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Planned legal changes in 2023 in the area of digitization

5. January 2023
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Key Facts
  • The coalition agreement aims to fundamentally strengthen digitalization in the federal government.
  • Introduction of the electronic Federal Law Gazette for the binding publication of laws since 1.1.2023.
  • Planning binding video hearings in civil proceedings to improve court hearings.
  • Digital legal application office as an accessible point of contact for legal problems, pilot phase starts this year.
  • Extended online certifications forcommercial register applications due to DiRUG since 1.1.2023.
  • The Digital Services Act comes into force in 2024 and strengthens the protection of user rights on the internet.
  • The Digital Market Act promotes fair competition and limits the power of large digital companies.

In its coalition agreement, the German government has firmly committed itself to fundamental strengthening in the area of digitization. Almost all areas of life are affected by this. But especially the industry, the judiciary and also the administration. This blog post is intended to provide a brief summary of the changes this year. Some topics I have already touched on, others I will look at in more detail in individual posts over the next few weeks if this is sufficiently interesting.

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1. Introduction of the electronic Federal Law Gazette
2. Video hearing in civil proceedings
3. Digital legal application center and targeted online procedure
4. Digitization of correspondence with commercial registers
5. Digital Service Act (DSA)
6. The Digital Market Act
6.1. Author: Marian Härtel

Introduction of the electronic Federal Law Gazette

As of Jan. 1, 2023, there is a fundamental change regarding the promulgation of federal laws and regulations. These are no longer published in the printed Federal Law Gazette, but are only promulgated online in the electronic Federal Law Gazette. Consequently, the electronic Federal Law Gazette is the only binding official version. The amendment of Art. 82 para. 1 Basic Law was passed by the Bundestag and approved by the Bundesrat on 16.12.2022.

In addition, laws and legal ordinances are uploaded as PDF files via a platform of the Federal Office of Justice, which are then available for anyone to download. The exact address of this platform is to be announced before the end of the year.

Video hearing in civil proceedings

Even during the Corona Pandemic, courts were often forced to hold court hearings online. As a lawyer, however, one constantly experienced that many courts were only partially willing to do this or were insufficiently technically equipped. Video technology is now to become mandatory in civil proceedings. To make this possible, it is planned to completely rewrite the central procedural provision of §128a ZPO.

According to the draft of the Federal Ministry of Justice, the following shall apply

  • In the future, courts will be able to order video hearings for parties to proceedings.
  • A consensual agreement of the video hearing by the parties to the proceedings shall also be obligatory for the court, whereby parties to the proceedings may also apply for exceptions for themselves under certain conditions.
  • In order to comply with the principle of publicity pursuant to §169 para. 1 sentence 1 GVG, the video hearing is to be broadcast in a room in the court that is accessible to the public. This would ensure that spectators could continue to watch a trial in the courthouse.

The draft law is currently being submitted to the states and associations for voting and comment.

Digital legal application center and targeted online procedure

In the future, the digital legal application center will serve citizens both as an uncomplicated point of contact in problematic legal cases and as access to simple, comprehensible legal information. Provided that a certain amount in dispute is not exceeded, it should be possible for all citizens to easily enforce claims in a fast, digital way via a completely online procedure.

A corresponding pilot phase for this is to start this year.

Digitization of correspondence with commercial registers

With the Act Amending the Regulations Implementing the Digitization Directive (DiRUG), the possibility of online certification of commercial register applications will be extended to all forms of companies as well as applications to the register of partnerships, cooperatives and codes of conduct as of January 1, 2023.

Digital Service Act (DSA)

The Digital Services Act (DSA) was passed in November 2022, but the regulations will not come into force for several years and are expected to be directly applicable law across the EU from Feb. 17, 2024. The law is intended to provide better protection for users and fundamental rights on the Internet and regulates uniform transparency and accountability obligations throughout the EU. Complementing the e-commerce directive, which is now 20 years old, the DSA primarily regulates the obligations of those digital services that act as intermediaries and provide consumers with access to goods, services and content. I’ve already written up a few tips for businesses in this blog post.

Specifically, the Digital Services Act contains the following provisions:

  • The introduction of equal mechanisms across the EU for reporting illegal content online,
  • the introduction of specialized so-called “trusted whistleblowers” with whom platforms should work to identify and remove illegal content,
  • Regulations to combat fraudsters in online marketplaces, including new ways to track sellers,
  • greater transparency for users through clearer information about T&Cs used and about algorithms used for recommendations (rankings),
  • new right of users to challenge the decisions of platforms when content is removed or restricted,
  • Improved protection for minors on all platforms

 

Users will have new rights to complain, as well as the right to request out-of-court dispute resolution in the event of a complaint. The procedures for reporting and immediately deleting illegal content are to be standardized across Europe in the future as a result of the new regulation. For very large online platforms (45 million users or more), the Commission will be the primary regulator in the future. Smaller platforms are subject to supervision by member countries according to their place of establishment.

Of particular importance to consumers is the granting of a right to compensation for any damage they suffer as a result of a violation of the provisions of the DSA. In the case of very large platforms and search engines, the Commission will have the right to impose fines of up to 6% of a company’s total annual turnover in serious cases.

The Digital Market Act

The provisions of the Digital Market Act (DMA) supplement competition law in particular and limit the power of dominant digital groups. For large digital companies, the new law provides for a code of conduct. In future, they will no longer be allowed to give preference to their own offerings in the rating process. A little more information is available here.

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Marian Härtel ist Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für IT-Recht mit einer über 25-jährigen Erfahrung als Unternehmer und Berater in den Bereichen Games, E-Sport, Blockchain, SaaS und Künstliche Intelligenz. Seine Beratungsschwerpunkte umfassen neben dem IT-Recht insbesondere das Urheberrecht, Medienrecht sowie Wettbewerbsrecht. Er betreut schwerpunktmäßig Start-ups, Agenturen und Influencer, die er in strategischen Fragen, komplexen Vertragsangelegenheiten sowie bei Investitionsprojekten begleitet. Dabei zeichnet sich seine Beratung durch einen interdisziplinären Ansatz aus, der juristische Expertise und langjährige unternehmerische Erfahrung miteinander verbindet. Ziel seiner Tätigkeit ist stets, Mandanten praxisorientierte Lösungen anzubieten und rechtlich fundierte Unterstützung bei der Umsetzung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle zu gewährleisten.

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