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With direct or indirect references to third-party websites (‘hyperlinks’) for which the author is not responsible, a liability obligation would only be incurred if the author were aware of the contents, and if it were technically feasible and reasonable to prevent the use of the illegal contents.

The author hereby expressly declares that at the time a link was created, no illegal content could be detected on the pages to be linked. The author has no influence on the current and future design, content or authorship of the linked or associated pages. The author therefore expressly disavows all contents of all linked pages that were changed after the time the link was created. This applies to all links and references within the site, as well as to entries made by outside parties in guest books, discussion forums, link directories, and mailing lists set up by the author, and in all other forms of databases with write-access permissions for outside parties.

Liability for illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents, and particularly for damage resulting from the use or non-use of such presented information, shall be borne by the provider of the site to which reference was made, and not the person who merely points to the respective publication by means of links.

In all publications, the author endeavours to respect the copyright of images, graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts, to use the author’s own images, graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts, or to access graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts that are in the public domain.

All brands and trademarks mentioned within the Internet site that may be protected by third parties are subject, without restriction, to the provisions of currently valid trademark law, and the rights of ownership of the respective registered owners. The conclusion must not be drawn that a trademark is not protected by third-party rights just because it can be mentioned.

The copyright for published materials created by the author remains solely with the author of the pages. Reproduction or use of such graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

This disclaimer shall be deemed part of the website from which this page was referred. In the event that parts of this text, or specific wording in it, does not, no longer, or does not fully correspond to current law, this does not affect the content and validity of the remainder of the document.

In the first quarter of 2016, the EU Commission is providing an Internet platform for settling online disputes (the ‘OS platform’). The OS platform is intended as a point of departure for out-of-court settlement of disputes concerning contractual obligations that arise from online purchase contracts. The OS platform can be accessed at: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr