work

 

[Onthespotwelding]

Very pretty gurls in Sweden

 

[James1979]

Very pretty gurls in Sweden

Yeah. Stunning

 

[scottmk1]

How long will you be there? I’ve travelled loads since the changes took place and other than the immigration people wanting to know what I’m there for there’s been no questions about what I’ve got in the luggage

 

[ajlelectronics]

Very pretty gurls in Sweden

Mine was. Cornelia was her name and that is all I am telling.

 

[scottmk1]

Yeah. Stunning

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Did you know her first middle name is Tintin she would be popular in the Boro

 

[James1979]

More googling. Turns out there is a carnet for such things. https://www.gov.uk/taking-goods-out-uk-temporarily/get-an-ata-carnet

Anyone done it?

 

[James1979]

How long will you be there? I’ve travelled loads since the changes took place and other than the immigration people wanting to know what I’m there for there’s been no questions about what I’ve got in the luggage

That’s good to know. Only about a week. 10 days if it goes on longer.

Nothing special coming with me just battery tools, basic tool kit, welding screen and a few odds and ends. Not taking more than I need because of weight.

 

[500e]

We do work in Czech republic all tools are in fitted cases as freight

 

[James1979]

We do work in Czech republic all tools are in fitted cases as freight

Is there any paperwork each way? I’m thinking if I put it in a Peli with shadow foam it’s obvious it lives there so will prevent an argument. Fingers crossed.

Would be a pain to do though.

I’m expecting more grief this end than Sweden. It <should> be obvious that I’m not importing tiny volumes of spanners for sale there, but I don’t want someone in customs this end thinking I’ve bought them there and making me pay tax to bring my own stuff home.

 

[Scalarocco]

Yeah. Stunning

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They don't all look like the Doom Troll, but the price of beer out there means they are more expensive to turn into a princess.

 

[Onthespotwelding]

Yeah. Stunning

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If that’s your thing. Looks like jail bait to me

 

[James1979]

They don't all look like the Doom Troll, but the price of beer out there means they are more expensive to turn into a princess.

 

[scottmk1]

That’s good to know. Only about a week. 10 days if it goes on longer.

Nothing special coming with me just battery tools, basic tool kit, welding screen and a few odds and ends. Not taking more than I need because of weight.

Ok I’ve only had minimal tools really, but been to Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands without issues usually for 3-4 weeks

 

[James1979]

Plan B would be to buy stuff I don’t give a stuff about and abandon it there and charge it to job but it’s the battery tools I’m concerned about getting home. Couldn’t give a crap about a load of cheap spanners if it came to it.

This is more a test run as I’ve a similar one in Greece in the summer all being well. Or not. In Greece in the summer in a boat engine room :/ replacing a fuel tank.