Overview
- The temporary fuel tax cut known as the tankrabatt will end on 30 June 2026, which will let fuel taxes return to previous levels and could add roughly €0.17 per litre at the pump with the exact timing of price rises varying by station because of midday price-change rules and older low-tax stocks.
- New online withdrawal rules take effect on 19 June 2026 and require a visible digital withdrawal button or link that redirects users to a dedicated cancellation page; the rules also ban manipulative 'dark patterns' and set firm maximum withdrawal windows for finance and insurance contracts.
- From 14 June 2026 honey labels must list every country of origin and show percentage shares for blended products, while jars bottled before the cutoff may still be sold under the old rules.
- Commercial moves in June include Starlink raising German consumer and travel tariffs by up to €6 per month, and major carriers Deutsche Telekom and 1&1 discontinuing MMS service on 30 June 2026 as messaging shifts to apps and RCS.
- New organ-donation rules expand options by allowing paired (cross-exchange) donations and permitting anonymous living donations to unknown recipients, a change regulators say is intended to increase transplant opportunities and will be overseen by health authorities.