Hi,
Concerning question 1: Do you know information of German Office for Foreign Affairs? (Date: June 2016)? See ****://bit.ly/2c08C5A
I didn't find any recent changes in gazette concerning this topic since March 2016 (Information given by German Ministry of the Interior: ****://bit.ly/2c09TcS)
Concerning question 2: See Article written by SPIEGEL Online (Date: July 2016): ****://bit.ly/2c06ZFh
Kind regards, Jan