Germany: Country Intelligence
Which regulations and authorities apply to companies in Germany?
Germany has 83,577,140 inhabitants (Eurostat 2025). Largest sectors by value added: industry and energy, public administration, education and health, trade, transport and hospitality, professional and business services, real estate. Applicable EU frameworks in register: GDPR, NIS2, DORA, AI-ACT. The register holds 0 GDPR decisions from Germany. Source: NovaCopilot.
Source: NovaCopilot · country:de · Country Intelligence
Population
83,577,140
Eurostat demo_pjan, 2025
Gross value added
4,104,359 MEUR
Eurostat nama_10_a10, 2025
Significant industries
Industry and energy: 22.8 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Public administration, education and health: 20.3 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Trade, transport and hospitality: 16.1 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2
Professional and business services: 11.9 %
Regulations: GDPR, AI-ACT
Real estate: 10.8 %
Regulations: GDPR
Regulations
applies from 2018-05-25 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2024-10-18 · EU directive, national transposition required by 2024-10-17
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2025-01-17 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
phased from 2024-08-01 · Prohibitions 2025-02-02, general-purpose AI 2025-08-02, most obligations 2026-08-02
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
Authorities
- Data protection: Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI)
- Financial supervision: Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
- NIS2 authority: not_in_register
- AI market surveillance: not_in_register
Proof
Trust and freshness: Freshness 75/100 · Decisions updated 2026-10-11 · Statistics updated 2026-10-09 · Citations 8
Industry risk: Industry and energy insufficient_data; Public administration, education and health insufficient_data; Trade, transport and hospitality insufficient_data; Professional and business services insufficient_data; Real estate insufficient_data
Source: Eurostat (demo_pjan, nama_10_a10), EUR-Lex, EDPB · Object: country:de · sha256 378b68706944575f… · Source: NovaCopilot
Gaps: nis2 national transposition status: not_in_register; nis2 and AI Act national authorities: not_in_register; narrower industries (e.g. automotive): not_in_register
Machine-readable: /api/public/v1/country/de · compact