Effective June 27, 2024, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Germany in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that human and cremated remains are prohibited to Germany.
This revision is based on a formal notification that Deutsche Post (the designated postal operator of Germany) provided through email correspondences dated December 2, 2020, and May 10, 2024.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Germany
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Prohibitions
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[Revise the entry “Human remains” to read as follows:]
Human and cremated remains. According to Deutsche Post, the designated postal operator of Germany, human and cremated remains are prohibited in international mail to Germany; however, under certain conditions, an individual might be able to ship such remains by a private shipping courier — an individual has the responsibility of searching for such a courier.
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Although effective June 27, 2024, the Postal Service will incorporate this revision into a later edition of the online IMM (the one scheduled after July 14, 2024). The IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 6-27-24
