Disclaimer

Legal Notice

Provider

Goethe-Institut e. V.
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18
80333 Munich
Telephone: +49 89 15921-0
info@goethe.de
www.goethe.de

Association register

Munich District Court, Association Register 5007

Value added tax ID number

DE 129516430

Representative

Executive board: Johannes Ebert, Rebecca Cordes

Responsible pursuant to § 18 Medienstaatsvertrag (MSTV)

Jakob Racek
Head of Information Services
Goethe-Institut e. V.
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18
80333 Munich

The articles identified by name do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors.

Legal notice on organisational form

The Goethe-Institut e. V. is an organisation operating worldwide to promote the German language abroad, maintain international cultural collaboration, and provide a comprehensive image of Germany with information about its cultural, societal and political activities.

It functions within the framework of its Articles of Association and on the basis of a framework agreement concluded with the Federal Republic of Germany.

This legal notice also applies for all Goethe-Institut social media presence specific to countries or the Institute, for example, our Facebook pages, our Twitter accounts and our Youtube channel.

Contact

To contact us, please use our contact form.
The point of contact for the authorities of the EU Member States, the European Commission, and the European Board for Digital Services is dsa@goethe.de. Communication with this contact point can be conducted in German and English.

Dispute Resolution

We are ready to participate in an extra-judicial dispute settlement procedure before a consumer dispute resolution body. The competent body is  Universalschlichtungsstelle des Bundes am Zentrum für Schlichtung e.V., Straßburger Straße 8, 77694 Kehl am Rhein, Deutschland, www.universalschlichtungsstelle.de.

Regardless of the foregoing, we are required to participate in out-of-court dispute resolution in relation to our online platforms within the meaning of Article 3(i) of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to resolve disputes relating to decisions on complaints, as well as complaints that have not been settled through our internal complaint management system.  Affected users, including reporting individuals or entities, may choose a dispute resolution body approved by the Digital Services Coordinator (https://www.dsc.bund.de/DSC/DE/5Streitb/start.html).