UK Defence in Germany -and Europe: Information notes
Information notes in support of UK Defence in Germany,Germany and Europe produced by the Germany Enabling Office.
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The GEOGermany Enabling Office is the Uniteddetermined Kingdom’s responsible andauthority accountablefor authoritymonitoring to:
and assuring the Governmentconduct of the United Kingdom- the Federal
Defence Governmentin of Germany
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under states’the militaryUnited missionsKingdom’s inobligations Germany:to BEL,the FRA,NATO NLD,Status USA,of CAN
Forces Supplementary Agreement in Germany.
Our engagement with UK defenceDefence personnel in Germany, and where applicable the broader Europe, is routinely through the customer-facingcustomer facing UK National Support Elements (UK NSE).
Though the GEOoffice is not directly customer facing you will receive communication from us via your NSE. Our routine official communications with those NSE are in the form of information notes.
Where possible those information notes will be made available on this webpage.here.
RelatedUseful contentlinks
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation Status of Forces Agreement: identification of status
Spousal employment - NATOGOV.UK Status of Forces Agreement(www.gov.uk)
Contact
Contact with the Germany Enabling Office is through your supporting UK NSE.
Last updated 12 MarchFebruary 2024
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Updated: BFBS Direct to Home (DTH). Added: Personal Exports Scheme. Added: link to ‘Spousal employment - NATO Status of Forces Agreement’. Added: information about the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and Supplementary Agreement in Germany; who the Germany Enabling Office is responsible to.
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Expired information notes removed.
New information notes introduced.
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All Germany Enabling Office information notes are reviewed annually and either removed or replaced as is appropriate.
Updated: '2023-9605 Personal Imports'.
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Force Information Note 2023-9063 added due to annual expiry of previous edition. Previous version deleted.
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New information note added reference BFBS Direct to Home service.
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022022 BFBS Direct to Home removed (expired 17 March 2023).
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Added: 2023-8557 Return of Goods Relief - Mid-Assignment and 2023-8568 Transfer of Residence and Return of Goods Relief.
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Expired information note removed.
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New information note added in regard to Nationwide Alert Day - Warnung der Bevölkerung in Germany
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First published.
The
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The GEOGermany Enabling Office is the Uniteddetermined Kingdom’s responsible andauthority accountablefor authoritymonitoring to:
andassuringconductof the United Kingdom- the Federal
DefenceGovernmentinof Germany - Allied ‘sending
understates’themilitaryUnitedmissionsKingdom’sinobligationsGermany:toBEL,theFRA,NATONLD,StatusUSA,ofCAN
Our engagement with UK defenceDefence personnel in Germany, and where applicable the broader Europe, is routinely through the customer-facingcustomer facing UK National Support Elements (UK NSE).
Though the GEOoffice is not directly customer facing you will receive communication from us via your NSE. Our routine official communications with those NSE are in the form of information notes.
Where possible those information notes will be made available on this webpage.here.
RelatedUseful contentlinks
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation Status of Forces Agreement: identification of status
Spousal employment - NATOGOV.UK Status of Forces Agreement(www.gov.uk)
Contact
Contact with the Germany Enabling Office is through your supporting UK NSE.
Last updated 12 March
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Updated: BFBS Direct to Home (DTH). Added: Personal Exports Scheme. Added: link to ‘Spousal employment - NATO Status of Forces Agreement’. Added: information about the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and Supplementary Agreement in Germany; who the Germany Enabling Office is responsible to.
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Expired information notes removed. New information notes introduced.
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All Germany Enabling Office information notes are reviewed annually and either removed or replaced as is appropriate. Updated: '2023-9605 Personal Imports'.
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Force Information Note 2023-9063 added due to annual expiry of previous edition. Previous version deleted.
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New information note added reference BFBS Direct to Home service.
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022022 BFBS Direct to Home removed (expired 17 March 2023).
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Added: 2023-8557 Return of Goods Relief - Mid-Assignment and 2023-8568 Transfer of Residence and Return of Goods Relief.
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Expired information note removed.
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New information note added in regard to Nationwide Alert Day - Warnung der Bevölkerung in Germany
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First published.
Update history
2024-11-26 10:56
Removed: ‘2023-9605 Personal Imports – expires 24 November 2024’. Added: ‘2024-10412 Personal Imports – expires 24 November 2025’.
2024-06-11 09:41
New information note 2024-10120 added supporting UK defence white fleet transport operations in Switzerland and the removal of the requirement for third-party commercial liability insurance.
2024-03-12 11:19
Updated: BFBS Direct to Home (DTH). Added: Personal Exports Scheme. Added: link to ‘Spousal employment – NATO Status of Forces Agreement’. Added: information about the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and Supplementary Agreement in Germany; who the Germany Enabling Office is responsible to.
2024-02-12 09:40
Expired information notes removed.New information notes introduced.
2023-11-24 14:21
All Germany Enabling Office information notes are reviewed annually and either removed or replaced as is appropriate.Updated: ‘2023-9605 Personal Imports’.
2023-06-13 10:09
Force Information Note 2023-9063 added due to annual expiry of previous edition. Previous version deleted.
2023-03-29 11:11
New information note added reference BFBS Direct to Home service.
2023-03-24 10:30
022022 BFBS Direct to Home removed (expired 17 March 2023).
2023-02-10 15:47
Added: 2023-8557 Return of Goods Relief – Mid-Assignment and 2023-8568 Transfer of Residence and Return of Goods Relief.
2022-12-09 13:42
Expired information note removed.
2022-11-30 09:17
New information note added in regard to Nationwide Alert Day – Warnung der Bevölkerung in Germany
2022-11-18 11:30
First published.