Legal Framework Conditions for Business: Enabling Growth, Facilitating Procedures, Securing Investments

Legal provisions significantly shape whether companies can invest, grow, and implement innovations. The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) highlights areas where bureaucracy, complex procedures, and unclear legal situations hinder the economic location—and the reforms needed at national and European levels to create planning security. Our goal: legal framework conditions that enable growth, accelerate approvals, and support investments in infrastructure and transformation.

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Großes Auge mit stilisierten Netzwerkverbindungen

"Dora" imposes new cyber-defence obligations on financial companies

With the Digital Operational Resilience Act, abbreviated Dora, the EU establishes new obligations for managing risks in cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT) in the financial sector. This impacts not only almost all financial companies but also ICT service providers.

Cluster 7

Legal Framework and Legal Certainty

How can legal certainty, fair competition conditions, and reliable rules for companies be ensured? In Cluster 7 of the Economic Policy Positions, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) outlines key requirements for a strong legal framework that fosters planning security and supports...

Date of publication 13.11.2024

Modernizing Product Liability Law: DIHK calls for clear rules and protection for businesses

The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) evaluates the draft law on modernizing product liability law critically: While the necessity of adapting to digital products is acknowledged, additional bureaucratic burdens, competitive disadvantages for SMEs, and risks to trade secrets are...

Date of publication 08.10.2025

DIHK on the Third Law Amending the UWG – Sustainability Labels and Consumer Rights

Economic associations, including the DIHK, critically assess the draft bill amending the UWG: Excessive regulations and unclear definitions could unnecessarily burden companies.

Date of publication 25.07.2025
Cybersicherheit: Schloss mit Overlay auf Platinen

The GDPR continues to cause significant legal uncertainties

Even after six years, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) remains one of the biggest drivers of bureaucracy for German businesses. This is the result of a survey conducted by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) among 4,900 companies from nearly all sectors.

Date of publication 27.02.2024