This is actively preventing me from sending packages to other countries as a maker. No matter how small the risk is, I don't want to risk a 5000 euro fine for sending a small amount of packages to other EU countries.

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dgellow an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Really sorry you’re experiencing this, that whole regulation rollout is a complete mess. The leadership should be sacked for such an incompetent regulation, it’s insane how much troubles they are creating for small businesses.

Another small business owner reported their experience in this Reddit thread, looks really bad: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1vrz88a/comment/p4i...

I’m as pro-EU as one can get but that’s a mistake we should solve asap

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criddell 17 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do you send them as your business or as yourself? If it's the latter, then I would consider forming a business to take on the risk. That's not free either, but think of it as insurance.

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graemep an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Some people did the same when VATMOSS was introduced.

	▲	jeltz 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		And those people were idiots. MOSS was trivial to implement and an improvement of what was there before. I implemented it myself for our company.

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catigula 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you not cross the street given the risk of being hit by a bus?

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sokoloff 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Fortunately, buses are not invisible and you can look for a bus before crossing a street to gauge and control your risk of being struck by one.

	▲	Hizonner an hour ago \| parent [-]
		... but you can still fail to notice one, and you can gauge and to some degree control your risk of being fined. In fact, if you sell 10 hobby prototype boards to other hobbyists, you probably have a higher risk of getting hit by a bus on the way to the post office than you do of being fined.

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throw-the-towel 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Umm akchully, not crossing a highway to avoid being hit is a perfectly sane course of action.

	▲	fitsumbelay an hour ago \| parent [-]
		except he said "street" not "highway"