Originally Posted by
funkydrummer
A lawyer on a German frequent flyer forum spelled out the details. He says it boils down to three different scenarios.
Scenario 1 - You stayed in a risk area for MORE than just transit
Scenario 2 - You MERELY transited in a risk area (such as CDG); your destination is a state with an exemption for transits (and possibly other very short stays)
Scenario 3 - You MERELY transited in a risk area or had a very short-term stay; but your destination is a state with no exemption for transits and other very short stays
Notice that states that fall under scenario 3 include Hesse (e.g., flying into FRA) and Berlin (e.g., flying into TXL). If you are heading to Bavaria (e.g., your flight is to MUC), scenario 2 applies. If you merely transited in a risk area such as AMS or stayed in North Holland for less than 48 hours, there is no quarantine requirement.
Thanks for this. Do you have a link to that lawyer's post, or if you have time to find them, links to official sites with this info?
What is the definition of a short-term / very short stay?
I'm interested in the rules for NRW and BW as would be entering from Belgium having changed trains in Brussels (± short visit into Flanders which is not a risk area at this time), and also entering from Switzerland later on having taken a train through Fribourg.
I crossed the BW-CH border about 20 times on my earlier trip and I guess any real enforcement would be impossible short of going back to the border closures of March to June, but I was just wondering if there might be more targeted enforcement on the ICE that comes directly from Brussels