{"id":230050,"date":"2025-12-13T00:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/230050\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T00:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:14:11","slug":"irish-consumers-to-pay-e3-charge-on-online-orders-worth-less-than-e150-under-new-eu-rules-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/230050\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish consumers to pay \u20ac3 charge on online orders worth less than \u20ac150 under new EU rules \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish consumers are set to pay \u20ac3 charge on online orders valued at less than \u20ac150 in a bid to protect European retail businesses, following a vote by European Union<\/a> (EU) member states.<\/p>\n

The charge will be placed on small parcels entering the EU \u2013 with low-cost platforms like Temu<\/a> and Shein<\/a> in line to be hit most \u2013 and will be payable from the 1st of July 2026. <\/p>\n

The measure is designed to bridge the gap until the EU Customs Data Hub is set up in 2028. EU data suggests as many as 12 million small items would have been liable for the charge every day in 2024. <\/p>\n

The duty will be charged by the parcel, so orders of multiple items will not incur the charge multiple times, and could be in addition to an EU handling fee on ecommerce parcels, around which negotiation is under way.<\/p>\n

In addition to protecting domestic, retail businesses, the charge is envisaged as a measure to compensate customs authorities for the increasing costs of the growing flow of parcels, the commission said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith ecommerce expanding rapidly, the world is changing fast \u2013 and we need the right tools to keep pace,\u201d Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d<\/a>, the EU trade commissioner said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Why are apartments in Ireland so much more expensive to build than houses?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why the decision on customs duties for small parcels coming into the EU is so important to ensuring fair competition at our borders in today\u2019s ecommerce era.\u201d<\/p>\n

The volume of small orders into the trading bloc has \u201csurged\u201d in recent years, according to figures published by the EU Commission in March. It noted that volumes are expected to continue growing in volume at a \u201crapid pace\u201d in the coming years.<\/p>\n

Some 4.6 billion orders valued at less than \u20ac150 were imported in the EU in 2024, almost double the figure in 2023 at 2.4 billion, and more than thrice the figure in 2022 at 1.4 billion.<\/p>\n

The same publication noted that 91 per cent of all ecommerce shipments valued up to \u20ac150 entering the bloc came from China.<\/p>\n

Mr \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d said the measure is part of the commission\u2019s work to modernise the management of trade into the bloc and is part of its goal to have a \u201cmodern, digital environment that keeps international trade flowing smoothly\u201d while protecting the single market. <\/p>\n

Irish MEP Barry Andrews described the measure as \u201cvery welcome\u201d but warned that \u201cEU Member States must increase it in future if \u20ac3 does not prove effective in stemming the flood of cheap deliveries from China.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the \u201cconstant buying and disposing of low-cost clothing\u201d is driving environmental pollution, exploitation of workers and is undercutting European businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current EU custom rules unfairly favour \u2018ultra-fast fashion\u2019 and low-cost online giants, such as Shein and Temu, by allowing millions of low-value parcels to enter the EU without full checks or customs charges,\u201d he said, noting the EU \u201cmust be prepared to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The European Commission welcomed the decision of the member states and noted the need for an urgent solution to protect European retail businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish consumers are set to pay \u20ac3 charge on online orders valued at less than \u20ac150 in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[56563,9,10,4893,5766,2219,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,12923,5,7770,23584,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-230050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-barry-andrews","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-european-commission","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-maros-sefcovic","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-shein","24":"tag-temu","25":"tag-top-stories","26":"tag-topstories","27":"tag-world","28":"tag-world-news","29":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115709376786435615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}