I received some information from Germany that Nikon will reduce their warranty from 3 to 1 year. The German “Gewährleistung” will still remain 2 years:
It seems that Nikon Netherlands is extending the product warranty to 2 years. Not sure about the details, but several [NR] readers received letters from Nikon with a new 2 years warranty certificate for items (lenses and DSLRs) that were purchased and registered few months ago.