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Germany: Time required to enforce a contract

499days · 2016+26.6% since 2006

Time required to enforce a contract is the number of calendar days from the filing of the lawsuit in court until the final determination and, in appropriate cases, payment. Annual figures for Germany from 2003 to 2016.

20032016

Every year

YearValue (days)Note
2016499
2015479
2014459
2013394
2012394
2011394
2010394
2009394
2008394
2007394
2006394
2005394
2004403
2003403

Source

Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Time required to enforce a contract. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-time-required-to-enforce-a-contract (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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