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The Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) is the only periodical published every working day in all official languages of the European Union (EU). It consists of two related series (L for legislation and C for information and notices) and a supplement (S for public procurement). There is also an electronic section to the C series, known as the OJ C E. Documents published in the OJ C E are only published electronically.
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The Federal Gazette is the central platform for official announcements and notices as well as for legally relevant corporate news. Content: Official section; Judicial section; Company announcements; Accounting; Capital market; Various announcements. What is the difference between the electronic Bundesanzeiger and the newspaper Bundesanzeiger? At present, you will find those announcements in the electronic Federal Gazette for which the legislator provides for such publication. In the course of the transition from the paper edition to the electronic Federal Gazette, further announcements will follow in the near future.
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The Federal Law Gazette online is the place to find information on Germany's current legislation, contracts and regulations. Whether it has to do with foreign trade and customs, power of attorney for personal care or the public procurement law: newsletters provide information on a wide range of different topics. Citizens can subscribe to information services on legislative projects in Germany or the European Union.
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The Federal Ministry places draft laws, legislative resolutions and laws that belong to the Ministry's area of work on the Internet for further use free of charge. The ordinances can always be found with the corresponding laws.
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Complete link collection of all laws and regulations from the BMUV business area. In addition, EC legislation and regulations of particular interest to the Federal Ministry for the Environment.
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Collection of agreements of the European Union with third countries and international organizations. Access to the full text documents is possible.
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Decisions of the Federal Court of Justice as of January 1, 2000, which you can download free of charge for non-commercial purposes.
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A single entry point to the complete collections of EU legal texts, including CELEX, PreLex, Oeil, and other sources. Provides separate search pages for the Official Journal, Treaties, Legislation, Legislation in Preparation, Case-Law, and Documents of Public Interest.
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On the basis of the references of the Federal Law Collection, the Directory A continuously contains the references of all regulations published in the Federal Law Gazette Part I and Part II after December 31, 1963 and promulgated in the Federal Gazette, including the amendments thereto. Not included are agreements under international law, including provisions that merely serve to bring them into force. Continuously applicable law of the former GDR and later federal law to be assigned to it are listed in an appendix. Directory B lists the international agreements concluded by the Federal Republic of Germany and its legal predecessors that were published in the Federal Law Gazette, Federal Gazette and their predecessors, including the treaties on the preparation and establishment of German unity.
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The full text of the decisions of the courts in North Rhine-Westphalia is available in the case law database (NRW-Entscheidungen). The non-commercial use of the decision texts - i.e. use for private purposes - is free of charge. Insofar as individual decisions are edited - e.g. by means of lead sentences or keywords - these editorial components are protected by copyright.
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Rules and regulations on occupational safety, environmental protection, transport of dangerous goods and technical law. The database contains the full text of laws, ordinances, rules and administrative regulations in the entire field of the environment. The texts follow the official publications. EU standards are listed separately in the roughly alphabetically sorted overviews.
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