§ 43 BDSG
Administrative fine provisions
(1)A person who intentionally or negligently 1 fails to handle a request for information correctly, contrary to Section 30 Subsection (1), or; 2 fails to inform a consumer, or fails to inform a consumer correctly, completely or in a timely manner, contrary to Section 30 Subsection (2), first sentence,shall be deemed to have committed an administrative offence.
(2)The administrative offence may be sanctioned with an administrative fine of up to fifty thousand euros.
(3)No administrative fines shall be imposed on authorities and other public bodies within the meaning of Section 2 Subsection (1).
(4)A notification pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or a communication pursuant to Article 34 Subsection (1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 may only be used in proceedings under the Act on Administrative Offences against the person obliged to notify or communicate or his or her relatives designated in Section 52 Subsection (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with the consent of the person obliged to notify or communicate.