Abbreviations

Glossaries

Term	Definition
a.k.a.	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - as known as / auch bekannt als
AEUV	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Vertrag über die Arbeitsweise der Europäischen UnionTreaty on the Functioning of European Union
AG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Aktiengesellschaft (joint-stock corporation, incorporated company) or Amtsgericht (local court) [city] for civil and criminal matters, entry level, holds commercial registry
AGB	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen = Standard Terms and Conditions, Standard Business Terms, the fine print in mass contracts
AGG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (General Equal Treatment Act)
aka	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - as known as / auch bekannt als
AktG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Gesetz über Aktiengesellschaften (Joint-Stock Corporations Act)
AO	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Abgabenordnung (Fiscal Code)
ArbG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Arbeitsgericht (Labor Court) entry court for employment disputes)
ArbGG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Arbeitsgerichtgesetz (Act on Labor Courts)
ArbStättV	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Arbeitsstättenverordnung (Workplace Ordinance), This ordinance aims at protecting the employee's health and security at work.
AsylG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Asylgesetz; Act on Asylum
AsylVfG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Asylverfahrensgesetz (Act on the Procedure of Granting Asylum)
AufenthG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Aufenthaltsgesetz (Gesetz über den Aufenthalt, die Erwerbstätigkeit und die Integration von Ausländern im Bundesgebiet) Residency Act; Act Gainful Employment and Integration of Foreigners on the Federal Territory of Germany
AufenthV	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Aufenthaltsverordnung (Ordinance for Residence Act)
AÜG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz = Act on Governing Temporary Employment
AuslG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Ausländergesetz (Foreigners Act) – old law!!
B2B	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Business to Business
B2C	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Business to Consumer
BAC	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Blood Alcohol Concentration
BAG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labor Court)
BÄO	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesärtzeordnung (Federal Physicians Code), statutory regulation on the rules of the physician's profession
BBiG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Berufsbildungsgesetz (Vocational Training Act)
BDSG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesdatenschutzgesetz = Federal Data Protection Act
BEEG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz Act on Parental Benefits and on Parental Leave
BErzGG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundeserziehungsgeldgesetz (Federal Act on Benefits for Child Education)
BeschV	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Beschäftigungsverordnung, (= Regulation on Employment)
BetrVG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Betriebsverfassungsgesetz (Business Constitution Act)
BeurkG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Beurkundungsgesetz (Act on Notarizing Documents)
BFH	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesfinanzhof Federal Fiscal Court – highest court in tax law cases
BGB	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil Code)
BGB-InfoV	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Verordnung über Informations- und Nachweispflichten nach bürgerlichem Recht (Ordinance on the Requirements for Information and Clear Documentation in Civil Law)
BGH	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesgerichtshof Federal Court of Justice – highest court for civil, commercial and criminal proceedings)
BIC	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bank Identifier Code following SWIFT Code (Kennziffer gemäss SWIFT-Code)
BMF	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesministerium der Finanzen (Federal Ministry of Finances)
BNotO	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesnotarordnung (Federal Ordinance on Public Notaries – professional law on the profession as a notary)
BRAO	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (Federal Ordinance on Attorneys – professional law on the profession as an attorney)
BSchutzG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Beschäftigtenschutzgesetz (Protection of Employees Act)
BSG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundessozialgericht (Federal Social Court)
BtMG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Betäubungsmittelgesetz (Narcotics Act)
BUrlG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesurlaubsgesetz (Federal Act on Vacation Benefits)
BVerfG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court)
BVerfGE	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Entscheidungssammlung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts(Reporter of Federal Constitutional Court
BVerfGG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz (Act on Federal Constitutional Court)
BVerwG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court)
BVerwG	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Bundesverwaltungsgericht Federal Administrative Court
BW	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Baden-Würtemberg, state in south-western Germany
BWA	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - Betriebswirtschaftliche Auswertung (business assessment)
CEO	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - CEO = Chief Executive Officer (Geschäftsführer = official director)
cl.	Glossaries - Abbreviations Glossaries Description - clause = sentence of a legal provision, in German: "Satz"