Links
Below you will find legally relevant links for a wide range of questions concerning our legislative bodies, selected federal authorities that may be particularly significant for businesses, collections of laws, as well as selected courts along with selected research options for court decisions. The collection does not claim to be exhaustive but serves to facilitate the finding of important websites.
Government, Federal Ministries, and Federal Authorities
International Institutions and Offices
Government
- Federal President
- Federal Council
- Federal Government
- German Bundestag
Federal Ministries - Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
- Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
- Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV)
- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI)
- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI)
Federal Authorities
- Federal Cartel Office
- Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
- Federal Network Agency (formerly: Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post (RegTP))
- Federal Plant Variety Office (BSA)
- German Federal Bank
- German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
- Federal Employment Agency (BA)
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
- Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt)
- German Pension Insurance Federation
International Institutions and Offices
EU and Federal Courts
- European Court of Justice
- Federal Labor Court
- Federal Finance Court
- Federal Court of Justice
- Federal Social Court
- Federal Constitutional Court
- Federal Administrative Court
Courts in Hesse (Civil/Criminal Law) Frankfurt
Darmstadt
Giessen
Hanau
Offenbach
Wiesbaden
Labor Courts
Social Courts
- EU Law
- EU Collection of Laws/Regulations/Directives
- German Laws
- Laws in Hesse
- Federal Law Gazette
- Federal Gazette
Federal States
- Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria
- Berlin-Brandenburg
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Lower Saxony (only Higher Regional Courts)
- NRW
- Rhineland-Palatinate (Higher Regional Court Koblenz/Zweibrücken and lower courts, but not complete)
- Saarland
- Saxony – selected courts
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Commercial Register and Register of Associations
- Insolvency Register
- Protective Letter Register
- Company Register
Forms
Company Websites