Boat registration in the EU - as EU citizen

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Originally Posted by George DuBose

I was referring to a US built boat that was not in the EU prior to 1998 and my understanding was that when I brought my 1973 Pearson 36 to the EU as a resident of the EU, I was required to pay VAT to the first country I landed in and was required to put the boat through a PCA to have the boat CE marked.

Technically with a “ new means of transport “ the vat is due in the country of destination , so if you intended to have the boat based say in Italy. You should pay the vat there. However it’s advisable to have documentation supporting this as if you stop in the EU along the way “sometimes “ intermediate EU tax authorities “can “ seek vat. Portugal can be a curse for this.

Note as a EU resident you are the importer and hence the boat must be CE marked which can be done via post construction process . I would advise this as it’s difficult to sell otherwise. Polish registration will not care that the boat is not CE marked in my experience