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# Germany's NIS2 cybersecurity law enters into force, covering 29,500 firms
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-06-germany-nis2-law-in-force/
- Published: 2025-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:00:58.000Z
- Description: Germany's NIS2 Umsetzungsgesetz entered into force on 6 December 2025, recasting the BSI Act. It brings about 29,500 firms in critical sectors under EU cyber duties, including BSI registration, incident reporting and curbs on untrusted critical components.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Bundesregierung (German federal government), 6 December 2025](https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/nis-2-richtlinie-deutschland-2373174?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish how the newly covered 29,500 firms are complying with the law in practice.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)