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Parcel at the front door

• A deliverer is allowed to leave a parcel at the front door. However, this poses a risk to the seller, because something can happen to the parcel before the buyer gets hold of it. Sometimes sellers request prior consent to leave the parcel at the door. If you give that consent, it makes it harder for you to prove afterwards that the seller is responsible for the theft at the front door, for instance. 

Parcel delivered to the neighbours

• If nothing has been arranged for delivery to the neighbours and the web shop delivers to the neighbours by way of the courier, this is at the web shop’s risk. If prior consent has been given the seller may assume that the neighbours were designated by the buyer to accept the parcel.

Note in the letterbox

• When the deliverer has unsuccessfully tried to deliver your parcel, he can leave a note in your letterbox, digital box or try a second time. If you do not receive a note or if you receive the parcel at a later time, you can click through to: What am I to do if my parcel is damaged or has been delivered too late or not at all?

These rules only apply to sales by professionals to private persons (B2C).

For example, an online purchase made by a Belgian consumer on a British or Chinese platform:

• The buyer must pay the VAT on the goods imported into the EU from a third country.
• For goods with a maximum value of € 150 and purchased online outside the EU, the buyer must pay the VAT during the sale, if the seller is registered for the one stop shop (IOSS).
• If the seller is not registered for the IOSS or if the amount of the purchases exceeds € 150 the buyer will in principle have to pay the VAT to the transporter during the delivery.

Please verify whom you buy from and especially whether the VAT and the import duties are included in the selling price, so as to avoid any surprises.
Check your order and your invoice!

More info on the website of the Federal Public Service Finance: for private individuals  //  video private individuals

A shipment coming from a country outside the European Union can be subject to a check and various duties and fees: VAT, import duties (also called “customs duties”) and excise duties (only on specific products such as alcohol, tobacco, etc.).

“Customs formalities” are administrative formalities concerning the collection of the various duties and fees.

Some Internet traders give an estimation of the customs duties and formalities beforehand as soon as the order is placed.

Some postal operators will ask a compensation for performing those customs formalities, payable in addition to the duties and fees; others have already integrated those costs in the fixed costs of their products/services.

Yes, provided that there is an interruption of at least 8 hours.