Not everything is suitable for transport. In accordance with our general terms and conditions, certain types of shipment are excluded from transport. Please contact us for special agreements on food shipping with DPD Food and the shipping of medicaments.

• All parcels which – in accordance with Section 3 (Weights and dimensions) and 4 (Packing) do not comply with the general terms and conditions for DPD CLASSIC.

• High-value goods, such as precious metals, real jewellery, gems, genuine pearls, fur coats, carpets, leather goods, watches and clocks, antiquities, art objects, vouchers and admission tickets with a value greater than 520 EUR per parcel.

• Money, securities, credit, check and telephone cards or comparable certificates of value and other goods if they have a value greater than 13,000 EUR.

• Parcels the content, transport or external design of which contravenes statutory regulations.

• Firearms in accordance with German weapons legislation or the laws of the country of destination or a country of transit, as well as firearm components in cross-border shipping.

• Parcels which could cause damage to persons or property; perishable goods; living or dead animals; medical or biological specimens; medical waste; human or animal remains, body parts or organs.

• Hazardous goods and hazardous goods in limited quantities (LQ), unless they are shipped in agreement with DPD and under the terms of a special agreement.

• Freight and goods sent collect (COD), unless shipping is in agreement with DPD and under the terms of a special agreement.

• In cross-border shipping, any goods whose import or export is prohibited or requires a special permit in accordance with the regulations of the country of dispatch, country of destination or a transit country.

• Any parcels whose consignees appear in the applicable versions of Appendix I of EC anti-terror directives 2580/2001 and 881/2002 or other sanctions lists.

For detailed information about articles which are excluded from shipment, please see our General Terms and Conditions.

We also transport ADR-classified hazardous goods for you. Both in domestic and European shipping, strict statutory regulations have to be complied with.