Core elements are the introduction of a permit requirement for all prostitution trades and a registration certificate for prostitutes colloquially "whore pass" or "whore ID". The intent of the law was to better protect prostitutes and fight crime. Interest groups criticized the law, which they claim penalizes and endangers prostitutes and a constitutional complaint was filed in June Any person who, in the past 5 years, has been convicted of crimes or offences against sexual orientation , assault , forced prostitution , extortion , money laundering , fraud or has been convicted of violations of the Residence Act , is not considered reliable and therefore can not operate a prostitution business in Germany.
Additionally, persons who belong to unapproved banned clubs or have belonged in the last 10 years, are usually not regarded as reliable. Advertising for certain sexual services, such as sexual intercourse without a condom or with a pregnant women, is prohibited in the cases mentioned in Section 32 3 ProstSchG. This abolished the immorality of prostitution on 1 January , which for the first time prostitutes and their clients could enter a legally effective prostitution agreement.
Prostitutes could now obtain access to social security. Critics described this law as too liberal, it made Germany the "brothel of Europe", while defenders saw the shortcomings in the implementation. In its coalition agreement, the SPD , the CDU and the CSU decided in to regulate and introduce "regulatory control options" on the one hand "to better protect women from trafficking and forced prostitution " and on the other to "punish the perpetrators more consistently".
The demand of the Union to reintroduce compulsory medical examinations for prostitutes, [7] was as well as the requirement for a minimum age of 21 years [7] was not included in the law. These demands had been criticised in an open letter after their becoming known by women's and social organisations including German Women's Council, German Lawyers Association, Diakonie and German Aidshilfe as inappropriate.
In the explanatory memorandum to the bill, which the Federal Government submitted to the Bundestag in May , it was explained that prostitution was "an economic sector in which substantial revenues are generated and which [ However, prostitution is also "an area in which fundamental rights such as sexual self-determination , personal freedom, health and personal rights of those involved are in fact at particular risk.
