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1. Start and grow 2. VAT and customs 3. Selling abroad 4. Staff 5. Product requirements 6. Public contracts 7. Environment

1. Start and grow

Start-ups, European Company

Registration of a new company

Responsibility: Regional Government

Website: http://www.handelsregister.de/

Description: Information only. Company registration services are handled by local courts.

Intellectual property rights
Patents Responsibility:	German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)
Website:	http://dpma.de/english/index.html
Description:	The German Patent and Trade Mark Office issues its official publications, such as Patentblatt (patent gazette), Markenblatt (trade mark journal) and Designblatt (designs gazette) as well as patent documents and utility model documents exclusively in electronic form. You can conduct online searches for patents, utility models, trade marks and designs and have access to the legal/procedural status registers. You can of course file IP applications online at the DPMA.
Annual accounts