Germany’s federal parliament has adopted the Kritis‑framework law, designed to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure. The government’s draft bill received a solid majority on Thursday, with the Union (CDU/CSU), the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) all voting in favour. The legislation will transpose the EU’s Critical Infrastructure Resilience (CER) directive into German law. By setting uniform, nationwide rules for the physical protection of essential facilities, the government aims to bolster both the economy’s resilience and the public’s supply security. The law requires the identification of operators of critical installations and institutions of special importance to Europe and mandates their registration. It also establishes national risk analyses and assessments for critical services, embeds core national resilience requirements into the legal framework for operators, and introduces an incident‑reporting system.
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