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- At most five questions: size-independent special cases, sector and company size.
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What the check is based on
The questions follow the statute, not a rule of thumb. Every classification names the provision it follows from.
§ 28 BSIG
Classification as an essential or important entity by entity type (Annexes 1 and 2) and size, plus size-independent special cases.
BSIG 2025 · Directive (EU) 2022/2555
Germany's transposition of the NIS2 Directive has been in force since 6 December 2025.
SME Recommendation 2003/361/EC
Yardstick for headcount, annual turnover and balance sheet total (§ 28(4) BSIG).