Information pursuant to § 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz – DDG).
Provider
[Company or full name of the owner]
[Street and house number]
[Postal code and city]
Germany
(If you trade as a sole proprietor, enter your full personal name here. If you are a UG or GmbH, enter the registered company name including its legal form.)
Represented by
[Only for UG / GmbH: first and last name of the managing director]
Contact
Phone: [Phone number]
Email: [Email address]
Register entry
(Only for UG / GmbH — otherwise delete this section.)
Entry in the commercial register.
Registering court: [Local court / Amtsgericht …]
Register number: [HRB …]
VAT identification number
VAT identification number pursuant to § 27 a of the German VAT Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz): [VAT ID, e.g. DE123456789]
- If VAT-registered: keep the VAT ID line above.
- If small business (§ 19 UStG): delete the VAT ID line and instead state: “As a small business within the meaning of § 19 (1) UStG, we do not charge or show value-added tax.”
Responsible for content pursuant to § 18 (2) MStV
[Name]
[Address as above]
Consumer dispute resolution
We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
(Note: the former EU Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025, so a link to it is no longer required.)
This document is a template with placeholders and general information, not legal advice. Please have it reviewed by a lawyer or a specialised legal-text service before publishing, and provide a German-language version if you sell to consumers in Germany.