Germany batch will be delayed

[Kareema]

i really appreciate that work which is done to appease the german customs but i am afraid they give a sh*t ;D
i am really looking forward to see what will happen.

Same opinion here: I really hope that this works out for most German recipients of the BH edition. But this is not how German customs works.

Here's my experience when I tried to get my PinePhone from German customs (following the reasoning from the proposal above):

• I pointed out that it's a development device from an open source project with hard- and software-development still in progress and that it's meant for developers
  
• I showed them the CE mark on the radio chip and pointed out that the CE certfication for the whole device is in progress
  

They said that they couldn't evaluate this and consulted the Bundesnetzagentur with the information I provided. The Bundesnetzagentur in turn replied that this device was not fit to be used in Germany and had it sent back.

So the main question that remains is this: Is there a legal basis in Germany that allows devices still in development to be used in Germany without CE certification, partial CE certification of components or CE certification in progress for development purposes? And if yes, how do we have to declare those to be able  to pass customs.

I will take a shot at getting some information from the Bundesnetzagentur about this.