Publications and Talks of Dr. Thomas Hänsch

A bountiful harvest – an empty bank account
: article in *Bauernzeitung*, issue 30/2025, p. 48 ff.

The Heating Act, Municipal Heat Planning – Opportunities for Rural Areas
: Presentation as part of the symposium organised by the HLBS North-East Regional Association on 27 September 2023

Legal and tax issues relating to agricultural and ground-mounted
photovoltaic systems – Presentation at the DKB Agricultural Breakfast on 11 May 2023

Energy price caps – rights and obligations for businesses in rural areas
. Article in *Agrarbetrieb* 3-2023, p. 154 ff.

Supply contracts in agriculture – a trap or a safety net
? Presentation for the Lower Saxony-Bremen Regional Association of the HLBS (Main Association of Agricultural Accountancy Offices) on 23 March 2023

Changes to energy legislation – Legal implications of current energy legislation for our biogas plants and agricultural businesses
Lecture at the spring conference of LMS Agrarberatung GmbH on 14 March 2023

Energy price caps – implications for agricultural businesses
. Lecture at the Agricultural Law Symposium on 9 March 2023

EWSG, EWPBG and StromPBG – Update for advisers
Online presentation for the HLBS – Central Association of Agricultural Accounting Offices on 8 February 2023

Energy Price Cap Laws – Impact on the Operation of Biogas Plants
: Presentation for the Biogas Trade Association on 8 December 2022

Energy price caps for natural gas, heat and electricity
– Presentation for the Rostock–Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association on 8 December 2022

Contract drafting for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations
– Lecture for the Lower Saxony–Bremen Regional Association of the HLBS (Main Association of Agricultural Accounting Offices) and the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture on 22 September 2022

Photovoltaic systems on agricultural land
– Lecture at the Agricultural Law Symposium on 26 April 2022

Agricultural law from ASP to …
– Lecture for the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk) on 21 October 2021

What to do when stables are full? – Sales problems for slaughter pigs due to the
outbreak of African swine fever.
Article in the *Bauernzeitung*, issue 48, 27 November 2020, pp. 46–47

Compensation for restrictions on use in at-risk areas and the ASF core zone – submit your claim
Article in *top agrar*, Issue 11/2020, pp. 30

Coronavirus law in brief
– Presentation at the BVMW regulars’ get-together on 6 October 2020

Plant protection products cartel – Enforcement of farmers’ civil law claims for damages
Article in Agrarbetrieb 4-2020, pp. 243 ff.

Das Kapital – Protecting the agricultural structure with old methods
. Editorial in *Agrarbetrieb* 2-2020

Pesticide Cartel: Compensation Possible!
Article in *top agrar*, issue 4/2020, p. 32

An end to the smoke and mirrors – the plant protection product trade
cartel. Article in *Bauernzeitung*, Issue 7, 14 February 2020, p. 49 

Suddenly Without a Dairy
– Article in *agrarheute*, October 2019, p. 56 ff.

“Withdrawal – Dissolution – Settlement”: Options & Consequences of Shareholders’ Withdrawal –
Lecture as part of the UV-spezial organised by the Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association (Unternehmerverband Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg e.V.) on 19 September 2019

Salvation even when the sack is empty – Contract drafting to mitigate harvest risks
. Article in *Bauernzeitung*, issue 28, 12 July 2019, p. 50ff.

When the sack remains empty – Contractual risks arising from crop failure
. Article in the *Bauernzeitung*, issue 27, 5 July 2019, p. 50ff.

9th AGRARRECHT Symposium: Everyday legal issues in agriculture
– Crop failure as a contractual risk/credit collateral for raising liquidity on 6 March 2019 (presentation as PDF)

What should those affected do? On the insolvency proceedings of B.M.G.
Article in the *Bauernzeitung*, issue 15, 13 April 2018, p. 37

8th Symposium on Agricultural Law: Future Structures in Agriculture –
Responsibilities, Financing, Spaces
. Compensation claims of departing shareholders, 7 March 2018

Are milk supply contracts invalid!?
Article in LMS ‘Das Blatt’, 02/2017, p. 17

Federal Cartel Office deems milk supply contracts to be
in breach of competition law. Article in *Bauernzeitung*, Issue 12, 24 March 2017, p. 40 ff.

Problems with existing and legacy plants – conversion, reporting obligations, environmental assessments, stackable goods
. Lecture delivered as part of the face-to-face course ‘Biogas Specialisation Course’ for the University of Rostock,
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, on 28 January 2017

7th Symposium on Agricultural Law: ‘Upheavals’ in agriculture –
economic and legal restrictions
; restructuring of agricultural holdings in crisis, 1 March 2017

The Liability of Authorised Signatories, Operations Managers and Other Senior Executives
– Seminar for Creditreform on 22 November, 24 November and 29 November 2016 in Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg

Company law – leasehold law – inheritance
law seminar, DLG Trainee, Friedrichsdorf, 19–21 September 2016

“Contracts for Hire and Farm Management – A Civil Law Overview”
Article in Agrarbetrieb 3-2016, p. 40 ff.

“Contracts for Agricultural Contractors and Farm Management – Trust, Contract, Liability”
on 2 March 2016 as part of the 6th Symposium on Agricultural Law at the Trihotel Rostock
(presentation as a PDF file, *Bauernzeitung*, Issue 11 dated 18 March 2016, p. 46 ff.)

