CustomsClear
Prices
|
CustomsClear
+370 664 26393info@customsclear.net

Company

  • About company
  • Team members
  • Authors
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy

Knowledge platform

  • About the platform
  • Articles
  • Journal
  • Videos
  • Courses
  • Events
  • Platform news
  • Glossary

AI assistants

  • Start free trial
  • Explore assistants
  • Classify AI
  • Smart Taric AI
  • Sanctions AI
  • News agent
  • Learning companion
  • About CustomsClear AI

Newsletter

Subscribe for the latest news, top reads, and handy resources

LinkedInFacebookYouTubeX

© 2026 CC Learning, UAB, All rights reserved.

Cookie preferences

We use essential cookies to ensure our website functions properly. We would also like to use analytics cookies to help us understand how visitors interact with our website, enabling us to improve your experience.

Until you choose, and if you decline, Google gets only basic visit information without cookies, so we can still count visits.

  1. Home
  2. Articles

The green lane to confiscation of personal items

Omer Wagner
Advocate, Israel
Published 04 May 2025
The green lane to confiscation of personal items
Unsplash
Country update
The Customs green lane at airports is not as straightforward as many travellers often assume. In this article, we examine the challenges encountered in Israel, where passengers may risk having their personal items - such as luxury watches or handbags - confiscated. It is important to understand the rules governing the choice between the green and red lanes, as well as the necessary forms to complete in order to obtain tax relief.

Member access

Register on the platform and enjoy complimentary access to an article of your choice!

The article is available exclusively to our members.

Members have access to all videos, articles and online events! See membership plans

Already have an account?

Related content

New Union Customs Code published: what changes and when

New Union Customs Code published: what changes and when

Editorial Board
Editorial Board
06 Sep 2026·Updated 20 Sep 2026

On 19 September 2026 the new Union Customs Code was published in the Official Journal as Regulation (EU) 2026/2108. The regulation also establishes the European Union Customs Authority. It entered…

Customs law
News in focus
Ukraine customs and trade news: August/September 2026

Ukraine customs and trade news: August/September 2026

Editorial Board
Editorial Board
03 Oct 2026

News in brief: Ukraine moves forward with EU-aligned e-commerce VAT rules; new Customs Code passes first reading; Ukraine steps up preparations for the EU's definitive CBAM regime, focusing on emissions…

Customs law
News update
Customs law and international trade contracts

Customs law and international trade contracts

07 Oct 2025

This article summarises contributions from the 29th Authors' Meeting, which focused on the intersection of customs law and international trade contracts. The authors examine the impact of contractual terms, Incoterms®,…

Customs law
Topic spotlight
Smart Taric AI in practice: one coil, 5% or 55%

Smart Taric AI in practice: one coil, 5% or 55%

CustomsClear
CustomsClear
15 Sep 2026

How a customs declarant at a German steel importer confirmed three document requirements, one producer rate and one exhausted quota for a Turkish hot-rolled coil, and what went in the…

Customs law
Use cases
UK customs and trade news: August 2026

UK customs and trade news: August 2026

Editorial Board
Editorial Board
01 Sep 2026

News in brief: UK CBAM - provisional list of qualifying carbon pricing schemes published; toys and games - classification guidance for hobby horses, creativity sets, toy projectors and scale model…

Customs law
News update
A wrong EORI number, and the direct customs representative is held liable for the import VAT

A wrong EORI number, and the direct customs representative is held liable for the import VAT

Michael Lux
Michael Lux
13 Aug 2026

Editorial note. A direct customs representative inserts a wrong EORI number which does not belong to his client (the importer) and ends up being considered as customs representative without empowerment,…

Duties & taxes
Customs law
Topic spotlight
Customs Compliance & Risk Management, Issue 32, April / May 2025
Omer Wagner
Customs law
Sanctions AI
Classify AI
Smart Taric AI