European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inner pact to affect Driver s licenses training times a by Joseph Owen. Heidelberg Bureau Stuttgart Germany a a proposed new pact regulating the daily life of . Troops in Germany would affect troop training times first time Drivers licenses and the Impact of German labor Law according to the . European come. Overall however americans will notice few changes in their privileges rights and obligations As part of the . Military presence in Germany once the pact is ratified command officials said thursday. The agreement negotiated Over 16 months is a proposed amendment to the supplementary agreement to the nato status of forces agreement. It is a multilateral Accord among Germany and the six nations that station troops there a Belgium Canada France the Netherlands the United kingdom and the United states. The original supplement formulated in 1959 and put into effect four years later was subject to renewal whenever one of the signing parties called for it. Germany did that in the Spring of 1991, less than a year after German unification. Negotiations began in september 1991 and ended Jan. 13, when representatives of each country initiated the proposed pact which is More than 30 pages Long. The agreement is not legally binding until the governments ratify it. The precise wording of the document is staying feb. 15 deadline is firm for new postal numbers by Crystal Laureano staff writer the feb. 15 deadline to begin using new overseas Apo and Fpo numbers at overseas locations will not by extended by the . Postal service according to military postal officials in Germany. The original deadline was july 15, 1992. But that Date was extended six months to give overseas postal customers time to ensure that All their change of address requests had been received and implemented postal officials said in May. The delay by Many commercial mailers to Institute the new zip codes four line address format and new two letter overseas codes had caused widespread concern among postal patrons. In 1991, the . Postal service announced the changes that affected about one third of overseas Post offices. Personnel stationed in Europe have been Able to use both the old and new numbers to receive mail As of feb. 15, mail addressed to customers using the old Apo and Fpo numbers will be  because the . Postal service will have eliminated those numbers from its directory. When a return address is on such mail it will be returned to the sender. Postal officials in Europe Are satisfied that nearly All customers have complied with the changes. A we have been taking a Good look at the mail coming to Europe and Are pleased that the vast majority of patrons Are using the new Apo numbers a said Barbara Lutz spokeswoman for the army postal group Europe in re Ciufu Germany quoted say 99 percent of air Force mail is addressed to a a Quot said Yvonne Karloff spokeswoman for the 7025th air postal so at Ramstein a Germany. A those who had Apo. Numbers that changed have made that change.,�?� much of the mail with incorrect address formats or zip codes is second class publications resulting from the Sale of old mailing lists among stateside companies Jadlot f said. The four line address format and realigned zip codes Are the first Steps toward automating overseas military mail a process that will take several years . Postal service officials said. Electronic sorting machines will be used to Speed mail sorting and delivery. Overseas military Post office customers who still Are having problems changing their address should Contact their local postal office for assistance and postage free change of address cards postal officials in Europe said. Under wraps until the signing but command officials involved in the negotiations summarized its contents thursday in a briefing at their Patch Barracks Headquarters in Stuttgart.  civilians and their families Wilt notice few changes they said explaining that the new accords greatest Impact is on procedures used to do things not on the authority to do them. Drivers licenses and motor vehicle registration arc typical examples . Military personnel in Germany now drive using civilian licenses issued by the . Army Europe. Under the new agreement the army would Issue a privately owned vehicle Driver s certificate to someone who has a government Drivers License or has had a stateside Driver s License even if the stateside License has expired. But individuals who have never had a stateside License or done to intend to obtain a government License would have to pay or German Driver training and licensing or get a License in the United states. However the army can set up a training program to save Money and time for prospective Drivers. Vehicle registration arid inspection would remain in american hands but the army would have to submit registration data to German officials and the germans could Check on Post . Vehicle inspection procedures. Negotiators did not change the 1959 supplementary agreements passages governing military retail outlets mail service medical services exemption from German taxes and German citizens damage claims against . Forces members. Armed forces network broadcasting rights will not change but the new Accord revised the telecommunications agreement which regulates the use and Cost of German phone circuits. Military training is More restricted under the Accord. Training on sundays and German holidays would not occur unless an emergency requires it and the German forces consent. Night firing exercises would be limited to specific Days and times. The command decided the new european political climate makes such changes acceptable the negotiators said. The pact lets the military retain exclusive authority to hire and fire its employees who work under a German labor contract but it gives German labor unions More clout in representing those workers. The forces once had to consult with the Union to resolve Only five categories of disputes that number would More than double meaning managers would have to learn More about German labor Laws. The new document also would require the. United states to take specified measures to protect the German environment but the change Only puts current practice into writing the negotiators said. Any nation could terminate its participation in the agreement after giving two years notice. Otherwise it would remain in Force indefinitely. Back in Haiti Eda Pierre a repatriated haitian refugee cries upon arrival thursday at a Dock in port a Prince. She was one of 163 people found wednesday aboard a Sailboat at sea and returned to Haiti by the . Coast guard. The move was part or operation Able manner in which . Forces Are blocking people from leaving the Island. Court says oui to Marie Marie Marie la Rochelle France apr the High court in this Atlantic seacoast town in an unprecedented decision allowed parents to name a child in Triplicate if they choose Clearing the Way for a local girl to keep her name Marie Marie Marie. The court reversed a lower court ruling that disallowed Marie Marie Marie a name to be listed in civil records. The argument Given was that a name in Triplicate does not enrich the French heritage. The parents who chose to remain Anonymous were not discouraged by the first judgment confident that Justice would prevail. In a recent interview with a local newspaper the father explained the name Choice for his daughter. He said she weighed 3.3.3 pkg when born in August her head and Chest measured 33 centimetres and she was 51 centimetres Long a multiple of three. He added that the baby smother was 33 years old and that when Marie Marie Marie was born a she was really a Gironde a meaning  connection the License plate number for Frances Gironde Region is 33. France once went to great efforts to control the names of its citizens limiting them mainly to names of saints. The practice is falling aside with modern times and the influx of immigrants but officials still try to guard against Zany names