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General information according to the Austrian Business Code (UGB), E-Commerce Act (ECG), Media Act (MedienG), the Federal Act on the Provision of Services (DLG), and the German Professional Code for Lawyers (BORA).

Entrepreneur / Service Provider /
Media Owner / Service Provider

LEXPORTATEU Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Puchsteinstraße 14, 5400 Hallein (Austria), www.lexportateu.com, Email: office@lexportateu.com, Phone: +43-6245-90229-11, Fax: +43-6245-90229-89.

LEXPORTATEU Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is a limited liability company established and existing under German law, with its registered office in Frankfurt a.M. and registered with the Commercial Register of the Local Court of Frankfurt a.M. under HRB 122996. Sole Shareholder and Managing Director: Lawyer (RAK FFM) / Abogado (ICAM Madrid) / Registered European Lawyer (RAK Salzburg) Florian Deck. Branch office registered in the Commercial Register of the Regional Court of Salzburg under FN 566500 p.

VAT ID Number

ATU77251778

Competent Supervisory Authorities

1. Austria: Salzburg Bar Association, Imbergstraße 31C, 5020 Salzburg (Austria) – www.srak.at, Email: info@srak.at; Phone: +43-662 64 00 42, Fax: +43-662 64 04 28.
2. Germany: Frankfurt am Main Bar Association, Bockenheimer Anlage 36, 60322 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) – rak-ffm.de/startseite/, Email: info@rak-ffm.de, Phone: +49-69/170098-01, Fax: +49-69/170098-50.

Professional Titles

Law Firm (Frankfurt am Main Bar Association); Awarding State: Federal Republic of Germany.

Applicable Professional and Ethical Regulations

1. Regulations under Union Law: Art. 43 TFEU, Art. 49 TFEU, DIRECTIVE 98/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 February 1998 to facilitate practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained, COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services (77/249/EEC), Code of Conduct for European Lawyers (CCBE Code of Conduct).
2. Regulations under Austrian Law: Federal Act on the Free Movement of Services and the Establishment of European Lawyers and the Provision of Legal Services by Internationally Active Lawyers in Austria (EIRAG), Lawyers’ Act (RAO), Guidelines for the Practice of the Legal Profession (RL-BA 2015), Guidelines for the Activity of Lawyers in the Context of Mediation (RL-Mediation), Framework Arbitration Rules, Disciplinary Statute (DSt), Lawyers’ Fees Act (RATG), Autonomous Fee Criteria (AHK); Statute Electronic Trust Book of the Salzburg Bar Association (eTHB 2020); Link to the applicable regulations: https://www.rechtsanwaelte.at/kammer/gesetzestexte/.
3. Regulations under German Law: Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO), Professional Code for Lawyers (BORA), Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (RVG), Ordinance on Lawyers’ Registers and Special Electronic Lawyer Mailboxes; Link to the applicable regulations: https://www.brak.de/fuer-anwaelte/berufsrecht.

Professional Liability Insurance

Professional indemnity insurance is held with HDI Versicherung AG, HDI-Platz 1, 30659 Hanover (Germany). The territorial scope of the insurance covers the legal activities at LEXPORTATEU’s branch office in Austria as stated above, the further legal admissions in Germany and Spain, the extrajudicial advisory activities provided by way of cross-border service-providing legal advice in other Member States of the European Union and Turkey, as well as judicial representation in all Member States of the European Union. The material scope of the insurance covers advice on the law of the European Union, all EU Member States, and Turkish law.

Fees for Services

1. The fees generally result from the individually concluded fee agreement for the respective mandate. Only if and insofar as no such agreement exists, the fees are based on the General
   Terms of Engagement and, additionally, from the applicable legal fee regulations stated above.

Notes on European Consumer Protection Law

LEXPORTATEU’s legal advice exclusively covers advice to businesses and is therefore not directed at consumers within the meaning of the applicable provisions of European law and the regulations of the Member States enacted in its implementation. Consequently, the information offered on this website is neither directed at consumers nor is it tailored to them, in particular, but not limited to, within the meaning of Art. 15 para. 1 lit c) of REGULATION (EU) No 1215/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, and of Art. 6 para. 1 of REGULATION (EC) No 593/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I Regulation).

If the correctness and amount of a lawyer’s fee claim are disputed, both LEXPORTATEU and the client are entitled to approach the committee of the Salzburg Bar Association for an amicable settlement of the dispute. There is no further obligation or willingness on the part of LEXPORTATEU to participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings within the meaning of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act (AStG).