Your move from Brazil to the Netherlands, from start to finish.

No. Dutch customs is explicit in stating that this declaration cannot be registered independently by the customer: the request must be made by the moving company, through the Douane’s declaration system, with a specific exemption code. This is an important difference compared with other European countries, where the customer can conduct part of the process. In the Netherlands, hiring an authorized company is an operational requirement to obtain the relief, not just a convenience.

You need to transfer your normal residence from a country outside the European Union to the Netherlands, have lived outside the Union for at least 12 consecutive months, have owned and used the goods for at least 6 months, resume using those goods at the new residence, import the goods within 12 months after establishing residence and not lend, pawn, lease or transfer the goods during the 12 months following import. All requirements are cumulative.

Two documents are central: the signed inventory listing all personal goods to be transported, and the certificate of registration in the municipal personal records database of the Dutch municipality, which must demonstrate that and on what date you established residence in the Netherlands. If the municipal registration is not yet available, the Douane accepts the proof of deregistration in the country of departure together with an employment contract, employer’s statement, work permit, lease agreement or mortgage certificate.

Yes, and this is recognized by the customs authority itself. The Douane records that if you do not yet have all the documents, the moving company can, under certain conditions, request the relief anyway, provided the documents are submitted as soon as possible. In practice this is a common scenario among Brazilians, because municipal registration usually comes after arrival. We assess your situation during planning and structure the request accordingly.

Yes, but the vehicle requires a separate import declaration, also filed by the moving company, with a copy of the registration certificate and the purchase or ownership certificate. The financial detail that matters is the following: if the vehicle obtains customs duty relief, you can then request an exemption from the BPM, the Dutch tax on cars and motorcycles, via the form Aangifte/melding/opgaaf bpm, question 9a, attaching the import declaration with the relief code. These are two sequential benefits and the second depends on the first.

BPM is the Dutch tax on cars and motorcycles, charged at vehicle registration in the country. It is independent of import duties and can represent a significant amount. The Douane’s rule allows requesting exemption from BPM when the vehicle has already obtained customs duty relief on import during the move, using question 9a of the specific form and attaching a copy of the import declaration with the relief code. That is why the order of the declarations matters: without the first benefit, the second does not hold.

Excluded are products that contain alcohol, tobacco and tobacco products, vehicles of a commercial nature and non-portable professional-use materials. The presence of these items does not invalidate the move as a whole, but generates taxation on the excluded portion and can delay customs clearance. We review the inventory with you before shipment precisely to avoid this surprise in Rotterdam.

Yes. Transporting the animal is a process separate from the move of the goods, with its own requirements for microchip, rabies vaccination and an international veterinary certificate within the validity period, in addition to the entry rules of the European Union. Our pet department conducts this process in parallel with the move. We have already transported more than 1,000 animals.

Collection, packing and export documentation in Brazil are conducted by One Moving’s own team, without intermediaries. In the Netherlands, we work with accredited agents from our international network for registration of the exemption declaration in the Douane system, customs clearance in Rotterdam, final delivery and furniture assembly. Because Dutch customs requires that the exemption request come from the moving company, this coordination is the most sensitive part of the route and we manage it directly.