I'm not talking about the German laws. Germany is not the right example for how the EU works because in cases like this they are almost always much, much strict

I'm not talking about the German laws. Germany is not the right example for how the EU works because in cases like this they are almost always much, much stricter than everyone else. The requirements you noted for a business in the more general case (EU-wide, in other words) are much more lax.