On 10 November 2022 the Bundestag approved the bill submitted by the Federal Government to implement Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 of 22 March 2021 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and modernising tax procedural law (20/3436, 20/4228).
On 22 March 2021, the Council of the European Union adopted an EU Directive expanding the scope of automatic exchange of information to digital platform operators and amending existing provisions on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (“DAC7”).