Implement relief for the Supply Chain Act immediately – only include companies with more than 5,000 employees

Employers’ President Dr Rainer Dulger on the first reading in the Bundestag of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act:

Implement relief for the Supply Chain Act immediately – only include companies with more than 5,000 employees

Berlin, 16 January 2026. “The Federal Government is failing to deliver any real relief in relation to the Supply Chain Act. There is no sign of the abolition that was announced – instead, the draft contains only minor adjustments. That is not enough.

The most important relief decided at EU level must now be incorporated into German law without delay. According to EU requirements, only companies with more than 5,000 employees should fall under the scope of the Act in future. Anyone who does not make use of this is deliberately depriving the economy of room to breathe.

The parliamentary groups of the CDU/CSU and SPD are now obliged to act: those who decide on reducing bureaucracy in Europe must also implement it in Germany. Anything else undermines the credibility of politics and further weakens Germany as a business location.”