Business succession – successfully managing
generational change with or without the involvement of family members. Presentation as part of the LBV winter lecture series in Malchow on 25 February 2016

Public participation in wind farms – The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Act on Public and Municipal Participation. Lecture at the DGAR Future Forum during Green Week, Berlin, 20 January 2016

Fertiliser Ordinance – Status of the amendment, technical and economic implications for arable farming
Lecture as part of the 5th Symposium on Agricultural Law on 4 March 2015 at the Trihotel Rostock

Employment Contract v. Contract
for Work and Services – Presentation for the Federal Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME) on 19 October 2015

Managing Director Liability
– Lecture for the District Craftsmen’s Association on 3 November 2015

The Emergency Folder – Making provisions for the death or incapacity of agricultural managers (power of attorney for estate planning, will, etc.)
Lectures for the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy since 2014, most recently on 18 November 2015

Current legal developments in agriculture (CAP 2013, directors’ liability)
– lecture for the Association of Agricultural Insurance Brokers on 7 March 2014 in Banzkow

Managing director liability – case studies of the personal liability of managing directors of a limited liability company (GmbH
) – lecture for Creditreform on 4 March 2014 in Rostock

Investments at Risk – Impact of the Draft EEG 2014 on Existing Biogas Plants
Article in *Bauernzeitung* No. 18/2014

Contracts for agricultural contractors – practical
guidance. Presentation for the *Bauernzeitung* / MELA Forum on 13 September 2013 in Mühlengeez

Undeclared work can prove
costly An agreement to pay under the table can harm both the provider and the recipient of the service. Services already provided cannot be reclaimed.
Article in the *Bauernzeitung* 40/2013, pp. 42 ff.

‘The Isolated Right to Request Action by the Competition Authority’
– PhD thesis, Rostock 2012

Goodwill can hardly be counted
on any more Article in the *Bauernzeitung* 28/2013, p. 48 ff. on the subject of grain sales

Managing director liability
– Lecture delivered as part of the 15th Rostock Legal Forum on 4 April 2013 at our law firm’s offices

The hoe in the field and the broken machine
– article in the *Bauernzeitung* 7/2013, p. 46

Slurry in biogas plants
– article in the Bauernzeitung 34/2012, pp. 52–53

When does a biogas plant become operational?
Article in the Bauernzeitung 15/2012, p. 17

Current legal developments: biogas, heat utilisation, impact of the 2013 CAP on substrate supply contracts
– lecture event for the HLBS e.V. on 12 April 2012 in Potsdam

“Biogas and the EEG” –
article in the *Bauernzeitung* 11/2012, pp. 18 ff.

Drafting secure substrate supply contracts –
lecture at the LBV (Agricultural Accounting Association) on 8 March 2012 in Bergen auf Rügen
(presentation)

Biogas 2012
Symposium – presentations on the following topics: “EEG 2012 – Impact on existing and new biogas plants” and “The new KrWG – Is slurry waste?” on 1 March 2012 at the Tri-Hotel Rostock
(summary of the symposium)

Specific legal aspects of the construction and operation of a biogas plant
: LMS-aktuell, No. 5/2011, p. 7 ff.

Biogas plants and company law
– Presentation for the Landakademie of the Uecker-Randow District Farmers’ Association as part of the ‘Biogas in Pasewalk’ information event on 12 October 2011

Investments in biogas plants from the perspective of a management consultant, banker and solicitor
– joint presentation with representatives from LMS and DKB as part of the MeLa 2011 expert forum on 16 September 2011
(presentation)

Biogas
Update: Presentation on amendments to the EEG 2012 and the BauGB relating to biogas, as well as on the structuring of substrate supply contracts, as part of the training programme for socio-economic advisers organised by LMS and the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Agriculture on 7 September 2011

Biogas & Law: Legal misconceptions surrounding biogas and substrate supply contracts
– a presentation for LMS Agricultural Advisory Service Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to farmers and biogas plant operators, 29 March 2011
(abridged version of the presentation)

Biogas Symposium
presentation at the 10th Rostock Legal Discussions, organised in cooperation with LMS Agricultural Advisory Service Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Schleswig-Holstein GmbH and the Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW), attended by 75 participants at the Trihotel Rostock, 24 February 2011, (LMS-aktuell No. 2/2011, p. 3 ff.)
(summary of the symposium)

Power of attorney for healthcare and living wills for business owners
– presentation at the 8th Rostock Legal Forum held at our offices on 18 May 2010, together with Ms Birgit Köhler, solicitor (presentation)

CCTV – A Job for Professionals
: Presentation at the specialist conference on ‘Security in Banks and Savings Banks’ on 28 April 2010 in Ludwigsburg
(press article)

Legal Aspects of Video Surveillance
– Various events, including the 7th Rostock Legal Forum on 27 November 2009 and the 1st Schwerin Legal Forum on 27 January 2010

Business Continuity – Transfer and Takeover of Businesses
: Presentation at the 4th Rostock Legal Forum on 6 May 2009 at our offices

Will I now get my CMA levies back?
Farmers’ prospects of reclaiming contributions to the marketing fund,
DLG-Mitteilungen, 3/2009, p. 92

MoMiG – Changes relating to the GmbH
(limited liability company) Lecture at the 3rd Rostock Legal Forum on 25 November 2008 and 2 December 2008 at our offices
(presentation)