Federal government creates oligopolitan structures in the test market and puts medium-sized companies under pressure: TÜV association calls for improvements

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The Federal Government is implementing the EU directive for sustainability reporting. The TÜV association criticizes the cabinet design because it creates oligopolitan structures in the test market and puts medium-sized business under pressure. It is demanded that the Bundestag re -improve the law and open the test market. Read more about this in our article.
The Federal Government is implementing the EU directive for sustainability reporting. The TÜV association criticizes the cabinet design because it creates oligopolitan structures in the test market and puts medium-sized business under pressure. It is demanded that the Bundestag re -improve the law and open the test market. Read more about this in our article. (Symbolbild/MB)

Criticism of the new CSR law: TÜV association warns urgent improvements to

The Federal Government has implemented the EU Directive for Sustainability Reporting (CSRD) in German law. But the TÜV association criticizes the implementation and demands improvements. In particular, the association criticizes the creation of oligopolitan structures in the test market and the strain on medium -sized companies. Now the Bundestag is required to revise the law in the parliamentary procedure and open the test market.

According to the EU Directive CSRD, companies in the European Union must also create sustainability reports in addition to the financial reports. The federal government's cabinet design stipulates that only auditors may be responsible for examining these reports. Other independent examination service providers with specific specialist and industry knowledge are excluded.

In the association hearing on the CSRD speaker draft, 80 associations have commented. The majority spoke out for the inclusion of independent test service providers and warned of negative consequences. However, the Federal Government ignores these claims and determines a burden on the medium -sized business with the cabinet design. As a result, test capacities are artificially scared and existing know-how remains unused.

The TÜV association sees an opening of the test market as necessary in order to enable a quality competition when examining sustainability reports. The current regulation, on the other hand, leads to a professional competition and limits existing capacities and skills. This does not correspond to the interests of the reporting companies or the basic idea of ​​the CSRD.

dr. Joachim Bühler, Managing Director of the TÜV association, hopes that the German Bundestag will make improvements after the summer break in the sense of the reporting companies. It remains to be seen how the parliamentary procedure will adapt the criticized points of the law.

The inclusion of independent test service providers serves the goal of publishing high -quality and trustworthy sustainability reports. Other EU member states such as France, Spain and Austria have chosen this option. It is therefore important that Germany follows the example and relieves the middle class.

The TÜV association as a representation of the TÜV test organizations is committed to technical and digital security and sustainability. Through independent exams and qualified further training, the association promotes exchange among its members.