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The Substitute Building Materials Ordinance is intended to harmonize the circular economy in construction, but legal uncertainty and bureaucracy are holding it back. How can a breakthrough be achieved?
KPMG Law expert Simon Meyer has the answers.
“In Germany, we should take a very close look at the Substitute Building Materials Ordinance and analyze what is lacking in reality. On this basis, we should then quickly make improvements, simplify and create a truly uniform national framework.”
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