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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4318954, member: 7724"]nope. fairytale from some internet specialists that do not understand German and do not know anything about the "Made in Germany". there was never a legislation in German about the term Made in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>in Germany itself - and after the separation and foundation of the GDR in 1949 - BOTH states used the term. this didn't go well with the industry in the western part that was known under the unofficial name BRD - no legislation about the use of BRD either ! - and the BRD industry tried to forbid the use of "Made in Germany" by GDR companies.</p><p>this was denied by the Federal Court in Karlsruhe because it would have meant that the existence of TWO German states was accepted by the BRD, which was seeing itself as representation of the WHOLE Germany. so the decision was simply "live with it" ...</p><p>as there was no legal definition of "Made in Germany" in ANY legislation in BOTH states the Western - or BRD - industry - started to use "West" and "Western" to be different for customers .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4318954, member: 7724"]nope. fairytale from some internet specialists that do not understand German and do not know anything about the "Made in Germany". there was never a legislation in German about the term Made in Germany. in Germany itself - and after the separation and foundation of the GDR in 1949 - BOTH states used the term. this didn't go well with the industry in the western part that was known under the unofficial name BRD - no legislation about the use of BRD either ! - and the BRD industry tried to forbid the use of "Made in Germany" by GDR companies. this was denied by the Federal Court in Karlsruhe because it would have meant that the existence of TWO German states was accepted by the BRD, which was seeing itself as representation of the WHOLE Germany. so the decision was simply "live with it" ... as there was no legal definition of "Made in Germany" in ANY legislation in BOTH states the Western - or BRD - industry - started to use "West" and "Western" to be different for customers .[/QUOTE]
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