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National Annex — Germany (DE)

Status (July 2026): In force. Community-maintained orientation, not legal advice — verify against the official gazette and authority guidance before relying on it. Corrections welcome (see CONTRIBUTING.md).

NIS2 implementation

Field Value
Implementing law NIS-2-Umsetzungs- und Cybersicherheitsstärkungsgesetz (NIS2UmsuCG), amending the BSIG — in force 6 December 2025
Competent authority BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik)
National CSIRT / reporting CERT-Bund (BSI)
Official starting point https://www.bsi.bund.de/nis-2

Country notes for your CDC

Registration deadline was 6 March 2026 (BSI signalled leniency to ~31 July 2026 for stragglers — verify). BSI offers a Betroffenheitsprüfung (applicability check) and management training resources; besonders wichtige vs wichtige Einrichtungen mirror essential/important.

Standard checklist (all countries)

  • [ ] Applicability determined per legal entity and sector; recorded in the regulatory applicability register (GOVERN)
  • [ ] Entity registration completed with the national authority where required
  • [ ] Incident-reporting procedure drilled against the national channel and the 24 h early-warning clock (RESPOND)
  • [ ] Contact established with the national CSIRT before the first incident
  • [ ] Data protection authority contact and GDPR Art. 33 flow prepared (runs in parallel with NIS2 reporting)
  • [ ] National guidance/frameworks mapped to your control evidence (see note above)

Selector tag

de-nat — tick "Germany" in tools/regulatory-profile.html to include this country's references.

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