Reform of Germany’s Foreign Trade and Payments Act: Significantly harsher penalties – urgent need for action by companies – smarti GmbH

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By: Dr. Astrid Lilie

Status: 2025-09-29

Compliance, EU, Corporate law, Germany, News, Commercial law, Investment, Customs / Export control, Commercial criminal law

Reform of Germany’s Foreign Trade and Payments Act: Significantly harsher penalties – urgent need for action by companies

The current draft bill by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to amend the Foreign Trade and Payments Act (AWG-E) serves to implement EU Sanctions Directive 2024/1226 and at the same time leads to a significant expansion of criminal and administrative fine law in the context of foreign trade law. The reform […]

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