Act applied to companies with 3,000 or more employees.
Threshold lowered to 1,000 employees.
Coalition agreement announced repeal and replacement through the CSDDD transposition.
Cabinet bill abolished the reporting duty retroactively and narrowed the fines catalogue.
BAFA limited enforcement to serious violations and stopped reviewing reports.
Bundestag began deliberating the amendment bill.
The first compliance date for the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act is January 2023 (3,000+ employees); January 2024 (1,000+). All statutory application dates have now passed.
As of 2 May 2026, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act is reform proposed in Germany. The German due diligence law that shaped supplier questionnaires worldwide, now being folded into CSDDD transposition.
Entry updated to track the repeal-and-replace bill and narrowed BAFA enforcement. That revision was logged in May 2026 on the hredd.org tracker.
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May 2026 Entry updated to track the repeal-and-replace bill and narrowed BAFA enforcement.
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