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by cromka 40 days ago
> They sell to the EU, so they have to follow their regulations. If they don't, the devices can be seized by customs.

Seized by customs because they don't offer 2y warranty or include USB charger?

No. That's ridiculous. You can import whatever you want.

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> You can import whatever you want.

Quite the opposite, in fact. When customs finds that any rule, like the CE declaration on electric devices, is broken, they can and will seize such goods.

You could of course attempt to circumvent or mislead customs. After all, they don't have the capacity to check all imported goods in-depth. That however would usually be a criminal offense.

CE is important, but we're talking about trade regulations, not technical here, so I took a mental shortcut. But you're right. Though effectively all modern products are CE certified. All starlabs need to do is to have that CE stamp and they can ship it to customers in EU without having EU entity.
> No. That's ridiculous. You can import whatever you want.

No, you can't. You can import whatever you are allowed to import, regardless of it's legal status on the original country.