Corporate Governance Code

In February 2002, the government commission appointed by the German Federal Justice Ministry unveiled the German Corporate Governance Code. This Code comprises key statutory regulations governing the management and supervision of listed German companies and complies with international and national standards concerning responsible and value-oriented corporate governance.

The Corporate Governance Code comprises three different types of regulations:

Binding statutory regulations
Recommendations
Suggestions

The statutory provisions are binding and are therefore outside the scope of this declaration of conformity. The recommendations are covered by the declaration. However, companies are obliged to disclose any non-compliance with these. There is no obligation to disclose any deviations from suggestions.

The following declarations are available as downloads:

Comply Declaration 2021 115 KB
Comply Declaration 2020 (incl. April 2021 update) 112 KB
Comply Declaration 2019 14 KB
Comply Declaration 2018 24 KB
Comply Declaration 2017 124 KB
Comply Declaration 2016 14 KB
Comply Declaration 2015 14 KB
Comply Declaration 2014 13 KB
Comply Declaration 2013 14 KB
Comply Declaration 2012 14 KB
Comply Declaration 2011 20 KB
Comply Declaration 2010 20 KB
Comply Declaration 2009 20 KB
Comply Declaration 2008 11 KB
Comply Declaration 2007 11 KB
Comply Declaration 2006 12 KB
Comply Declaration 2005 13 KB
Comply Declaration 2004 14 KB
Comply Declaration 2003 105 KB
Comply Declaration 2002 17 KB