{
  "id": "world/visa/eu-cash-declaration",
  "catalog": "BC-001307",
  "title": "EU cash declaration threshold at external border",
  "title_en": "EU cash declaration threshold at external border",
  "value": 10000,
  "unit": "EUR",
  "period": "2026",
  "valid_from": null,
  "valid_to": null,
  "applies_to": "EU",
  "note": "Travellers entering or leaving the EU carrying EUR 10 000 or more in cash (or equivalent in other currencies, bearer instruments, gold) must lodge a cash declaration with customs. Unaccompanied cash can be subject to a disclosure declaration. Failure to declare can lead to detention of the cash and effective, proportionate, dissuasive penalties (set per Member State). This is an external-border rule, not within the EU.",
  "aliases": [
    "visa",
    "travel",
    "entry requirements",
    "vizum",
    "cestovanie",
    "vstup",
    "2026",
    "eu cash limit",
    "cash declaration eu",
    "10000 euro cash border",
    "declare cash eu",
    "colny limit hotovost",
    "kolko hotovosti cez hranicu eu",
    "10000 eur hranica"
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "Your Europe (europa.eu) — Travelling with cash in the EU",
    "url": "https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/carry/carrying-cash/index_en.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-07",
    "quote": "If you plan to enter or leave the EU with €10 000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies) ... you must declare it to the customs authorities",
    "quote_en": "If you plan to enter or leave the EU with €10 000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies) ... you must declare it to the customs authorities"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "status": "ok",
  "corroboration": [
    {
      "name": "European Commission — Taxation and Customs Union: EU Cash Controls",
      "url": "https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/prohibitions-restrictions/eu-cash-controls_en",
      "retrieved": "2026-06-07"
    }
  ],
  "sources_count": 2,
  "verification": {
    "is_real": true,
    "method": "cross-checked against multiple independent official sources (web research 2026-06-07)",
    "checked": "2026-06-07",
    "checked_by": "botcorpus verifikácia (web research, cross-check)",
    "note": "Real fact verified from multiple independent sources — not a hallucination.",
    "note_en": "Real fact verified from multiple independent sources — not a hallucination."
  },
  "freshness": {
    "source_dated": null,
    "retrieved": "2026-06-07",
    "last_checked": "2026-06-07",
    "next_check": "2026-09-05",
    "cadence_days": 90,
    "stale": false
  }
}