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Legal services based on special expertise Registration of persons providing legal services in a foreign law

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Procedure

            			
You apply for registration in the legal services register in the area of legal services in a foreign law and submit the application together with the other documents to the competent authority.  

The competent authority will review your application. As soon as all requirements have been met and all evidence has been provided, the competent authority will register you and publish the registration in the legal services register. You will receive notification as to whether registration has taken place.

			
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Prohibition:  

Persons or associations pursuant to Sections 6, 7 (1) and Section 8 (1) No. 4 and 5 RDG may be prohibited from providing legal services for a maximum of five years if unqualified legal services are provided on a permanent basis to the detriment of those seeking legal advice.  


  • Legal services register and public announcement:

Pursuant to Section 16 RDG, a transnational legal services register will be established. This serves to provide information free of charge to those seeking legal services, persons offering legal services, the legal profession and other public bodies. Persons who are permitted to provide legal services in one or more of the areas or sub-areas specified in Section 10 (1) RDG (debt collection services, pension advice and legal services in a foreign law) and persons or associations who have been definitively prohibited from providing legal services in accordance with Section 9 (1) RDG are publicly announced in the legal services register. The public announcement pursuant to section 16 para. 3 sentence 1 RDG is made several times a day by means of a central publication of all registration authorities on these pages. The publicly published data will be deleted if the requirements of Section 17 RDG are met. 

Legal remedy/means of appeal: 

Objection within one month