The ''Bundesanzeiger'' is an official publication of the Federal Republic of Germany published by the German department of Justice with a scope similar to that of the

Federal Register The ''Federal Register'' (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published every weekday, except on feder ...

in the United States. It is used for announcing laws, mandatory legal and judicial announcements, announcing changes in the

Handelsregister The German Commercial Register (german: Handelsregister) is a public company register that contains details of all tradespeople and legal entities in the district of the registrar, which is generally the Amtsgericht (local district court) of the p ...

and for legally mandated announcements by the private sector. It is being superseded by the elektronischer Bundesanzeiger (eBAnz) (electronic Bundesanzeiger) in recent years. Bundesanzeiger is published by Cologne-based

M. DuMont Schauberg M. DuMont Schauberg is one of Germany's oldest and largest publishing houses. It was founded by Bertram Hilden in 1620. The company has been run by the Neven du Mont family since 1805, when Marcus du Mont acquired the ''Kölnische Zeitung'' ...

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