Yes, I saw that at the BKK airport on the way back home in DK. They should give more info., not only in France and Italy but you can get fine in DK also.

ptfffff

this statement is only valid when you intend to sell copies..if you carry two fake Lacoste shirts in your size the custom officer on duty in Germany will say what the heck..

If they catch you carrying ten fake Lolex or Bleitling watches or 200 Kamagra pills then bad luck..

but my ex-boss who is French likes to buy fake watch at MBK! I asked him how come he pass through at the immigration... he just laugh!

Damnam1 19 October 2010 3:13AM

this statement is only valid when you intend to sell copies..if you carry two fake Lacoste shirts in your size the custom officer on duty in Germany will say what the heck..

If they catch you carrying ten fake Lolex or Bleitling watches or 200 Kamagra pills then bad luck..

>>> Not only resellers will be arrested. The end-users will too, even without the intention to sell them in Europe., even with one fake Louis Vuitton bag or one fake rolex.

@Tonia - what I said is valid for Germany. They wont fine you if you carry just one or two fake watches.

http://www.zoll.de/b0_zoll_und_steuern/d0_verbote_und_beschraenkungen/f0_gew_rechtsschutz/a0_marken_piraterie/index.html

http://www.zoll.de/english_version/faq/a0_passenger_traffic/e0_other_topics/index.html

A list of things which you definitely are not allowed to bring in from Thailand to Germany - from apes to spiders and orchids .. if they catch you with endangered species that will cost a fortune:

http://www.artenschutz-online.de/artenschutz_im_urlaub/artenuebersicht.php

good sign for me

The wife of Anders Fogh Rasmussen (ex-prime minister and current secretary general of NATO) had a fake LV. bag. She was on the first page of every newspaper in DK for awhile.

I bet she never had to go through the custom