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  "node_id": "de-commercial-code-hgb",
  "title": "Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch - HGB)",
  "domain": "Legal & IP Sovereignty",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-23",
  "bluf": "This Code governs the law of merchants and commercial transactions in Germany. A merchant within the meaning of the Code is a person who carries on a commercial business (Section 1). The Code requires registration of merchants in the commercial register, which is maintained electronically and open to public inspection (Sections 8, 9 and 29), governs commercial powers of representation including the Prokura and general commercial power of agency (Sections 48 to 58), and regulates commercial agents and their entitlements (Sections 84 to 87d). Its later books govern commercial accounting and the duty to keep books and prepare financial statements, and the law of commercial transactions and trading companies.",
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      "industry_mapping",
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    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
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  "dependencies": [
    "de-aktiengesetz-stock-corporation-act",
    "de-gmbh-act-gmbhg"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 5
}