Hi,

being a fan of good and long road trips, I decided to move our stuff myself from Zug to Finland through Germany, Denmark and Sweden.

At the Singen borden (that is from Schaffhausen) I went to the toll building to do the paperwork (Zollamt). At the Swiss side everything went smoothly, I had my list of goods and they made me fill a form and stamped it. No worries. Next stop the German officials. They looked at my list and asked about the summer tires I had listed. They were for my car which was still in CH. The nice official said because of this I need a T1 form from a forwarding agent and should go around and ask for one in the next building. Of course the agents did not write anything to me, since they cannot guarantee what I am carrying. Back to the Germans I go. Since I was still returning to CH to pick up my car, I cannot be moving and I must go back they say. Since we had 3 drivers, I suggested that we go back and pick up the car as well and come back. At that moment he asked his manager if we could go. He gave us the green light right away and off we went.

In my opinion this was unlawfull since I was moving to EU and carrying the goods myself. The car staying in Switzerland should have nothing to do with it. I guess the fellow had a bad day or just wanted to have some fun.

Any experiences? Has anyone been asked for a German T1 form when they just drive through Germany to another country?