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Four Rhine crossings between Waldshut and Jestetten, open around the clock. For your people, nothing changes at the border.
Getting there
The Rhine crossings at the Hochrhein are open around the clock and as a rule clear. Anyone driving to an early shift slows down, shows an ID if asked, and carries on. Queues happen at the big crossings near Basel, not here. Our five locations sit at four different crossings, so the shortest route is rarely the best known one.
Lauchringen crosses at Waldshut. The resulting driving time for each job site is in the list of units.
Materials
People cross the border without a declaration, tools and materials do not. This is routine and in practice runs through the freight forwarder or customs agent who handles the import anyway.
There is a separate procedure for equipment that leaves again after the job. Anyone commuting regularly works from a fixed equipment list rather than starting over each time.
Whatever gets installed is imported. Who acts as importer, and therefore carries duty and import tax, is settled in the contract with the client. Once agreed, it holds for the whole project.
Goods that must be declared go through a staffed customs office with fixed hours. Many companies therefore split the route: staff over the shortest crossing, the materials vehicle via the customs office.
Before the assignment
It is not the border that costs time, it is registering the assignment. Eight days notification plus a few days for social security, a good week in total. Keep that in view and you drive straight through on the day.
More on this under the eight day notification rule and A1 certificate. This text is a practical overview, not customs or legal advice. What counts is the information given by the Swiss customs administration or your forwarder.
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