Overview
- Germany’s top court held that §312j BGB applies to digitally concluded broker agreements, requiring the acceptance control to clearly signal a payment obligation.
- A button labeled only “Senden” is insufficient, rendering the broker contract definitively void and eliminating any commission claim even if services were used.
- Analyses from the Interessengemeinschaft Widerruf indicate that relatively few agents deploy a compliant “Zahlungspflichtig bestellen” button.
- Reports say a market‑leading platform provider recently acknowledged in court that it has not offered a legally compliant payment button.
- Consumers can challenge agreements from January 2022 onward, but claims from 2022 lapse at the end of 2025 under the three‑year statute of limitations.