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• Law · 20/5164 · DE · 13 July 2026

  Law implementing Article 8(1) to (7) of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 5, 2019 on reducing the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

• Law · 20/3712 · DE · 13 March 2026

  Act to amend the Veterinary Medicines Act to collect data on antibiotic-active drugs and to amend other regulations

• Law · 20/4822 · DE · 29 October 2025

  Law on labeling food with the type of husbandry of the animals from which the food was obtained (Animal Husbandry Labeling Act - TierHaltKennzG)

• Law · 20/5333 · DE · 8 September 2025

  Law implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 as well as amending the Residence Act, the Freedom of Movement Act/EU, the Act on the Central Register of Foreigners and the Regulation implementing the Act on the Central Register of Foreigners

• Law · 20/1110 · DE · 26 August 2025

  Law implementing the EU regulations on cross-border service and cross-border taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters, amending civil legal assistance, guardianship and care law, adapting legislation on consumer protection and consumer law enforcement and amending other regulations

• Law · 20/3445 · DE · 20 August 2025

  Act amending the Agricultural Statistics Act and the Food Specialties Act

• Law · 20/3879 · DE · 18 July 2025

  Annual Tax Act 2022 (JStG 2022)

• Law · 20/3442 · DE · 18 July 2025

  Law to improve the protection of whistleblowers and to implement the directive on the protection of persons who report violations of Union law

• Law · 20/1333 · DE · 18 June 2025

  Tax Relief Act 2022

• Law · 20/1741 · DE · 16 June 2025

  Act zur Änderung des Energiesteuerrechts zur temporären Absenkung der Energiesteuer für Kraftstoffe (Energiesteuersenkungsgesetz - EnergieStSenkG)

• Law · 20/1111 · DE · 16 June 2025

  Fourth law for the implementation of tax aid measures to deal with the Corona crisis (Fourth Corona Tax Aid Act)

• Law · 20/2294 · DE · 2 April 2025

  Third law amending civil status regulations

• Law · 20/3714 · DE · 2 April 2025

  Law amending the Planning Guarantee Act

• Law · 20/3530 · DE · 20 March 2025

  Law for the temporary reduction of the sales tax rate on gas deliveries via the natural gas network

• Law · 20/2241 · DE · 19 March 2025

  Law amending the law on the European Citizens' Initiative (Amendment Act on the European Citizens' Initiative - EBIGÄndG)

• Law · 20/3708 · DE · 12 March 2025

  Law amending the Federal Central Register Act and the Criminal Code

• Law · 20/3444 · DE · 12 March 2025

  Law amending November 26, 2015, December 14, 2017 and December 6, 2019 to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of July 17, 1998

• Law · 20/2355 · DE · 28 February 2025

  Law to increase and accelerate the expansion of onshore wind turbines

• Law · 20/1331 · DE · 25 February 2025

  Act zur Zahlung eines Bonus für Pflegekräfte in Krankenhäusern und Pflegeeinrichtungen (Pflegebonusgesetz)

• Law · 20/688 · DE · 25 February 2025

  Law to extend special regulations in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic for short-time work benefits and other benefits

• Law · 20/3876 · DE · 20 February 2025

  Law on the assessment of nursing staff in hospitals and on the adaptation of other regulations in the hospital system and digitalization (Hospital Care Relief Act - KHPflEG)

• Law · 20/3874 · DE · 27 November 2024

  Law on the amending agreement of August 8, 2019 between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China to the Agreement of May 5, 1995 between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of Hong Kong on scheduled air services

• Law · 20/3624 · DE · 27 November 2024

  Law on the Optional Protocol of December 10, 2008 to the International Covenant of December 19, 1966 on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

• Law · 20/3717 · DE · 5 September 2024

  Law to introduce an opportunity residence right

• Law · 20/3873 · DE · 30 August 2024

  Twelfth law amending the Second Book of the Social Security Code and other laws - introduction of a citizen's allowance (citizen's allowance law)

