Contract Drafting Reference
Germany Contract Handbook
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Drafting reference for contracts under German civil law. Built around the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) form-requirements regime (§§ 125-129), the AGB content-control framework (§§ 305-310), and the country's specific commercial, employment, and consumer-protection statutes. Every entry ships as both a prose page (for humans) and a JSON data file (for AI agents).
Disclaimer
Handbook content is informational, not legal advice. Last verified 2026-05-10. Always consult licensed counsel for binding decisions.
Foundation
Cross-handbook reference resources. Read these first when drafting any specific contract type — they cover the rules that apply across all categories.
- ›Form requirements — Schriftform vs Textform vs Elektronische Form vs Beurkundung; § 125-129 BGB; substitution rules; consequences of non-compliance
- ›AGB rules — § 305-310 BGB; Klauselverbote with and without Wertungsmöglichkeit; B2B vs B2C application
- ›Standard clauses — Gerichtsstand, Rechtswahl, Salvatorische Klausel, Force Majeure, Vertragsstrafe, Streitbeilegung, GDPR confidentiality
Contract types
Employment
Consumer (B2C-mandatory documents)
Documents that any consumer-facing online business in Germany must publish:
Open dataset
The full Germany handbook is published as machine-readable JSON, validated against the shared schema.
- ›Aggregated bundle —
data/handbook/de.json— single fetch with every record - ›Per-record JSON files —
data/handbook/de/— one file per entry - ›Schema —
data/handbook/schema.json
For AI agents, the API documentation describes the bundle URL pattern, schema fields, and example agent workflow.
License
Content licensed under CC-BY 4.0. Attribution: "Source: Chaindoc Labs — labs.chaindoc.io/handbook/de/".
Maintained by the Chaindoc team.
Chaindoc Docs · Germany Contract Handbook