European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday March 31.1989 a. statly Wrife. A final a Fri writ nato forces rules on car repairs c Relief must he sought before pairs and maintenance before processing an application through a vat Relief of fice. However the German Federal supreme Tan court and the Superior finance directorate recently ruled Hal the completed a Usa eur official said. To avoid paying West Germany s 1 4 percent value added tax customers now must get an estimate of repair costs and receive a Purchase order from their local value added tax relic office before work begins. Said i. Col Michael Mcclatchey of Usa eur s Community and family support Agency. Previously the West German govern ment allowed for tellers to gel Auto re chases that arc prohibited under the sup to the nato stat us of to fences agreement governing value added lax Relief to comply of Fowlie new West German requirements. Proc Delm have been developed so tax Relief punch tuft orders can be processed and dated before in i pairs begin. Basic rules have been scrotal Sarteur but some detail Are still being worked out at Mcclatchey said. Safe will me similar procedures he said. Automobile repair companies have to receive lax Relief on automobile been informed of the change through repairs individuals must. Ltd est German officials and some have. Begun requiring a dated Purchase order get a written or Oral estimator. From customers before accepting vehicle repair Cost from the Vendor. Or for repair As a condition for granting lax go to the local vat Dice with the Relief. Others have refused to accept lax estimate and a description of the work Relief. Participation in the value added requested for the Purchase order. Tax Relief program is voluntary for West it pm Vised program Are expected to reach individual vat offices in Early april Mcclatchey said. Until people become familiar with the revised procedures he advised those needing vehicle repairs to Check with their local offices before entering into any agreements with a repair shop. 0p"on completion of repairs Lake a to Joof the Vendor s invoice to the vat ice and make payment to the office. In office will prepare the final form Szuc a payment Check. He garage. A 3nvp conference to Mark natos 40th birthday by David Tarrant Suffy Riler As. Nato prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary tuesday its leaders arc looking ahead to a decade that could prove look among the most crucial in its history. X reforms under Way within the soviet Union ongoing arms talks it Rcd cd the world s largest concentration of conventional weapons and the implications of a United Europe Hal will be both an eco nomic and. Muti try Power Are All Chal Lenges thar Rill face the 16-member Alli Ance in the years ahead. The Washingtont based Center for nato at40 strategic and International studies will inaugurate nato s birthday Celebration with a three Day seminar starting Friday in Brussels. Belgium where the Alliance has its Headquarters. The conference will bring together More i than Iso policy makers government officials and commentators. Participants Are expected . Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of Senate armed services committee mar Secretary of state Henry Kissinger Jam Schluc Sirower head of the defens and Energy departments in the 1970s and nato Secretary general Manfred Worner. The Center held similar con Terence on nato s 30th and 35th anniversaries in1979 and 1984. Historic changes in the postwar at lactic relationship have often been Trig gered from outside said Cenich spokes Man m. Jon Vondracek in a statement. President Mikhail Gorbachev s soviet Union is presenting us with enigmas opportunities challenges and dangers which Are in addition to looking at the Impact Oliet reforms the conference will focus political military and economic of Western Security. No longer can Lucy do inside Rcd separately Vondracek said now they must be brought the conference to Litas hosts also in clude the Center for Inta Pean studies and the belgian government will take place at the palais d is expected to address the group during a working lunch and Schlesinger also Are scheduled to address the conference that Day. Army hikes frantic Hunt for housing sch Wabich Hall West Germany is As military Community officials arc searching frantically for West German apart ments to a disc 67 families of soldiers Capet cd to be assigned to plan Barrgas this Spring. It. Col. I Patrick Oark the. Shiv Hisch Hall commander said the Community Tost a a to 72apanmenlspasi year when two army units Pio Yed out of the area. Now two units consisting of 260 soldiers and several dozen family members ant preparing to move in and the old apartments no longer arc available Clar said an Adan x parly from the 101st located at Baden Crof i Bronn plans to arrive weekend to prepare for s move therein May. By the 75th general William 0, Darby Ca Ord in. No Cavern in addition supp Jycob. ---,.