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The Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ is a limited liability company (“Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung“ incorporated under German law). Company shareholders are the Federal Republic of Germany, the Free State of Saxony and the Federal State Saxony-Anhalt. The UFZ is a member of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V. (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres).

Registration court: Amtsgericht Leipzig
Register number: HRB 4703
Value added tax identification number: DE 141507065

Representatives
Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Scientific Managing Director
Dr. Sabine Matthiä, Administrative Managing Director

Chair of the Supervisory Board
MinDirig Daniel Rudolf

Responsibility for the content of the website
Doris Wolst
Department Press and Public Relations
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig

Content management
Susanne Hufe, Press Officer, Online and Print Editor
Andreas Staak, Web Officer, Online Managing Editor

Copyright
The rights to the images on the UFZ websites are owned by the UFZ, unless otherwise stated. The photographic material may be used free of charge for scientific and research purposes and for editorial purposes, provided the UFZ is named as the source of the images. The images may not be used for other purposes such as commercial purposes.

Public Corporate Governance Code
In accordance with its Articles of association, the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ underlies the "Public Corporate Governance Code (PCGK)" of the Federal Government. The Code recommends the Management and Supervisory Board to report annually on the company´s corporate governance (PCGK report).

The Management and the Supervisory Board of the UFZ jointly declare that the Public Corporate Governance Code of the Federal Republic of Germany has been and is complied with; deviations are explained in the reports.

The reports for the past five fiscal years can be found below (only in German): PCGK reports

Transparency Information under the European Media Freedom Act

The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA, Regulation (EU) 2024/1083) is intended to protect the freedom, independence and transparency of the media in Europe.

A key element of the Regulation is the obligation of public bodies to publish expenditure on state advertising electronically, transparently and in a user-friendly manner.

The aim is to provide transparency on which public funds are allocated to media service providers or online platforms.

Pursuant to Article 25(2) EMFA, public entities publish the following information once a year:

• Type of measure: e.g. print advertisement, radio or TV spot, online or social media campaign, recruitment advertisement
• Recipient or contractor: publisher, broadcaster, agency or platform
• Volume of expenditure: amount in euros
• Period or year: reporting year of the measure

This publication obligation applies to all paid advertising and information campaigns carried out via media service providers or online platforms.

UFZ advertising expenditure in 2025: