Attorney at law
Dr. Hartwig Stiebler
Consultation concerning commercial and administrative law
Following to a long term employment in an international US based law firm, I started my own firm for the consultation of national / international companies, primarily in the chemical and agrochemical industry.
Since 1998 I am a member of the legal committee (ZAR / IVA) of the Association of German Chemical Industry (VCI). Integrated in a professional network, the key areas of commercial law / corporate law / competition law / antitrust law / media and labor law are covered by colleagues.
Own areas of special competence:
Commercial law
Draft of complex
- toll manufacturing agreements
- cooperation agreements
- research and development agreements
- agreements for the installation, operation and maintenance of manufacturing plants
- quality assurance agreements
- specification agreements
- consignment stock agreements
- secrecy agreements
- sampling procedures
- distributorship / agency agreements
- framework supply agreements
Legal representation in court particularly in
- product liability / warranty claims
- product recalls
- unfair competition disputes
Administrative law
National and EU plant protection law
- Assistance in the regulatory area vis-à-vis the regulatory authorities, particularly in new national verification requirements of the evaluation authorities
- Admission requirements for the distribution of generic products in particular parallel trade / reimport of plant protection products
- Legal questions concerning the classification / labeling of plant protection products and competition law right of recall
- Data protection of registration dossiers / compensation
- Defense of disclosure of registration dossiers based on the Environmental Information Act
- Legal requirements for advertisement of plant protection products
- Distinction between plant protection product, fertilizer, biocides
Seed law
- Requirements concerning the labeling of seeds
- Legal issues related to the authorization of seeds
- Liability issues in case of quality defects of seed in international business transactions
- Legal protection against administrative measures in case of traces of gene modified organisms in conventional seed
- Requirements comparative advertising by trial tests
Biocide law
- Classification and labeling according to the EC Regulation 1272/2008
- Legal questions in connection with the advertisement of biocide products and active ingredients
- Participation rights of the manufacturer for the harmonized classification procedure in accordance with EC Regulation 1272/2008
- Assistance in the regulatory area vis-à-vis regulatory authorities
- Distinction between biocide / plant protection product
Fertilizer legislation
- National distribution restrictions of authorized fertilizer types based on the protection clause according to the EC Regulation 2003/2003
- Inadmissibility of the applicability of phytosanitary evaluation models to verify the subjects of protection of fertilizer legislation
Genetic law
- Assistance in the regulatory area vis-à-vis regulatory authorities
- Data protection of registration dossiers
- Legal protection against the publication of registration dossiers based on the Environmental Information Act
- Legal issues in connection with the cultivation of gene modified crops (GMO) in and near protected landscapes and flora / fauna / habitat areas
- Legal protection against illegal occupation of trial sites / destruction of trial sites for the cultivation / release of GMO