Shipping Guideline of GLS Germany
In order to make sure that your shipment reaches its destination smoothly, we advise you to carefully read our shipping guidelines. They include information on labels and on the maximum weight and dimensions. Furthermore, the shipping guidelines also inform you about those goods which are excluded from shipping.
GLS offers you various IT solutions for parcel processing, such as Uni-Box, Uni-Connect (Gepard Connect) or our online solution Your-GLS.
If you generate your parcel labels using one of these, all relevant shipping information will be printed automatically on the parcel label.
For shipments to EU countries:
Shipments within the European Union may be VAT-free under certain circumstances. The certificate of delivery issued by GLS Germany ensures the legally required proof of delivery to a foreign EU country, given that the complete consignee address has been forwarded electronically to GLS Germany by a GLS IT connection. If this is not given, please ask your local GLS depot.
Weight & Dimensions
Dimensions
The maximum allowed belt measure is 3 meters.
It is calculated by 2 x height + 2 x width + 1 x longest side.
Therefore the following applies:
- Max. height = 60 cm
- Max. width = 80 cm
- Max. length = 200 cm
For our products:
a maximum length of 40 cm is allowed. The parcel has to fit through the GLS Small Parcel triangle.
Weight limits
The following limits have to be respected when sending parcels with GLS:
- Business-Small Parcel:
max. 2 kg - Euro Business-Small Parcel:
max. 2 kg - Business-Parcel:
max. 40 kg - Express-Parcel:
max. 40 kg - Euro Business-Parcel:
max. 50 kg - Euro Express-Parcel:
max. 50 kg - Global Business-Parcel:
max. 50 kg
Please note that we charge a surcharge for non-sortable goods, such as:
- Any parcels with protruding parts
- Bags, tires, rolls, fabric rolls, cans, plastic buckets, wooden boxes
- Parcels that are longer than 1,20 m
- Parcels with a height of less than 3 cm
Please also see our guideline for non-sortable goods.
Excluded from shipment
The shipment exclusions according to the General Terms and Conditions of GLS Germany apply, for example for:
- Insufficiently packed parcels
- Parcels with a goods value of more than 5,000.- Euro
- Valuable goods (for example precious metals, money, securities, works of art)
- Firearms / ammunition as defined according to legislation
- Perishable and temperatur controlled goods, remains, living animals
- Phone cards and pre-paid cards (e.g for mobile telephones)
- Hazardous goods of all classes that are not named in the T&C of GLS Germany as well as hazardous goods generally in international traffic
Only accurately packaged and addressed parcels with a parcel label can be accepted for shipment. View detailed information on correct packaging in our packaging guideline.
