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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.229-7002 Customs exemptions (Germany).

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This DFARS clause states that imported products needed for the direct benefit of United States Forces may be acquired duty-free by the contractor, under a specific tax relief agreement between the United States and Germany. It matters to contractors because it authorizes duty-free acquisition of those imported products in Germany.

Applies to: Contractors acquiring imported products for the direct benefit of United States Forces in Germany

Key terms: imported products · direct benefit of the United States Forces · duty-free · Agreement Between the United States of America and Germany Concerning Tax Relief

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 229.402-70(b), use the following clause:

Customs Exemptions (Germany) (JUN 1997)

Imported products required for the direct benefit of the United States Forces are authorized to be acquired duty-free by the Contractor in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America and Germany Concerning Tax Relief to be Accorded by Germany to United States Expenditures in the Interest of Common Defense.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.229-7001 Tax Relief. · 252.229-7003 Tax Exemptions (Italy). →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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