Legal notice

Service provider

Information under § 5 of the German Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz (DDG):

[Company name] [legal form]
[Street and number]
[Postcode and city]
[Country]

Represented by: [managing director or other authorized representatives. Leave out for a sole trader.]

Contact

Email: [contact email]
Phone: [phone number]

Register entry

Registered in the [commercial register] of [register court, for example Amtsgericht München] under [register number, for example HRB 123456]. [Leave out if the business isn't registered.]

VAT ID

VAT identification number under § 27a of the German VAT Act (UStG): [DE123456789]. [Or give the business identification number (Wirtschafts-Identifikationsnummer) under § 139c AO. Leave out if you have neither.]

Responsible for content

Responsible for content under § 18 (2) of the German Interstate Media Treaty (MStV): [name], [address].

[Only needed if the site publishes journalistic or editorial content, such as a blog or news.]

Consumer dispute resolution

[We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.]

[Adjust this statement under § 36 of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG). A business with ten or fewer employees on 31 December of the previous year doesn't have to make it. If you commit to or are required to use an arbitration board, name it with its address and website. Don't link to the EU online dispute resolution platform: it closed on 20 July 2025.]

Contact point under the Digital Services Act

Single point of contact for authorities (Article 11) and for everyone who uses Amaposta (Article 12) under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, the Digital Services Act: [contact email]. You can write to us in English or German.

[Have it checked whether and how far the Digital Services Act applies to your service.]