The corporate law is not an individual law, but regulates in Germany the interior and external relationship of societies. The general regulations of the civil law book extend also to other company forms, if in a special law (lex specialis) is not certain something else.

• GbR society of civil right
• PartG partnership
• OHG open commercial company
• Part shipping company
• EWIV
• Kg of limited partnership
• Satisfies society

At these societies it concerns unincorporated firms; they are not legal entities and possess therefore after the law no own juridical personality, although they are in practice - with exception satisfying society - of their member existence independent carriers of rights and obligations.

At the finance companies it concerns legal entities.

• GmbH limited company
• AG corporation
• KGaA limited partnership on shares
• SE European corporation
• EEC registered cooperative

The registered association (registered association) and the legally responsible donation are likewise independent legal entities, however no finance companies. The legally responsible donation actual differently than the registered association - no society, but legally independent width unit a special estate. It has therefore also no partners.

Beyond that there are combinations, which are compound from several societies (principal and unincorporated firms).

• GmbH & CO.
• GmbH & CO. Kg
• GmbH & CO. KGaA
• GmbH & CO. OHG

In recent time there - particularly in the course of the newer iurisdiction of the supreme court, according to which in the European Union created societies must be recognized due to the Europeanlegal freedom to establish residence in other European Union member states also if these societies shift their effective administrative seat into another European Union country - are increasingly also combinations with foreign company forms (e.g. Limited & CO. Kg), whose validity is disputed in the legal literature however (still).

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• Article to the Austrian corporate law Austria

Literature

• Memento corporate law for practice, Memento publishing house Freiburg 2005

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