-svm in to the bar Pring and plans to Send group in late april a i units should boost the Imu Lilyy population Tok than the 750 soldiers filly members it had be fore the moves last year Clark said. Greens member admits Libya backs peace foundation newspaper says Bonn West Germany a member of West Germany s Green i arty acknowledged that Libya is providing Finan Daland personnel support for peace foundation with which the West German politician has links a newspaper reported wednesday. But Alfred Mechler Stimer a Federal lawmaker for the leftist greens also was quoted As denying that he is a lobbyist for libyan Leader col. Moa mar Gad Hafi Mech Mersheimer is under fire within Bis party after his connections to the . Foundation for peace and Soli Darity based in Vaduz Liechtenstein were disclosed last week. The sudd Fulsche Zeitung in Munich reported saturday that the foundation was funded from a $10 million account set up in Switzerland by Gad Aii. The newspaper also said Mechler Heimer is an adviser to the peace foundation. On wednesday Pic Welt As saying Hal the peace organization is still being formed. The newspaper in Bonn further quoted As saying that Libya was providing financial and personnel support to the foundation but he also insisted thai Libya would not be Able co influence the activities of the foundation and that the Northern african nation would not be mentioned in its Aims the newspaper reported in the die Weil report or gave no further information about what role libyans would play How much Money Libya would provide or who else was involved. Die Well also asked Mech Mersheimer whether he considered himself a lobbyist for Qadhafi no 1 am a free Man and have strictly observed this principle the newspaper quoted i Mas saying. He also said he has not taken any Money for his role in the. Bundalion. Die Well reported. Mcchlery Schimer defended Libya s involvement with the foundation. For the last year there has been a form of liberalization there in Libya. Unfortunately that has not Bee clearly acknowledged Here in this coun try he was quoted As saying. Mech Mersheimer said the foundation would work toward disarm Mem an understanding Between people die Well reported the greens plan to hold a special meeting to examine How s lies to the Organiza Tion Are and what projects it puns to undertake. Of phone costs to acre correction a headline Lyester Tay on an article about improvements la Hahn a West Germany was incorrect. The quote that the headline was taken from referred to one dormitory Tol the entire base. Frankfurt West Germany s. The Cost of mailing a letter in West Germany will jump by Ai much As 2 percent saturday a spokesman for the Federal postal system said. The Bunde Spost Price hike will push the Cost of mailing a letter within Ger Many and to All Western european coun tries and a few other from 80 pfennig to 1 Mark or from about 43 eau to 54. Cents. Posting a letter to All other Cuvi tries also jumps 20 pfennig from-1.20 to 1.40 Marks 65 cents 10 75 Cerns. Mailing a Post card within Germany and most european countries Wilt re main Ai 60 pfennig Bui sending a postcard to other foreign destinations will from 70 pfennig to to pfennig hones will Cost More for the Tirso Vii beginning urday. Initial unit Chat still in pfennig instead of. The Cunt Hsai pfennig. Subsequent a Jiff pfennig. A Guj Abaied on the distance1 called. Ajah Flora local Cah can be a minute at night. A daytime in distance unit lasts is seconds. The Price for mailing Small packages weighing up to 2 kilograms also will go up from 3 Marks to 3,50 Marks $1.61 10s1,88 on saturday. The rates for mailing larger packages will go up sept. I. It then will Cost 5.20 Marks s2.79 instead of 4.40 Marks $2.37 to mail up to s kilograms Tondu Altce up to 150 Kilometres within esl Germany. Charges increase base Don weight and the distance to be mailed. Oui of country destinations Cost More. Further details can be obtained from t pamphlet of charges called a being distributed by Ailef Tajn Post offices Dies Atlanta a 9&fcuaitison, a paraplegic who survived a Pattie trash in Greenland last summer while flying Solo Tov West Germany to visit the wot Twar ii Battlefield where he was paralysed died tuesday of respiratory failure at age 64
