#Germany

From 2 August 2026 the AI Act's transparency rules apply to chatbots that talk to people, and the GDPR has applied to their data all along. This guide turns both into a practical set of design decisions for a German business deploying a customer-service bot.

The VerpackDG replaced the old Packaging Act on 12 August 2026, but LUCID registration still comes before the first German parcel. This guide lists the registrations, duties, dates and data a web shop needs.