Overview
- The cabinet in Dresden adopted the package, presented by State Chancellery head Andreas Handschuh, with a staged rollout beginning in summer 2026.
- A Mantelgesetz is planned before the summer recess to delete roughly 150 state provisions that impose significant reporting and written-procedure requirements.
- Infrastructure approvals will accelerate through tighter deeming rules and, in suitable cases, replacing permits with simple notifications across areas such as building law, planning, environmental protection, flood control, and broadband and mobile networks.
- Citizens will face fewer demands for certified copies, birth certificates, photos, or criminal-record certificates, with electronic notifications becoming the default and municipalities gaining more flexibility through controlled experimentation.
- After a systematic review, the government aims to cut state reporting and documentation obligations by half by the end of 2026, though one report cites completion in 2027, and Saxony intends to drop up to 20 state-level objection procedures ahead of federal action.