Law & funding
Digital Product Passport: What Craft Businesses Must Provide
The digital product passport requires data on origin, carbon footprint, and recyclability—including from small suppliers.
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Obligations, deadlines and funding around digitalisation.
7 articles · last updated 23 September 2026
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Battery Passport: QR Code Creates Clarity for Trades Businesses
The battery passport bundles information on origin, carbon footprint and recycling in a QR code, creating opportunities for repair and sustainability.
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Law & funding
Record retention periods 2026: What can go now
Which tax records can be discarded in 2026? A practical guide for trade businesses checking documents before permanently deleting files or records.
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Cash Register Requirements, Retirement Planning, Fraud: What Matters Now
COVID special payments, fraudulent emails, and electronic cash registers: Craft businesses should review these tax-related issues now.
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Cash Register Management from 2027: These Changes Are Planned
A draft law proposes changes to the receipt issuance requirement and cash register inspections. What craft businesses should prepare now.
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E-Invoicing in Construction: Two Simplifications Until 2030
Construction companies may attach bills of quantities and list progress payments in the final invoice—temporarily until June 30, 2030.
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Law & funding
Battery Passport 2027: What Craft Businesses Need to Do
From February 2027, affected batteries will require a digital battery passport. Here is how small craft businesses can prepare in good time.