Questions tagged [germany]
Jurisdiction of Germany.
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Germany: insurance for newborn but change of insurance end of the same month
A child is born to parents (german citizens, german clinic) who are insured by an international private health insurance until the end of the month. The birth certificate was available at 25th of this ...
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What are requirements to determine options for statutory or private health insurance after moving back from abroad (in the EU)?
When a person moves back to Germany after being abroad in the EU (e.g. Netherlands) long enough to have to insure themselves there and not be insured in Germany anymore, what determines if you can be ...
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Is there any requirement to provide a physical payslip on request in Germany?
Currently my employer requires employees to log-in to a website to download our monthly pay-slips. I find this frustrating as I receive no notification that a new payslip has been generated, and must ...
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Is it lawful for a Germany non profit company to extend an interest free loan of 300,000 Euro to a Ugandan citizen?
A Germany non profit company signed a loan agreement in which it extended an interest free loan of 300,000 Euro to a Ugandan citizen. Can it enforce the loan agreement in Germany?
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An insolvent company still operating
I have made an order online for a company early September, however found out the company filed for insolvency early August.
However they are still taking money from customers and never sending their ...
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German real-estate. Property caveat when company goes bankrupt
I bought an apartment in germany in a building that hasn't been built yet.
I have also applied for and received a 'property caveat'. What happens if the company that i bought the apartment from goes ...
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Treatment of lying/exaggerating witnesses
So I'm asking this in the setting of a criminal trial, but I'd also be interested to hear about the treatment of the same aspect in a civil trial.
Assume Danny (D) finds himself accused of some ...
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What law governs shopping carts?
The title may sound a bit funny but it is something I spent a few hours thinking about during a recent car trip :)
In my country in order to get a shopping cart, you have to insert a coin. When ...
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When has a doctor fulfilled their contractual duty
Generally when getting a service from some provider it is implied that that provider has to provide the service they ask money for. If I buy a phone and that phone is broken they have to replace or ...
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Is it illegal to take pictures of the police in public in Germany?
I visited Cologne last year. I was taking a selfie with my phone's inner camera in front of a monument. I was unaware that my phone's outer camera was facing police officers conducting checks. One of ...
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At what point is it punishable to support a "criminal organisation"?
A friend said to me the other day that she was worried that she had supported the the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") organization financially. The Last Generation often ...
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Legality of stealing news
Say I read in the newspaper that a kangaroo shot a man on highway 45.
If I put this information on my homepage, and don't copy the exact wording of the newspaper, this is probably ok and not a ...
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Are foreign sellers exempt from consumer protection laws?
German law offers certain protections for online buyers, essentially the right to return the goods for a refund within 14 days and a certain warranty within 2 years of purchase.
I was under the ...
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Roommate accusing me of theft in Germany [closed]
my stuff kept going missing and when I asked my roommate they denied but later I looked through their bags and found out it that they were stealing my stuff and hiding it in their bag. I took a ...
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Ways to avoid a running Naturalization application being forwarded to another municipality/city
I have recently made a Naturalization application in Germany (1 month ago) in Bayern and am about to Move to Berlin in 2 months. And after I do the anmeldung my application will also be forwarded to ...
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Burden of Proof for Reprinting a Book
You republish a book from 1923 without asking anyone.
The original publisher (or its successor) sues you.
Do you need to proof that the author is 70 years dead already, or lies the burden of proof on ...
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Is income from youtube considered as freelance income?
Tangentially related. I ask ebecause I know in general freelance work is not taxed, so does youtube income count as freelance income?
Related, and also this
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usage of the same applicationname
we are currently developing a mobile-App for Android and IOS and we would like to use a name for this application, that already exists: "YouTrack".
BUT of course our application has nothing ...
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Notice period of tenant to terminate apartment
I have a apartment with fixed term. (10 month). in Contract it mentioned that,
tenant can live in current month if noticed landlort before 15th of
each month. In this case no metter when tenant leave ...
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What rights does a German works council have with respect to a longterm unfilled position?
Situation, a department head left the company. The company is looking for a replacement by advertising the position and hiring a head hunter. Unfortunately this didn't work out (so far) and the ...
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How to get official confirmation if anyone has filled a police complaint against me or not
My wife has alleged that she made a police complaint against me in Germany for a false domestic violence case. Is there a way to find out if any complaint has truly been filed against me or not if I ...
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Does the renaming of the German 'ebay Kleinanzeigen' to 'Kleinanzeigen' mean they lose any trademark to their name?
So ebay Kleinanzeigen is a company that owns a website for classified ads. People can post classified ads there and search the website to buy things from classified ads. I suppose ebay has the exact ...
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To what is the judge in the Lina E. trial referring to by "deplorable deficiencies in recent trials of far-right extremists"?
It is in the news that there have been protests after the sentencing of Lina E for attacks on neo-Nazis. Wikipedia quoting this German language news article says:
Hans Schlüter-Staats, the Higher ...
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Legal Considerations for Offering Rewards in Exchange for Tenant Selection in Germany [closed]
My company and I are located in Germany and we intend to distribute flyers on the street. In the flyers, we offer a reward to those who are willing to rent out their homes in exchange for us being ...
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Copyright for Speeding Photo
If I get a ticket for speeding in Germany with a photo taken by an automatic camera, is there any copyright attached to that photo, or can I use it without asking the state for permission?
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What is the idea behind German courts having both professional judges and lay judges?
In this wiki, it is mentioned that in trial courts there are both professional judges and lay judges involved. What is the basis behind this set up?
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Can a founder of a non-profit company in Germany (gGmbH) receive a salary?
Unlike a normal GmbH, a founder/partner (Gesellschafter) of a gemeinnützige GmbH (or a UG) may, according to the tax code, not receive any profits:
Die Mitglieder oder Gesellschafter (Mitglieder im ...
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Does art. 12(1) of the German Basic Law require students to be automatically graduated regardless of grades?
In this post, it notes that art. 12(1) of the basic law (the constitution) says:
All Germans shall have the right freely to choose their occupation or profession, their place of work and their place ...
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What is the Irish equivalent of a German UG entity?
I am looking at some options for eventually starting a small business in Ireland (several years from now, I'm at a very early stage).
In Germany, from what I understand, there is an entity type called ...
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Would returns from investing in stocks cause one to reach the tax barrier on a student visa?
As far as I understand, one can earn about 850ish euros per month (as of 2023) without tax on a student visa source. Also, I learned that investing while on a student visa as a non EU international is ...
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