Personal Medical Device 🇩🇪 Germany
No restrictions on personal medical devices
Can I bring Personal Medical Device into Germany?
No restrictions on personal medical devices
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Germany permits travelers to bring personal medical devices without customs restrictions. This includes insulin pumps, CPAP machines, portable oxygen concentrators, and hearing aids. Travelers should keep items in original packaging where applicable. No special customs procedures required for personal quantities within standard duty-free allowances. Declare if exceeding personal use thresholds.
Leaving Germany with personal medical device
Personal-use personal medical devices may be taken out of Germany without export formalities. Personal medical devices (CPAP machines, glucose monitors, nebulisers, mobility aids) may be exported freely. Carry the prescribing letter and travel with devices in cabin baggage; airlines exempt medical equipment from cabin-bag limits on request.
Over-the-counter Personal Medical Device for personal use may be carried into Germany in retail packaging with the pharmacy dispensing label. Quantities should reflect the trip length (typically ≤90 days' supply). Some products that are OTC in the origin country are prescription-only or restricted in the destination — verify the destination's medicine framework at Zollkriminalamt / Zoll (German Customs — Federal Customs Administration) or the destination Ministry of Health portal before travel.
- Pharmacy dispensing label
- Retail packaging
EU personal effects exemption
This page covers destination customs rules in Germany. Whether you can carry personal medical device through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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