The five memories not to bring in your vacation

The five memories not to bring in your vacation

You are neither a dangerous terrorist nor a drug trafficker.However, your profile may interest customs: you are a tourist.In search of the perfect jewel, the "typical" commodity or the good shopping plan, you may take an illegal memory in your luggage.

After having helped you make your suitcase to leave light without forgetting the essential, Francetv Info makes an inventory of what you should not bring in your vacation.

1 a ham sandwich (among others))))

If you have traveled outside the European Union, you are prohibited from transporting meat (charcuterie included)))) and dairy products.These foods can carry eradicated diseases in Europe such as aphing fever or pig plague, explains the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.In 2012 alone, "customs seized 31 tonnes of non-compliant health goods in France, mainly meat, often from Africa or Asia," he said.Thus, monkey meat (animals which can in particular transport the Ebola virus)))), Agouti (rodent)))), pangolin or tuna in advanced decomposition was seized in early June in the luggage of passengers returning from sub -Saharan Africavia a stopover in Casablanca.

If it is impossible to bring back cheese from a country outside the EU, you can always catch up with the "cheese" hat, accepted but bulky...

On the other hand, for trips to the EU, there are no restrictions since all countries must comply with strict veterinary standards.So, if you want to travel with maroilles in the hold and munster in your handbag, nothing prohibits you (except the share of humanity in you)))).

2un lizard without his passport

Ah, the transport (voluntary or not)))) of animals.This is so bad idea that it gave rise to a horror film, a gore film and a disaster film.According to the customs performance report (PDF)))), the service recorded in 2012 its best result for ten years in terms of seizure of living animals, with 1,109 specimens intercepted.The Convention on International Trade in Species of Wild Wild flora and flora threatened with extinction (CITES)))) has established the list of animals and plants that it is better not to find in your suitcase.

Les cinq souvenirs à ne surtout pas rapporter de vos vacances

Last year, these seizures concerned, among other things, 88 birds and 604 reptiles, including 523 turtles.Illegal import techniques can range from double-back suitcase to shorts with pockets filled with Guyanese hummingbirds, as reported in 2011 Futura-Sciences.

Beyond the protection of species, these prohibitions also make it possible to limit the health risk."Living animals are likely to convey serious illnesses, such as rage or avian flu," recalls the customs site.Imported pets from countries outside the European Union must therefore be declared and presented to customs for documentary and identity controls.As pets are considered dogs, cats, ferrets, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates (except bees and crustaceans)))), rodents and domestic rabbits, as well as birds, except poultry.

3un leopard string (in real leopard))))

The animal does not need to be alive to be prohibited from sustain.In fact, the largest customs seizures in the protection of wildlife concern transformed goods, such as jewelry, leathers and skins (39%))))."Tourists who bought memories or picked up shells on the beach can indeed, without knowing it, circulating with protected species", writes Futura-Sciences in its 2011 survey.

4un alien

A snake who sneaks in the suitcase of an English family back from vacation in Spain, as the Daily Mail (in English)))) tells, a scorpion in the toilet bag, a spider reintroduced in Great Britain by dizzy tourists(this was the case in 2011)))): Like the alien inviting itself into the Nostromo (the spacecraft went to venture on an isolated planet in the film by Ridley Scott)))), the critters can travel in your suitcases to rot youlife.And this can happen to everyone: in September 2012, an alleged dangerous spider sprang from a Flight Case [these boxes used to transport instruments] from Noel Gallagher (ex-Oasis)))), pushing the organizers of an American festivalto quarantine some of the backstages while capturing the beast.

More common and less destructive (although)))), bedbugs are a scourge against which it is advisable to protect themselves.According to Doctor Pascal Delaunay, quoted by Top Health magazine, "the interventions of disinsection companies against this insect have tripled, or even more, since 2005 (...)))).No region is spared, even if the tourist areas are the most affected due to the important turnover of the people accommodated ".These little monsters hide the day and bite you at night, leaving small clusters of pimples on the discovered parts.Above all, it is extremely painful to make them disappear.

On a trip, "never leave your suitcase on the floor or on the bed.NEVER EVER !Always store your luggage in a raised area, "advises Ryan, from the Blog Le Back à back, in a ticket dedicated to the insect.Preferably sleep on a fabric that you transport with you rather than in dubious sheets, and do not hesitate to slam the door of the youth hostel if you find small black spots spread over the mattress (they may beBag excrement...)))).

Whether you come back from a trekking in Southeast Asia or a week in New York, it is imperative to wash all your clothes (and the bag!)))).This will prevent you from contaminating your apartment, then those of your friends, who will contaminate those of their friends and so on until the end of time.

5 a "chanel" bag and "diore" glasses

In France as abroad, beware of counterfeits."An unusual location, a poorly identified seller, a particularly low price, defects and more generally the lack of product quality (...)))), un emballage de mauvaise qualité pour des produits de luxe" devraient vous alerter, indique la Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCRF)))) dans son guide des vacances 2013 (PDF)))).Better to follow his recommendations.Criminal sanctions for the holding of counterfeit products can go up to 300,000 euros fine and three years in prison.