Yes, in the last year to bring goods under the temporary import rule, a work permit was needed. Didnt need one before but the 3 ports up here started demanding them but now that has stopped as of today.
There were 2 ways of importing...temporary import where you have to pay a large deposit and you have to renew it every year or the taxed import which was the one that attracted the huge back handers as you were only allowed to bring in 1500 euro of goods. anything over was done "under the table".
This has also stopped as of today.