Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Meat Products → France
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2025-01-15
ALLOWED
Within EU: no restrictions; from non-EU: limited
Details
Within the EU single market, meat products move freely. From non-EU countries, personal quantities of commercially processed meat products may be permitted. Fresh meat from non-EU countries is generally prohibited. France has specific rules for foie gras and certain protected products.
Quantity limit
EU: unrestricted. Non-EU: commercially packaged only
Legal reference
EU Regulation 206/2010, French veterinary law
Practical advice
From EU countries, no restrictions. From non-EU, only commercially packaged products.
Customs authority
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects (DGDDI — French Customs) · https://www.douane.gouv.fr