• Law · 20/1410 · DE · 18 July 2024

  Law amending the Basic Law (Article 87a)

• Law · 20/2729 · DE · 18 July 2024

  Law amending the Basic Law (Article 82)

• Law · 20/1411 · DE · 27 June 2024

  Law regulating an immediate surcharge and a one-off payment in the social minimum security systems as well as amending the Financial Equalization Act and other laws

• Law · 20/3447 · DE · 28 May 2024

  Law further implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 20, 2019 on the reconciliation of work and private life for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU

• Law · 20/2534 · DE · 4 April 2024

  Act on the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden

• Law · 20/1680 · DE · 14 March 2024

  Act on Pension Adjustment 2022 and on Improving Benefits for the Disability Pension Stock (Pension Adjustment and Disability Pension Stock Improvement Act)

• Law · 20/1599 · DE · 19 February 2024

  Law amending the energy industry law in connection with the immediate climate protection program and adjustments to the law on supply to end customers

• Law · 20/1630 · DE · 19 February 2024

  Law on emergency measures for an accelerated expansion of renewable energies and other measures in the electricity sector

• Law · 20/1634 · DE · 19 February 2024

  Second law amending the offshore wind energy law and other regulations

• Law · 20/1742 · DE · 19 February 2024

  Law to accelerate the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG Acceleration Act - LNGG)

• Law · 20/2356 · DE · 8 February 2024

  Law on the provision of replacement power plants to reduce gas consumption in the electricity sector in the event of an impending gas shortage through changes to the Energy Industry Act and other energy industry regulations

• Law · 20/3870 · DE · 1 February 2024

  Law on guarantees of origin for gas, hydrogen, heat or cold from renewable energies and on changes to other energy law regulations

• Law · 20/3448 · DE · 15 January 2024

  Law for the financial stabilization of statutory health insurance (GKV Financial Stabilization Act)

• Law · 20/5652 · DE · 4 December 2023

  Law relating to Convention No. 190 of the International Labor Organization of June 21, 2019 on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work

• Law · 20/3880 · DE · 3 November 2023

  Second law for the further development of quality and participation in child day care (KiTa Quality Act)

• Law · 20/2243 · DE · 30 August 2023

  Law on the Protocol of October 8, 2021 amending the Agreement of July 9, 2008 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Mexican States on the avoidance of double taxation and tax evasion in the field of taxes on income and capital

• Law · 20/2164 · DE · 23 August 2023

  Law implementing the Hague Convention of July 2, 2019 on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters and amending the Code of Civil Procedure, the Civil Code, the Condominium Act and the Law on the Modernization of Criminal Procedure

• Law · 20/689 · DE · 21 August 2023

  Law granting a one-off heating cost subsidy due to sharp increases in energy costs (Heating Cost Subsidy Act - HeizkZuschG)

• Law · 20/3100 · DE · 21 August 2023

  Act on the determination of the federal budget for the financial year 2023 (Budget Act 2023)

• Law · 20/5913 · DE · 18 August 2023

  Law for the revision of the sanctions law - substitute imprisonment, sentencing, conditions and instructions as well as placement in a rehabilitation center

• Law · 20/5663 · DE · 18 August 2023

  Law to strengthen digitalization in the land-use planning process and to change other regulations

• Law · 20/1739 · DE · 2 August 2023

  Seventh law amending the regionalization law

• Law · 20/2730 · DE · 26 July 2023

  Law abolishing the property rights register and amending the COVID-19 Insolvency Suspension Act

• Law · 20/5651 · DE · 3 July 2023

  Act amending the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

• Law · 20/5653 · DE · 3 July 2023

  Law implementing Directive (EU) 2021/2101 with regard to the disclosure of income tax information by certain companies and branches and amending the Consumer Dispute Settlement Act and the Compulsory Insurance Act

