Travelling to member states of the Schengen area
If you are travelling to a member state of the Schengen area, please contact your doctor. You will receive a certificate from him or her (so-called certificate according to Article 75 of the Schengen Convention) .
The Schengen area includes: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
You must have this certificate certified by your local health authority and take it with you on your journey. The certificate is valid for a maximum of 30 days.
You need a separate certificate for each prescribed narcotic.
Travelling to non-Schengen countries
For travel to countries outside the Schengen area, there are no internationally valid regulations for taking narcotics with you.
However, the following procedure is recommended:
Have the prescribing doctor issue a multilingual certificate , which contains information on individual and daily doses, active substance name and duration of the journey. This certificate must also be certified by the local health authority (see above) and must be carried along on the journey.
Furthermore, you should inform yourself about the legal situation in the country of destination or transit before you start your journey. . Some countries require additional import permits, restrict the amount of narcotics to be carried or even generally prohibit the carrying of certain narcotics.
The International Narcotics Control Board has created an information section on its website, where the entry formalities of the individual countries are compiled. However, this page is not yet complete.