Digitalisierung als Herausforderung für das Rechtsregime des Handwerks

Digitization is changing work tools and processes, customer acquisition opportunities and business models in the skilled crafts sector. This study examines the effects of this change on the applicability of the Crafts Code and the adequacy of this legal framework. The focus is on the demarcation of skilled crafts from industrial production, the demarcation of the stationary trade from the itinerant trade and the identification of the operation unit that is relevant for the applicability of the Crafts Code in different platform models. This study examines the aspects concerned and points out options for a future-oriented interpretation of the current law as well as for its further development.