"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 27/12/2014 18:34, Christina Websell wrote:

so why haven't NIN told me about it?

I suspect NIN will inform you just before your yearly contract runs out.
Until then they will continue to provide you with the service.

I could, if necessary, arrange for it to be paid for from a German bank
account.
whether this will get around it, I don't know.