Government and other federal institutions:

• The Federal President
• The Federal Government
• Parliament (Bundestag)
• Federal Council (Bundesrat)
• Federal Foreign Office
• Federal Ministry of Justice
• Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
• Central Bank
• Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)
• Federal Cartel Office
• Germany Trade and Invest (foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany)
• Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
• Federal Criminal Police Office
• German Customs Administration (The administration offers a Customs’ Information and Knowledge Management that answers all questions in customs matters (also in English): phone: +49 (0)351/44834-530; fax: +49 (0)351/44834-590; E-Mail: enquiries.english@zoll.de)
• DPMA – German Patent and Trade Mark Office
• DEPATISnet (online searches in patent publications; service offered by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office)
• Government Commission of the German Corporate Governance Code
• Federal Data Protection Commissioner
• Tax Information Centre by the German Fiscal Authorities (available in English)
• Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
• Federal Network Agency

The European Union

• The European Union at a glance
• The European Parliament
• The Council of the European Union
• European Commission
• European Central Bank
• European Investment Bank
• European Court of Auditors
• The European Ombudsman
• EUROPOL – European Police Office
• EUR-Lex – The portal to European Union law (legislation, case-law, etc.)
• Summaries of EU legislation (provides about 3000 summaries of EU legislation, divided into 32 subject areas)
• European e-Justice Portal (by European Commission; large quantity of information on the legal order, jurisdiction, procedural matters, enforcement etc. of all member states of the EU)
• Introduction to European Union law
• Your Europe – Practical guide to doing business in Europe
• OEIL – The Legislative Observatory (by European Parliament)
• CURIA (case law of the Court of Justice of the EC and the Court of First Instance)
• Legislative Procedures (database of the European Union Publications Office monitoring the decision-making process between institutions)
• Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
• TED – tenders electronic daily (Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union)

Council of Europe

European Court of Human Rights

Information on German law:

• WorldLII – Catalog: Germany
• German Law Archive (University of Oxford)
• German legislation (collection by the Federal Government of almost all German Federal acts; in German, but containing a growing number of statutes translated into English)
• Centre for German Legal Information (includes a collection of German acts in English)
• Guide to Law Online: Germany (by Law Library of the US Congress)
• Global Legal Monitor: Germany (by Law Library of US Congress)
• In Custodia Legis Blog: Germany (by Law Library of US Congress)
• Bibliography of German Statutes in English Translation
• Law – Made in Germany (initiative by several German legal institutions and associations)
• Virtual Law Library (by Berlin State Library)
• Bavarian State Library (includes various catalogues and databases)
• German Digital Library ( national portal providing access to digital content from Germany’s cultural and scientific institutions)
• Germany in the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters (by European Commission; large quantity of information on the legal order, jurisdiction, procedural matters, enforcement etc.)
• Public procurement and public contracts in Germany (by European Commission)
• Bundesanzeiger (public announcements of the Federal Gazette; site information available in English)
• German Law Journal
• WIPO lex – German Intellectual Property laws
• Center for Transnational Law (Transnational Commercial Law in Education and Practice; University of Cologne)
• Introduction to German business law (by attorney Joachim Rudo)
• NATLEX: German labour law legislation (by ILO)
• National Labour Law Profile: Federal Republic of Germany (by ILO)
• FAOLEX: Germany (database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• German Bar Association
• German legal abbreviations
• German Federal Chamber of Notaries (in German)
• Legal Tech in Germany (in German)

Courts / ADR:

• Court of Justice of the European Communities / Court of First Instance
• European Judicial Atlas in Civil Matters (information on obtaining access to justice in civil and commercial matters in Germany)
• The Judicial System in Germany (overview on the court structure in Germany by the European Union)
• Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)
• Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof)
• Federal Administration Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht; also providing English translations of selected judgments and decisions)
• Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht)
• Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof)
• Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht)
• Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht)
• German judiciary (listing German courts and prosecution authorities on the internet; in German)
• German Legal Materials – Translated Decisions (by University of Texas; English translations of German court decisions)
• Portal of the justice authorities of the federal and state governments
• Common register portal of the German federal states (providing access to the commercial registers and the registers of associations, cooperatives and of partnerships of the federal states; available in English)
• Insolvency proceedings (provides access to announcements in current insolveny proceedings; in German)
• Höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung Strafrecht (e-journal listing the most important judgements of the Bundesgerichtshof, the Bundesverfassungsgericht and the European Court of Human Rights in the field of criminal law; in German)
• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
• German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA)
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in Hamburg)

Miscellaneous:

• Facts about Germany (introduction to Germany by the Federal Foreign Office)
• Deutschland-Portal (web directory on Germany, available in English)
• German Information Centre Africa
• Deutschland magazine
• Profile of Bilateral Relations: Germany (by Department of Foreign Affairs of the RSA)
• Relations between South Africa and Germany (German Federal Foreign Office)
• EU Relations with South Africa (European Union)
• Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Berlin
• Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pretoria
• Visa & Entry Requirements Germany (information by the Federal Foreign Office)
• Germany Trade & Invest (official investment promotion agency)
• Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Commerce and Industry (provides startup support as well as information on German economic law)
• Goethe Institut (Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institution operational worldwide)
• Deutsche Welle News
• LEO English-German Dictionary
• Living & Working Germany (by EURES – The European Job Mobility Portal of the EU)
• How To Germany – information for expatriates in Germany
• White Pages Germany (available in English)
• Yellow Pages (in German)

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