Imprint

Provider information pursuant to Section 5 DDG

[Company name including legal form, e.g. [Company name] GmbH or [Company name] UG (haftungsbeschränkt)] [Street and number] [Postcode] [City] [Country, if not Germany]

[Company name, legal form and registered seat must match the register entry verbatim. An address at which legal documents can be served is required; a P.O. box is not sufficient.]

[Editorial note: the German Telemedia Act (TMG) was repealed on 14 May 2024 and replaced by the Digital Services Act implementation statute (DDG). The imprint duty now follows from Section 5 DDG. Any reference to Section 5 TMG must be removed throughout the site. Naming the legal basis is customary but not itself mandatory.]

Authorised representatives

Represented by: [Full name(s) of the person(s) authorised to represent the company]

[For a GmbH/UG, all managing directors must be named. For an AG, the members of the management board. For an OHG/KG/GbR, the partners authorised to represent it, or the general partner together with its own representatives. For a sole trader, delete this section.]

[If capital figures are stated voluntarily, Section 5(1) no. 1 DDG additionally requires the share or nominal capital and the total amount of outstanding contributions. If no capital figures are given, delete this note.]

Contact

Telephone: [Phone number] Email: [Email address] [Fax: [Number] — delete this line if not applicable]

[Section 5(1) no. 2 DDG requires details enabling rapid electronic contact and direct communication. A working email address is mandatory; a contact form cannot replace it, only supplement it.]

Register entry

Register court: [Local court of [City]] Registration number: [HRB / HRA / VR / PR / GnR number]

[Complete only if the company is in fact registered (Section 5(1) no. 4 DDG). Unregistered sole traders should delete this section. For a GbR, check whether it is entered in the new companies register (eGbR); if so, state that register and the number.]

VAT identification number

VAT identification number pursuant to Section 27a of the German VAT Act (UStG): [VAT ID, format DE followed by nine digits]

[State this only if a VAT ID has actually been issued. If there is none — for example under the small-business scheme of Section 19 UStG — delete this section entirely. The domestic tax number must not be stated and should not be published voluntarily either.]

[If a business identification number (Wirtschafts-Identifikationsnummer) has been issued, it may be added under Section 5(1) no. 6 DDG.]

Regulatory authorisation and regulated professions

[This section applies only if the activity requires official authorisation (Section 5(1) no. 3 DDG) or falls under a regulated profession (Section 5(1) no. 5 DDG). Distributing sports-analytics software normally does not — in that case delete this section entirely.]

Competent supervisory authority: [Name and address of the authority] Chamber membership / professional title / applicable professional rules: [Add if applicable]

Person responsible for editorial content under Section 18(2) MStV

[Full name] [Street and number] [Postcode] [City]

[This entry is required only if the service contains journalistic-editorial content, such as a regularly maintained magazine or a blog with editorial articles. Plain product and company information does not trigger the duty; in that case delete this section. Only a natural person permanently resident in Germany, with an address at which legal documents can be served, and meeting the further personal requirements of Section 18(2) MStV may be named. If several responsible persons are named, it must be made clear who is responsible for which part of the service.]

[Note: the Seventh Interstate Media Amendment Treaty cleaned up this cross-reference. Section 18(2) sentence 1 MStV, in the version in force since 1 December 2025, expressly refers to the information required under Sections 5 and 6 DDG. The personal requirements for the responsible person follow from Section 18(2) sentence 3 nos. 1 to 4 MStV; sentence 4 contains an exemption for young people offering telemedia directed at young people.]

Consumer dispute resolution

The European Commission discontinued its Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform on 20 July 2025; the underlying Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 was repealed by Regulation (EU) 2024/3228. A link to the ODR platform must therefore no longer be included and must be removed where it still exists.

[Keep exactly one of the two variants below and delete the other:]

Variant A: [Company name] is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Variant B: [Company name] participates in dispute resolution proceedings before the following consumer arbitration board: [name, address and website of the board].

[The information duty under Section 36 VSBG applies to traders who operate a website or use standard terms and who conclude contracts with consumers. Businesses with no more than ten employees as at 31 December of the previous year are exempt from Section 36(1) no. 1 VSBG (Section 36(3) VSBG). If the service is offered exclusively to clubs and other businesses, the duty does not apply. Please check headcount and customer base and delete this section if appropriate. The case-specific duty under Section 37 VSBG, once a dispute has arisen, is unaffected.]

[Uncertainty: the EU framework for alternative dispute resolution was revised in 2024/2025. Whether and how the VSBG has been amended by the time of publication must be checked by counsel.]

Liability for content

We are responsible for our own content on these pages under the general laws. However, pursuant to Section 7(1) DDG in conjunction with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act), we are under no general obligation to monitor third-party information transmitted or stored, or to actively investigate circumstances indicating unlawful activity.

Obligations to remove or block the use of information under the general laws remain unaffected. Liability in this respect arises only from the point at which a specific infringement becomes known. Upon becoming aware of such infringements, we will remove the content concerned without delay.

[Note: since 17 February 2024 the liability privileges for third-party content follow directly from Articles 4 to 8 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; the formerly cited Sections 7 to 10 TMG no longer exist. A disclaimer of this kind neither creates nor limits liability by itself — it is customary, but no substitute for actually operating the notice-and-action procedures.]

Liability for links

Our service contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We accept no responsibility for such third-party content; the respective provider or operator of those pages is always responsible for it.

The linked pages were checked for possible legal infringements at the time of linking; no unlawful content was apparent. Permanent monitoring of the content of linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of an infringement. Upon becoming aware of infringements, we will remove such links without delay.

Copyright

The content and works created by the operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Reproduction, adaptation, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright require the prior written consent of the respective rights holder. Downloads and copies of this page are permitted for private, non-commercial use only.

Where content on these pages was not created by the operators, the copyright of third parties is respected and such content is identified as third-party content. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please notify us; we will remove the content concerned without delay once we become aware of it.

[To check: third-party trade mark, image and licence notices (e.g. club logos, player photographs, map material, fonts, icon sets) may need to be added here or in a separate image credits section.]

Governing language version

Only the German version of this imprint is authoritative. The English version is a non-binding translation provided for information purposes; in the event of any discrepancy, the German wording prevails.