Revert generalPartners, fix shareCapital: neither is a Pflichtangabe

Corrected after user feedback: Stammkapital/Grundkapital is only required on business correspondence if voluntarily disclosed in the first place (§35a Abs. 1 S. 2 GmbHG) — not an unconditional Pflichtangabe. shareCapital's Impressum rendering stays (shown only if an admin voluntarily filled it in), but it's dropped from the email/invoice footer.

generalPartners is removed entirely — the legal basis was genuinely unclear on research (§125a HGB's Geschäftsbriefe-naming duty only applies to the narrow case where no partner is a natural person; whether §5 DDG's Impressum-specific "vertretungsberechtigte Person" requirement independently mandates it for the general OHG/KG case wasn't resolved with confidence) — reverted rather than shipped on an uncertain legal basis.

Also fixes stale "§5 TMG" citations to "§5 DDG" (TMG was replaced 14 May 2024).

app/company-settings-preview/page.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const FALLBACK: CompanySettings = {
   registerNumber: null,
   managingDirector: null,
   shareCapital: null,
-  generalPartners: null,
   sellerStreet: "",
   sellerZip: "",
   sellerCity: "",

app/impressum/components/AnbieterAngaben.tsx

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import type { CompanySettings } from "../../lib/payload";
 import type { TOCSection } from "../../components/SectionTOC";
 
 // Renders "Angaben zum Anbieter"/"Umsatzsteuer"/(conditionally)
-// "Handelsregister"/"Geschäftsführung"/"Gesellschafter"/"Verantwortlich für
-// den Inhalt" straight from company-settings, matching RichText.tsx's own heading/
+// "Handelsregister"/"Geschäftsführung"/"Verantwortlich für den Inhalt"
+// straight from company-settings, matching RichText.tsx's own heading/
 // paragraph classes so it reads as one continuous page with the CMS
 // content below it, not a bolted-on block. This used to be hand-typed
 // prose baked into the Impressum's richText (seed-legal-pages.ts on the
@@ -17,21 +17,27 @@ import type { TOCSection } from "../../components/SectionTOC";
 // already uses (see page.tsx's comment on that).
 //
 // Also closes a real compliance gap the old hand-typed text had: it never
-// showed Handelsregister/Geschäftsführung/Gesellschafter/Stammkapital at
-// all, even though company-settings models all of them (§37a HGB/§35a
-// GmbHG/§80 AktG) — those fields just weren't wired into the Impressum. A
-// sole proprietorship (this shop's current legalForm) needs none of them,
-// so nothing extra shows today, but the moment legalForm changes in
-// company-settings (e.g. incorporating as a GmbH), the Impressum picks up
-// Handelsregister/Geschäftsführung/Stammkapital automatically — same for
-// generalPartners/"Gesellschafter" on an OHG/KG — instead of needing a
-// second manual edit here.
+// showed Handelsregister/Geschäftsführung at all, even though
+// company-settings already models both (§37a HGB/§35a GmbHG) — those
+// fields just weren't wired into the Impressum. A sole proprietorship
+// (this shop's current legalForm) has neither, so neither section shows
+// today, but the moment that changes in company-settings, the Impressum
+// picks it up automatically instead of needing a second manual edit.
+//
+// A "Gesellschafter"/Komplementäre section for OHG/KG was attempted
+// 2026-07-23 but reverted the same day — the legal basis turned out
+// genuinely unclear on research (§125a HGB's Geschäftsbriefe-naming duty
+// only applies to the narrow case where *no* partner is a natural person,
+// not the general OHG/KG case; whether §5 DDG's Impressum-specific
+// "vertretungsberechtigte Person" requirement independently mandates it
+// wasn't resolved with confidence). Deliberately not modeled until that's
+// actually clarified — don't rebuild this without re-verifying the legal
+// basis first, and don't assume the old attempt's reasoning was correct.
 export function anbieterAngabenHeadings(seller: CompanySettings | null): TOCSection[] {
   if (!seller) return [];
   const sections = ["Angaben zum Anbieter", "Umsatzsteuer"];
   if (seller.registerCourt && seller.registerNumber) sections.push("Handelsregister");
   if (seller.managingDirector) sections.push("Geschäftsführung");
-  if (seller.generalPartners && seller.generalPartners.length > 0) sections.push("Gesellschafter");
   sections.push("Verantwortlich für den Inhalt");
   return sections.map((title) => ({ id: headingId(title), title }));
 }
@@ -74,6 +80,9 @@ export function AnbieterAngaben({ seller }: { seller: CompanySettings }) {
           <Heading>Handelsregister</Heading>
           <P>{seller.registerCourt}</P>
           <P>{seller.registerNumber}</P>
+          {/* Optional/voluntary, not a Pflichtangabe — see
+              CompanySettings.ts's own comment on shareCapital. Only shows
+              if an admin deliberately filled it in. */}
           {seller.shareCapital ? <P>Stammkapital: {seller.shareCapital.toLocaleString("de-DE")} €</P> : null}
         </>
       )}
@@ -85,22 +94,13 @@ export function AnbieterAngaben({ seller }: { seller: CompanySettings }) {
         </>
       )}
 
