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The Trade Register ( is a public register that contains all tradesmen and legal entities in the district of the Registrar (mostly the Amtsgericht (local district court) of the place where also the Landgericht (superior court) is situated. The Trade Register in Germany contains two branches: Branch A contains partnerships, personal tradesmen and publicly established companies. Branch B contains all incorporated companies. Applications (for new entries, changes and liquidations) must be made is notarized form in front of a Public Notary . Amongst others the Trade Register contains remarks about:
The functions of the Trade Regisrter are publication, proof, control and protection. The content may be considered as true content by any party referring to the register. The entries to the Trade Register are done by a Judge or an approved employee. In many of the 16 Federal States, the Register is kept electronically. Anybody may request an extract from the Trade Register about a specific , Bavaria , Northrhine-Westfalia , Hessen and Schleswig-Holstein. A simple extract is usually priced at 8,00 €, a Notarized one about 15,00 € (as of August 2005). Legal entities are mostly obliged to publish their Annual Reports by sending it to the Trade Register. This obligation depends on the size of the Company . Entries to the Trade Register are sent to the Bundesanzeiger (Federal gazette of the government) and published by them. Newspapers sometimes also publish new entries. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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