• Law · 20/5664 · DE · 3 July 2023

  Law to promote an inclusive labor market

• Law · 20/5334 · DE · 13 June 2023

  Law amending the Fifth Book of the Social Code - Stiftung Independent Patient Advice Germany - and amending other laws

• Law · 20/5162 · DE · 9 June 2023

  Act to amend the Federal Financial Assistance Act to expand day care for children and to amend the Child Care Financing Act

• Law · 20/3900 · DE · 8 June 2023

  Eighth law amending the fourth book of the Social Code and other laws (8th SGB IV-Amendment Act - 8th SGB IV-ÄndG)

• Law · 20/1960 · DE · 10 May 2023

  Law on the protocol of October 29, 2021 amending the agreement of October 7, 2011 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Mauritius on the avoidance of double taxation and tax evasion in the field of taxes on income

• Law · 20/5021 · DE · 10 May 2023

  Law on the agreement of August 14, 2020 between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the United States of America on the exchange of country-specific reports

• Law · 20/2247 · DE · 25 April 2023

  Eighth Act Amending Excise Tax Laws

• Law · 20/3938 · DE · 19 April 2023

  Law on the payment of a flat rate energy price to pension and pension recipients and on the extension of the transition area

• Law · 20/4823 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Act amending the Spatial Planning Act and other regulations (ROGÄndG)

• Law · 20/5163 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Second law amending shipping regulations

• Law · 20/2532 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Law to enable hybrid and virtual general meetings in association law

• Law · 20/5165 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Law to accelerate administrative court proceedings in the infrastructure sector

• Law · 20/3449 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Act to strengthen supervision of legal services and to amend other regulations

• Law · 20/4655 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Law to adapt laws and regulations to the new authority name of the Federal Office for Goods Transport

• Law · 20/3822 · DE · 31 March 2023

  Law implementing the conversion directive and amending other laws

• Law · 20/4327 · DE · 14 March 2023

  Law to accelerate asylum court procedures and asylum procedures

• Law · 20/4683 · DE · 14 March 2023

  Act to introduce price controls for piped natural gas and heat and to change other regulations

• Law · 20/3707 · DE · 13 March 2023

  Law implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/1860, 2018/1861 and 2018/1862 on the establishment, operation and use of the third generation Schengen Information System as well as amending the Advance Training Promotion Act and the BDBOS Act (SIS III Act)

• Law · 20/4685 · DE · 1 March 2023

  Law to introduce an electricity price cap and to change other energy law provisions

• Law · 20/1413 · DE · 22 February 2023

  Eleventh law amending the Second Book of the Social Security Code

• Law · 20/3884 · DE · 21 February 2023

  Law amending the Heating Cost Subsidy Act and the Eleventh Book of the Social Security Code

• Law · 20/4227 · DE · 9 February 2023

  Law for the immediate improvement of the framework conditions for renewable energies in urban development law

• Law · 20/3878 · DE · 9 February 2023

  Second law amending the Water Resources Act

• Law · 20/3436 · DE · 9 February 2023

  Law implementing Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 of March 22, 2021 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and modernizing tax procedural law

• Law · 20/4536 · DE · 7 February 2023

  Law on the payment of a one-off energy price flat rate for students, technical school students and vocational school students in educational programs with the aim of obtaining a professional qualification of at least two years (Student Energy Price Flat Rate Act - EPPSG)

• Law · 20/3068 · DE · 7 February 2023

  Law to modernize the announcement and announcement system

• Law · 20/3497 · DE · 6 February 2023

  Act amending the Energy Security Act and other energy industry regulations

• Law · 20/3443 · DE · 27 January 2023

  Act on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part, of October 30, 2016

• Law · 20/3499 · DE · 27 January 2023

  Sixth law amending the European Elections Act

• Law · 20/3817 · DE · 27 January 2023

  Law implementing the provisions of the Transformation Directive on employee co-determination in cross-border transformations, mergers and divisions