National Annex — Germany
Status as of October 2026: In force. Community-maintained orientation. This is not legal advice; verify against the official gazette and authority guidance before relying on it. Corrections welcome, see contributing.
| Review | Status |
|---|---|
| Confidence | Maintainer reviewed |
| Checked line by line against the legal text | No |
| Reviewed by a lawyer | No |
| Last reviewed | October 2026 |
| Reviewed by | Frederik B. Krogsgaard, maintainer |
| Second reviewer | Wanted, see CONTRIBUTING |
| Next review due | April 2027 |
NIS2 implementation
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Implementing law | NIS-2-Umsetzungs- und Cybersicherheitsstärkungsgesetz (NIS2UmsuCG), amending the BSIG, in force 6 December 2025 with no transition period |
| Competent authority | BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) |
| National CSIRT / reporting | CERT-Bund, part of BSI |
| Official starting point | https://www.bsi.bund.de/nis-2 |
Country notes for your CDC
Registration was due by 6 March 2026, and the BSI's tolerance period for late registrations ended on 31 July 2026. BSI offers a Betroffenheitsprüfung, an applicability check, and management training resources; besonders wichtige and wichtige Einrichtungen mirror essential and important entities.
Standard checklist for all countries
- GOVERN: applicability determined per legal entity and sector, and recorded in the regulatory applicability register
- Entity registration completed with the national authority where required
- RESPOND: incident-reporting procedure drilled against the national channel and the 24 h early-warning clock
- Contact established with the national CSIRT before the first incident
- Data protection authority contact and GDPR Art. 33 flow prepared. This runs in parallel with NIS2 reporting
- National guidance and frameworks mapped to your control evidence, per the note above
Selector tag
Tick "Germany" in tools/regulatory-profile.html to include this country's references under the de-nat tag.
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