(1) The timeshare contract, the long-term holiday product contract, the brokerage contract or the exchange system contract is to be drafted in the official language, or, where there is more than one official language, in the official language selected by the consumer of the Member State of the European Union or of the state that is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which the consumer has their residence. If the consumer is a national of another Member State, then instead of the language of the state in which they have their residence, they may alternatively choose the official language or one of the official languages of the state of which they are a national. Sentences 1 and 2 also apply to the pre-contractual information and to the instructions on the right of withdrawal.
(2) If the agreement is to be recorded by a German notary, sections 5 and 16 of the Law on Attestations (Beurkundungsgesetz) apply subject to the proviso that the consumer is to be provided with a certified translation of the agreement in the language chosen by the consumer in accordance subsection (1).
(3) Contracts that do not comply with subsections (1) sentences 1 and 2 or subsection (2) are void.