-      {seller.generalPartners && seller.generalPartners.length > 0 && (
-        <>
-          <Heading>Gesellschafter</Heading>
-          {seller.generalPartners.map((partner) => (
-            <P key={partner.name}>{partner.name}</P>
-          ))}
-        </>
-      )}
-
       <Heading>Verantwortlich für den Inhalt</Heading>
       {/* §18 Abs. 2 MStV wants a natural person — managingDirector first
-          (Kapitalgesellschaften), falling back to the first named
-          Gesellschafter (OHG/KG, no separate managingDirector field),
-          then finally sellerName itself (sole proprietorship/e.K.,
-          already a natural person's own name). */}
-      <P>{seller.managingDirector || seller.generalPartners?.[0]?.name || seller.sellerName}</P>
+          (Kapitalgesellschaften), falling back to sellerName itself (sole
+          proprietorship/e.K., already a natural person's own name). No
+          OHG/KG general-partner fallback here — see this file's top
+          comment on why that field doesn't exist yet. */}
+      <P>{seller.managingDirector || seller.sellerName}</P>
       <P>{seller.sellerStreet}</P>
       <P>
         {seller.sellerZip} {seller.sellerCity}

app/impressum/page.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { AnbieterAngaben, anbieterAngabenHeadings } from "./components/AnbieterA
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: "Impressum",
-  description: "Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG für einfach produktiv.",
+  description: "Angaben gemäß § 5 DDG für einfach produktiv.",
   alternates: { canonical: "/impressum" },
 };
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default async function ImpressumPage() {
           >
             Impressum
           </p>
-          <p className="text-body text-text-muted">Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG</p>
+          <p className="text-body text-text-muted">Angaben gemäß § 5 DDG</p>
         </Reveal>
 
         <div className="flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-8 lg:gap-12 items-start pb-16 pt-2 px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] w-full">

app/lib/emailTemplates.ts

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_LEGAL_FOOTER_LINES: string[] = [
   "E-Mail: kontakt@musterfirma.de",
 ];
 
-// Every business email needs an Anbieterkennzeichnung (§5 TMG-equivalent
+// Every business email needs an Anbieterkennzeichnung (§5 DDG-equivalent
 // minimum for business correspondence: full name, postal address, contact,
 // plus VAT ID once assigned) — not just a friendly "brand · email" line.
 // Built from the same company-settings fields the invoice PDFs already
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ export const DEFAULT_LEGAL_FOOTER_LINES: string[] = [
 // appended here when actually present, so a sole proprietorship's footer
 // stays exactly as short as before this field set existed. Keep this in
 // sync with the Payload backend's own copy in src/lib/sellerInfo.ts.
+// `shareCapital` deliberately does NOT appear here even though it's a
+// company-settings field — see CompanySettings.ts's own comment: it's a
+// voluntary disclosure, not something safe to auto-inject into every
+// outgoing email regardless of whether the business actually wants that
+// disclosure made.
 export function buildLegalFooterLines(seller: CompanySettings | null): string[] {
   if (!seller) return DEFAULT_LEGAL_FOOTER_LINES;
   const lines = [
@@ -102,10 +107,6 @@ export function buildLegalFooterLines(seller: CompanySettings | null): string[]
   if (seller.vatId) lines.push(`USt-IdNr.: ${seller.vatId}`);
   if (seller.registerCourt && seller.registerNumber) lines.push(`${seller.registerCourt} · ${seller.registerNumber}`);
   if (seller.managingDirector) lines.push(`Geschäftsführung: ${seller.managingDirector}`);
-  if (seller.shareCapital) lines.push(`Stammkapital: ${seller.shareCapital.toLocaleString("de-DE")} €`);
-  if (seller.generalPartners && seller.generalPartners.length > 0) {
-    lines.push(`Gesellschafter: ${seller.generalPartners.map((p) => p.name).join(", ")}`);
-  }
   return lines;
 }
 

app/lib/payload.ts

@@ -724,19 +724,18 @@ export async function getEmailTemplate(
 export type CompanySettings = {
   sellerName: string;
   // Drives whether registerCourt/registerNumber/managingDirector/
-  // shareCapital/generalPartners are populated — mirrors Payload's
-  // CompanySettings.ts collection exactly (same option values), see
-  // buildLegalFooterLines() in emailTemplates.ts.
+  // shareCapital are populated — mirrors Payload's CompanySettings.ts
+  // collection exactly (same option values), see buildLegalFooterLines()
+  // in emailTemplates.ts.
   legalForm: "sole-proprietorship" | "e-k" | "gbr" | "ohg" | "kg" | "gmbh" | "ug" | "ag";
   registerCourt: string | null;
   registerNumber: string | null;
   managingDirector: string | null;
-  // Stammkapital (GmbH/UG) / Grundkapital (AG) — only present for those
-  // legal forms, see CompanySettings.ts's SHARE_CAPITAL_REQUIRED_FORMS.
+  // Stammkapital (GmbH/UG) / Grundkapital (AG) — optional, NOT a
+  // Pflichtangabe (only shown for legal forms that have this concept at
+  // all; see CompanySettings.ts's SHARE_CAPITAL_APPLICABLE_FORMS and its
+  // own comment on why this is voluntary, not required, disclosure).
   shareCapital: number | null;
-  // Komplementäre/Gesellschafter — only present for OHG/KG, see
-  // CompanySettings.ts's GENERAL_PARTNERS_REQUIRED_FORMS.
-  generalPartners: { name: string }[] | null;
   sellerStreet: string;
   sellerZip: string;
   sellerCity: string;