German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 11 Promise of a reward Section 657 Binding promise Anyone offering by means of public announcement a reward for undertaking an act, including without limitation for producing an outcome, is obliged to pay…
Title 10. Brokerage contract (Section 652 – 656)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 10 Brokerage contract Subtitle 1 General provisions Section 652 Accrual of fee claim (1) A person who promises a brokerage fee for evidence of the opportunity to enter into a contract or for…
Title 9. Contract to produce a work and similar contracts (Section 631 – 651m)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 9 Contract to produce a work and similar contracts Subtitle 1 Contract to produce a work Section 631 Typical contractual duties in a contract to produce a work (1) By a contract to…
Title 8. Service contract and similar contracts (Section 611 – 630h)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 8 Service contract and similar contracts*) *) Official note: This title serves to implement 1. Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men…
Title 7. Contract for the loan of a thing (Section 607 – 610)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 7 Contract for the loan of a thing Section 607 Typical contractual duties in a contract for the loan of a thing (1) By a contract for the loan of a thing, the…
Title 6. Gratuitous loan (Section 598 – 606)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 6 Gratuitous loan Section 598 Typical contractual duties in the case of a gratuitous loan By a gratuitous loan agreement, the lender of a thing is obliged to permit the borrower to use…
Subtitle 5. Farm lease (Section 585 – 597)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subtitle 5 Farm lease Section 585 Concept of farm lease (1) By means of a farm lease, a plot of land with the residential and utility buildings (business) that serve its cultivation, or a…
Subtitle 4. Usufructuary lease (Section 581 – 584b)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subtitle 4 Usufructuary lease Section 581 Typical contractual duties in a usufructuary lease (1) A usufructuary lease imposes on the lessor the duty to allow the lessee, for the lease period, the use of…
Subtitle 3. Leases of other things (Section 578 – 580a)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subtitle 3 Leases of other things Section 578 Leases of plots of land and premises (1) The provisions of sections 550, 562 to 562d, 566 to 567b as well as 570 are applicable to…
Subtitle 2. Leases for residential space (Section 549 – 577a)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subtitle 2 Leases for residential space Chapter 1 General provisions Section 549 Provisions applicable to leases of residential space (1) Sections 535 to 548 apply to leases relating to residential space to the extent…