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truck on a highway through the grasslands area of eastern Washington, USA.

Transportation law

To obtain a road haulage license in Germany

The road haulage industry is subject to licensing for transports with motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons. The requirements to be met to obtain a road haulage license are outlined below.

EURO clauses – prevention of euro crisis scenarios

The term “euro clause” is still predominantly associated with the introduction of the euro. The following article deals with the unpleasant eventuality of the euro entering a crisis, e.g. associated with the exit of individual countries from the eurozone. To prevent this eventuality, it is worth thinking about “post-euro” clauses.

Agreement of obligations to keep free

The contractual agreement of hold harmless obligations is still a rarely used contractual instrument. However, such indemnity agreements can be very helpful, especially in multi-party constellations. One particularly relevant example is in the area of highly complex and therefore contentious plant construction.