Question juridique clé
Whether R. and S. were subject to § 20b PartG DDR as affiliated legal persons
Solution extraite
Yes. Their foreign-trade activity and dependence on SED protection justified treating them as affiliated legal persons under § 20b PartG DDR.
Motifs extraits
The court treated the historical and economic context as relevant to applying foreign law and found no arbitrariness in the factual findings or legal characterization.