Legal Pages
KBO registration numbers, mandatory disclosures, terms & conditions, and legal page obligations.
Belgian businesses are required to display specific legal information on their websites. In Belgium, this means your KBO enterprise number and VAT number. In Germany and Austria, a full Impressum is mandatory. Missing these identifiers is one of the most common, and most easily avoidable, issues. In Germany, competitors can send Abmahnungen (cease-and-desist letters) for a missing Impressum, with legal fees starting at €500.
Key facts
- •Belgian businesses must display their KBO enterprise number on their website (Code of Economic Law)
- •German Impressum requirements under §5 DDG include full name, address, phone, email, and registration numbers
- •Abmahnungen for missing Impressum details in Germany typically cost €500–€1,500 in legal fees
- •Austrian websites need both ECG §5 identification and Mediengesetz §§24-25 media disclosure
- •The ODR platform link requirement was removed in July 2025, but many businesses still need to display withdrawal rights
What we check
- ✓KBO enterprise number presence (Belgium)
- ✓Impressum completeness (Germany, Austria)
- ✓Required contact information on legal pages
- ✓Terms and conditions with required consumer rights
- ✓Company registration number display
Legal pages: good vs. bad examples
No KBO number displayed
A Belgian business website with no visible KBO enterprise number anywhere. The Belgian Code of Economic Law requires every Belgian business to display their KBO number on their website, emails and invoices.
KBO number and VAT clearly displayed
A footer or dedicated legal page showing: "KBO: 0123.456.789 | BTW: BE0123456789" with the correct Belgian enterprise number and VAT identification number.
Incomplete Impressum
A German-language website with only an email address on the contact page. German law (DDG §5) requires full name, postal address, phone number, email, registration number and responsible person in a dedicated Impressum page.
Complete Impressum page
A dedicated /impressum page with: full company name, legal form, postal address, phone, email, registration court and number, VAT ID, and responsible person for editorial content. Accessible from every page via the footer.
Terms copied from another website
Terms and conditions copy-pasted from a competitor's site with their company name still in places. Besides being unprofessional, copied terms often contain incorrect legal references and miss requirements specific to your business.
Custom terms matching your business
Terms and conditions written for your specific business type, covering your actual products/services, payment methods, delivery terms and complaint procedures. Reviewed periodically and dated with the last update.
Legal info only in the footer
Company registration details hidden in tiny footer text that changes per page. Legal identification must be consistently accessible from every page, typically via a dedicated page linked from the main navigation or footer.
Consistent legal identification
A dedicated legal/imprint page linked from the footer on every page, containing all required identifiers. The same information appears in email signatures and on invoices as required by law.
No KBO number displayed
A Belgian business website with no visible KBO enterprise number anywhere. The Belgian Code of Economic Law requires every Belgian business to display their KBO number on their website, emails and invoices.
Incomplete Impressum
A German-language website with only an email address on the contact page. German law (DDG §5) requires full name, postal address, phone number, email, registration number and responsible person in a dedicated Impressum page.
Terms copied from another website
Terms and conditions copy-pasted from a competitor's site with their company name still in places. Besides being unprofessional, copied terms often contain incorrect legal references and miss requirements specific to your business.
Legal info only in the footer
Company registration details hidden in tiny footer text that changes per page. Legal identification must be consistently accessible from every page, typically via a dedicated page linked from the main navigation or footer.
KBO number and VAT clearly displayed
A footer or dedicated legal page showing: "KBO: 0123.456.789 | BTW: BE0123456789" with the correct Belgian enterprise number and VAT identification number.
Complete Impressum page
A dedicated /impressum page with: full company name, legal form, postal address, phone, email, registration court and number, VAT ID, and responsible person for editorial content. Accessible from every page via the footer.
Custom terms matching your business
Terms and conditions written for your specific business type, covering your actual products/services, payment methods, delivery terms and complaint procedures. Reviewed periodically and dated with the last update.
Consistent legal identification
A dedicated legal/imprint page linked from the footer on every page, containing all required identifiers. The same information appears in email signatures and on invoices as required by law.
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