Taking narcotics abroad as a patient
As a patient, you may export or import narcotics in quantities appropriate for the duration of your trip as travel supplies.
For trips of up to 30 days to member states of the Schengen Agreement, you may take medically prescribed narcotics with you, provided you carry a certificate completed by your treating physician. This certificate must be certified before you begin your trip. You need a separate certificate for each prescribed narcotic.
This rule also applies if you are carrying narcotics that are available on prescription in your country of origin but not in your destination country.
Only you personally may carry the narcotics with the appropriate documentation. It is not permitted for a person authorized by you to carry them.
When traveling outside the Schengen area, you should clarify the legal situation in the country you are traveling to with the relevant diplomatic mission of the destination country in Germany before starting your journey. In certain cases, you must have your doctor issue a multilingual certificate. The certificate contains information on individual and daily dosages, the name of the active ingredient, and the duration of the trip.
If you are a patient carrying certain substitution drugs, such as methadone or buprenorphine, you should also check with the relevant diplomatic mission of the country you are traveling to in Germany before you travel.
Taking narcotics abroad as a doctor
As a doctor, dentist, or veterinarian, you may carry narcotics with you in the context of charitable missions abroad, such as for Doctors Without Borders, or as medical supplies in cross-border traffic. Please check with the diplomatic mission of the country you are traveling to in good time to find out whether you can take the narcotics with you and whether you need a permit to do so.
You must be able to identify yourself with a doctor's ID card.
