As of September 27, 2026, the Third Act Amending the Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG)—which transposes Directive (EU) 2024/825 into German law—will come into force. There is no transition period for existing product descriptions, category texts, or promotional materials. The regulation imposes strict requirements on environmental claims in online retail: blanket terms like "eco-friendly" or "sustainable" are prohibited without recognized substantiation; "climate neutrality" based on offsetting cannot be presented as a product feature; and self-created seals lacking a certified verification system are no longer permitted.
Consequently, the initial question is not what you are allowed to write in the future, but rather which texts in your shop are already problematic today. With thousands of products, category texts that have evolved over time, and content pages accumulated over years, answering this manually is impossible.
What the module does
Scans the entire shop – products, categories, content pages, manufacturer texts, and product attributes (per language), including meta fields.
Distinguishes hits from noise. Searches are based on word boundaries and German suffixes: "nachhaltig" (sustainable) also finds "Nachhaltigkeit" (sustainability); "bio" finds "Bio-Baumwolle" (organic cotton) but not "Biotonne" (organic waste bin) or "Bioethanol" (bioethanol). All manufacturer names in the shop are automatically treated as exceptions so that names like "Grüne Erde" or "Bio-Circle" are not flagged as environmental claims.
Evaluates context. A negation or a specific statement—such as "made from 80% recycled material" or "compostable according to EN 13432"—lowers the severity level rather than simply hiding the hit.
Tracks review status. For each hit: mark as "checked and compliant" (with notes and a URL for proof), mark as a "permanent exception," or leave as "pending." The reviewer and date are automatically recorded, and the status is preserved across subsequent scans. Displays progress: a count by severity level and a "X of Y matches processed" bar.
Provides an audit log in CSV format—object, field, term, severity, status, auditor, date, note, and evidence.
Seal registry for documenting environmental logos used, with a warning if the certifying body is missing.
Built for large catalogs
Scanning runs in batches with a progress indicator to prevent timeouts, even for shops with 50,000 items. A second pass checks only what has changed since the last run.No cloud, no dependencies
The module operates entirely within the shop. No external API calls, no data leakage, and no ongoing service costs. The term list is included and fully editable in the admin area; custom entries are preserved during module updates.What the module is explicitly not
A technical auditing tool, not legal advice. It identifies phrases and documents the review process; whether a specific statement is permissible depends on evidence not stored within the shop. The final assessment rests with the operator; in cases of doubt, it should be reviewed by a lawyer. That is precisely the purpose of the export function: it provides proof that a review took place and documents the decision made for each match.Legal basis
Third Act Amending the Act Against Unfair Competition of February 12, 2026, promulgated on February 19, 2026 (BGBl. I 2026 No. 43). New additions to the "blacklist" in the annex to Section 3(3) of the UWG (Act Against Unfair Competition) include, among others: Item 2a (sustainability labels that are neither based on a certification system nor established by the state), 4b (unverifiable general environmental claims), 4b (false statements regarding the scope of an environmental claim), 4c (claims regarding environmental impact in the context of greenhouse gas emission offsetting), and 10a (presenting statutory product requirements as a special feature of the offer). The included list of terms covers precisely these five cases. Under Section 19 of the UWG, violations may be penalized with a fine of up to €50,000; for businesses with an annual turnover exceeding €1.25 million, the fine can reach up to 4% of annual turnover.Technical details (for those interested):
System module; installed via Admin → Modules → System Modules (no manual SQL required).
Purely an admin module: no template modifications, no changes to the frontend.
Tested with modified eCommerce 3.3.0 and PHP 8.3.
Uninstalling deletes only the module settings; the audit log remains intact.
Separate admin permissions for analysis and managing the list of terms.
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