Imprint

Contents of this website

The content of this website has been created with the greatest possible care. However, the provider assumes no liability for the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the content provided. The use of the retrievable content is at the user’s own risk. Contributions identified by name reflect the opinion of the respective author and not the opinion of the provider.

Availability of the website

The provider will endeavor to offer the service for retrieval with as few interruptions as possible. However, even with all due care, downtimes cannot be ruled out. The provider reserves the right to change or discontinue the service at any time.

External links

This website may contain links to third-party websites (“external links”). These websites are the sole responsibility and liability of the respective operators. The provider has no influence whatsoever on the current and future design and content of the linked pages and does not adopt the content as its own. The provider cannot reasonably be expected to constantly monitor these external links without concrete evidence of legal violations. However, if the provider becomes aware of legal violations, such external links will be deleted immediately.

No contractual relationship, exclusion of liability

The use of the provider’s website does not create any contractual relationship between the user and the provider. In this respect, there are no contractual or quasi-contractual claims against the provider. In the event that the use of the website should nevertheless lead to a contractual relationship, the following limitation of liability applies purely as a precaution: The provider is liable for intent and gross negligence as well as in the event of slight negligence in the event of a breach of a material contractual obligation (cardinal obligation). In the event of a slightly negligent breach of cardinal obligations by the provider or its legal representatives or vicarious agents, the liability of the provider shall be limited to compensation for the damage foreseeable at the time of conclusion of the contract and typical for the contract. The provider is not liable for slightly negligent breach of secondary obligations that are not cardinal obligations. Liability for damages that fall within the scope of protection of a guarantee or assurance given by the provider as well as liability for claims based on the Product Liability Act and damages resulting from injury to life, limb or health shall remain unaffected by this.

(2) Copyright

The content and works published on this website are protected by copyright. Any use not permitted by the applicable copyright law requires the prior written consent of the respective author, copyright holder or authorized user. This applies in particular to the duplication, editing, translation, storage, processing or reproduction of content in databases or other electronic media and systems. Third-party content and contributions are identified as such. The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of individual contents or complete pages is not permitted and is punishable by law. Only the production of copies and downloads for personal, private and non-commercial use is permitted.
Links to this website from other websites and the display of this website in external frames may only be made with the express written consent of the provider and the provider is entitled to withdraw its consent to a link at any time.
However, the content of the “Press” section may be downloaded for publication by journalists who have received a personal access code.

(3) Use of data

The provider processes personal data exclusively in accordance with the data protection regulations.
The provider expressly points out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) is subject to security gaps and cannot be completely protected against access by third parties.
The use of the contact data of the provider identification – in particular the telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address – for commercial advertising is expressly not desired, unless the provider has given his prior written consent or the use of the contact data is permitted by law. The provider and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data.

(4) Applicable law

Any legal relationships, legal claims or lawsuits in connection with this website are subject to the interpretation and application of the law of the Federal Republic of Germany to the extent permitted by law. To the extent permitted by law, the place of jurisdiction is Cologne.

(5) Special terms of use

Insofar as special conditions for individual uses of this website deviate from the aforementioned points (1) to (4), this will be expressly indicated at the appropriate point. In this case, the special terms of use apply in each individual case.