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Term Definition
TierSchG
Tierschutzgesetz (Animal Protection Act)
TMG

Telemediengesetz (Act on Remote Media)

TVG
Tarifvertragsgesetz (Collective Wage Agreements Act)
UG
Unternehmergesellschaft: Entrepreneurs Incorporation or Mini-GmbH or 1€-GmbH
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees
UrhG

Gesetz über Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (Urheberrechtsgesetz), Act on Copyright and related intellectual property rights

UStDV
Umsatzsteuerdurchführungsverordnung (Implementation Turnover Tax Ordinance)
UStG
Umsatzsteuergesetz (Turnover Tax Act = Value Added Tax Act)
UWG
Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (Unfair Competition Act)
VAT

value added tax (MwSt = Mehrwertsteuer or USt = Umsatzsteuer;
colloquailly dubbed as "Märchensteuer")

VC

Visa Code (Directive no. 810/2009)

VG
Verwaltungsgericht (administrative court)
VGB 88
Allgemeine Wohngebäude-Versicherungsbedingungen: standard insurance terms for private houses. These are quasi statutory insurance terms which every insurance company uses for "everyday" insurances. "88" stands for the year 1988, when they were last modified.
VIS

Visa Information System

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VVG

Versicherungsvertragsgesetz (Insurance Contract Act)

VwGO
Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung (Administrative Court Proceedings Act)
VwKG
Verwaltungskostengesetz (Act on Adminstrative Fees)
VwVfG
Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (Act on Administrative Proceedings, if not followed by an abbreviation of a certain state VwVFG will refer to the federal law)
Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi (= wireless Fidelity) German: “WLAN” (derived from “wireless local area network, pronounced 'we lan'”)
though this looks like more tech talk, this acronym is standard German

WoVermittG
Wohnungsvermittlungsgesetz (Housing Agency Act)
WpHG

Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act)

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ZHG

Gesetz über die Ausübung der Zahnheilkunde,
(Law on the Practice of Dentistry)

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ZK
Zollkodex (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code)
ZollbefreiungsVO

Zollbefreiungsverordnung (Ordinance on the Exemption of Custom Duties)

ZPO
Zivilprozeßordnung (Civil Proceedings Code)
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