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Germany's Export Control Office to Phase Out Paper Permits

Germany’s economics and export control authority will stop issuing paper permits and notifications for most documents beginning March 1, a Jan. 29 notice said, according to an unofficial translation. The agency said it will issue electronic permits and notices for…

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all trade-related documents except for certain temporary export and repeated export permits, transit permits, reexport approvals and rejections, and notices of opposition, which will continue to be issued in paper form. The agency will also issue a second copy on paper for permits if a foreign customs office will not accept an electronic version.