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634				</div>
635			</details>
636
637			<details class="cmplz-category cmplz-statistics" >
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639						<span class="cmplz-category-header">
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658				</div>
659			</details>
660			<details class="cmplz-category cmplz-marketing" >
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662						<span class="cmplz-category-header">
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666									   id="cmplz-marketing-optin"
667									   data-category="cmplz_marketing"
668									   class="cmplz-consent-checkbox cmplz-marketing"
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671								<label class="cmplz-label" for="cmplz-marketing-optin"><span class="screen-reader-text">Marketing</span></label>
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673							<span class="cmplz-icon cmplz-open">
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680				</div>
681			</details>
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683			</div>
684
685	<div class="cmplz-links cmplz-information">
686		<ul>
687			<li><a class="cmplz-link cmplz-manage-options cookie-statement" href="#" data-relative_url="#cmplz-manage-consent-container">Manage options</a></li>
688			<li><a class="cmplz-link cmplz-manage-third-parties cookie-statement" href="#" data-relative_url="#cmplz-cookies-overview">Manage services</a></li>
689			<li><a class="cmplz-link cmplz-manage-vendors tcf cookie-statement" href="#" data-relative_url="#cmplz-tcf-wrapper">Manage {vendor_count} vendors</a></li>
690			<li><a class="cmplz-link cmplz-external cmplz-read-more-purposes tcf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cookiedatabase.org/tcf/purposes/" aria-label="Read more about TCF purposes on Cookie Database">Read more about these purposes</a></li>
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692			</div>
693
694	<div class="cmplz-divider cmplz-footer"></div>
695
696	<div class="cmplz-buttons">
697		<button class="cmplz-btn cmplz-accept">Accept</button>
698		<button class="cmplz-btn cmplz-deny">Deny</button>
699		<button class="cmplz-btn cmplz-view-preferences">View preferences</button>
700		<button class="cmplz-btn cmplz-save-preferences">Save preferences</button>
701		<a class="cmplz-btn cmplz-manage-options tcf cookie-statement" href="#" data-relative_url="#cmplz-manage-consent-container">View preferences</a>
702			</div>
703
704	
705	<div class="cmplz-documents cmplz-links">
706		<ul>
707			<li><a class="cmplz-link cookie-statement" href="#" data-relative_url="">{title}</a></li>
708			<li><a class="cmplz-link privacy-statement" href="#" data-relative_url="">{title}</a></li>
709			<li><a class="cmplz-link impressum" href="#" data-relative_url="">{title}</a></li>
710		</ul>
711			</div>
712</div>
713</div>
714					<div id="cmplz-manage-consent" data-nosnippet="true"><button class="cmplz-btn cmplz-hidden cmplz-manage-consent manage-consent-1">Manage consent</button>
715
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720				var $input = $(this).find('input[name="s"]');
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722
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727					$input.addClass('error');
728					setTimeout(function() {
729						$input.removeClass('error');
730					}, 2000);
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740
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744				if ($form.is(':visible')) {
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750				$('.mobile-nav-items, .mobile-nav').toggleClass('collapsed');
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753			var $backToTop = $('.back-to-top');
754
755			$(window).on('scroll', function() {
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762
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