How do people who are stationed in Europe, outside of Germany, get a Germany fuel ration card?
• Plan on having documents that show your TDY, leave, or military pass status. The leave document should be OPM Form 71. – Beyond that, plan on stopping at an IMCOM Europe garrison MP station or the US Forces customs office at Ramstein Air Base, Spangdahlem AB, or the 470th Air Base Squadron at Geilenkirchen AB to get AE Form 550-175L to establish Germany fuel ration eligibility for your vehicle. After that, any of the AAFES sites shown within our web site will be able to issue and activate a short-term fuel ration card for your vehicle. – With that plan in place, and before you travel to Germany, please visit the training tab within our web site to review the video training modules to fully prepare for fuel ration card activation and use. – Printable slides for this topic are posted on the “Advisories” page.
They will issue you a Short Term Registration Document AE Form 550-175L. Take AE Form 550-175L to the nearest AAFES card issue and activation site. The amount of fuel ration authorized is dependent upon how many days remain authorized on the rental contract. Short-term fuel ration increments are 100 liters for 1-7 days, 200 liters for 8-14 days, 300 liters for 15-21 days, and 400 liters for 22-30 days. For rentals of longer than 30 days, Garrison MP offices or US Forces Customs, Europe personnel may authorize another short term fuel ration card after the first short term card expires. Any change to the rental vehicle or vehicle license plate will make the existing fuel ration card non-functional. In cases of vehicle or license plate change, obtain a new AE Form 550-175L from the nearest MP Station or US Forces customs office, and then obtain a replacement fuel ration card from AAFES. Any pre-paid cash in the fuel card account will not be affected by this change.
