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Weiss Walter Fischer-Zernin

Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater

Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts

Registered office:

Seitzstrasse 8 d,
80538 München

Telefon: +49-(89) 29 07 19-0
Telefax: +49-(89) 29 07 19-17

Contact person:
Dr. Enno Engbers
Seitzstrasse 8 d
D-80538 München

Tel.: +49-(89) 29 07 19-0
Fax: +49-(89) 29 07 19-17

E-Mail: e.engbers@rae-weiss.de

Value added tax identification number of the partnership
DE 164526954

Design/Coding:
Prof. Thomas Gerlach via4 4 Design, www.via4.com

Persons authorised to represent the partnership under Sec. 5 of the German Tele Media Act (TMG – Telemediengesetz):
Dr. Susanne Weiss
Dr. Oliver Wulff
Dr. Enno Engbers
Dr. Friedrich Scheuffele
Dr. Jan Kreklau

Dipl.-Kfm. Nikolaus Kunze

Information pursuant to Sec. 5 para. 1 no. 3, 5 of the German Tele Media Act (TMG):

The lawyers (Rechtsanwaelte), auditors (Wirtschaftspruefer) and tax accountant (Steuerberater) – professional titles granted in Germany – of Weiss Walter Fischer-Zernin are subject to the regulations governing their professions as well as to the according professional rules.

EU platform for extrajudicial online-settlement:

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

1. Responsible bars and supervisory authorities

1.1.
The partners and employees working in the partnership are – insofar as they carry the title of Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) – members of the following chamber, which is responsible for them as supervisory authority:

Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer) Munich
Tal 33
80331 Munich

Tel.: +49 89 532944-0
Fax: +49 89 532944-28

www.rechtsanwaltskammer-muenchen.de

1.2.
The partners and employees working in the partnership are – insofar as they carry the title of Wirtschaftspruefer (auditor) – members of the following chamber, which is responsible for them as supervisory authority:

Wirtschaftsprüferkammer
Rauchstraße 26
10787 Berlin

Tel: +49 30 726161-0
Fax: +49 30 726161-212

www.wpk.de

1.3.
The partners and employees working in the partnership are – insofar as they carry the title of Steuerberater (tax consultants) – member of the following chamber, which is responsible for them as supervisory authority:

Steuerberaterkammer München
Nederlingerstraße 9
80638 München

Tel.: +49 89 157 902-0
Fax: +49 89 157 902-19

www.stbk-muc.de

2. Professional rules

2.1. Lawyers:

The current versions of the above rules and further information are available on the following website among “Berufsrecht”: www.brak.de (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer).

BRAO – Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (Code of Conduct for German lawyers)

BORA – Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers)

RVG – Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (Law on Lawyers’ Fees)

FAO – Fachanwaltsordnung (Code of Conduct for Lawyers in Specialist Fields)

Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (Code of conduct for lawyers in Europe)

EuRAG – Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte (Act on the activities of European Lawyers in Germany)

Law implementing the Directives of the European Community pertaining to the professional law regulating the legal profession

2.2. Wirtschaftsprüfer:

BS WP/vBP- Berufssatzung für Wirtschaftsprüfer / vereidigte Buchprüfer

Satzung für Qualitätskontrolle

WPBHV – Wirtschaftsprüfer-Berufshaftpflichtversicherungsordnung

WPO – Wirtschaftsprüferordnung

Die jeweils geltenden Fassungen der vorstehenden Regelungen und weitere Hinweise hierzu sind über die Internetseite der Wirtschaftsprüferkammer www.wpk.de abrufbar.

2.3. Auditors:

The current versions of the above rules and further information are available on the following website: www.wpk.de (Wirtschafstprueferkammer).

BS WP/vBP- Berufssatzung für Wirtschaftsprüfer / verteidigte Buchprüfer (Professional Rules for Auditors / Sworn Bookkeepers)

Satzung für Qualitätskontrolle (Rules on Quality Control)

WPBHV – Wirtschaftsprüfer-Berufshaftpflichtversicherungsordnung (Rules on Professional Liability Insurance for Auditors)

WPO – Wirtschaftsprüferordnung (Rules for Auditors)

3. Tax consultants:

The current versions of the above rules and further Information are available on the following website: www.bstbk.de.

StBeRG – Steuerberatungsgesetz (Law on Tax Advisory Services)

BoStB – Satzung über die Rechte und Pflichten bei der Ausübung der Berufe der Steuerberater und der Steuerbevollmächtigten (Rules on the Rights and Obligations relating to the Exercise of the Professions of Tax Consultants and Tax Agents)

StBGebV – Gebührenverordnung für Steuerberater, Steuerbevollmächtigte und Steuerberatungsgesellschaften (Rules on Fees for Tax Consultants, Tax Agents and Tax Advisory Companies)

DVStB – Verordnung zur Durchführung der Vorschriften über Steuerberater, Steuerbevollmächtigte und Steuerberatungsgesellschaften (Rules on the Implementation of the Regulations for Tax Consultants, Tax Agents and Tax Advisory Companies)

Professional indemnity insurances:

Lawyers:

Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft, Dieselstraße 8, 85774 Unterföhring

Auditors:

HDI Versicherung AG, HDI-Platz 1, 30659 Hannover

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Weiss Walter Fischer-Zernin, München

Contact person:
Dr. Enno Engbers
Seitzstrasse 8 d
D-80538 München

Tel.: +49-(89) 29 07 19-0
Fax: +49-(89) 29 07 19-17

E-Mail: e.engbers@rae-weiss.de