2026
Preparation and technical testing
This year, a pension institution can prepare: clarifying its own role as data provider, reviewing its data and technical testing.
Register modernisation
NOOTS – the National Once-Only Technical System
Evidence that the administration already holds should not be requested again. NOOTS is the technical basis for this – and therefore also the infrastructure to which pension institutions will connect in future. Preparation from 2026, productive connection as part of the upcoming nationwide rollout; a specific introduction date for pension institutions has not yet been set.
What is it?
NOOTS, briefly explained.
NOOTS stands for National Once-Only Technical System and is the technical basis for register modernisation in Germany. The target picture: evidence that the administration already holds should not be requested again. Instead, citizens and companies can have evidence retrieved electronically – legally compliant and secure.
NOOTS is a joint project of the federal government and the federal states. It connects the national registers and, in the long term, creates the interface to the European Once-Only Technical System.
Basic process
Three roles.
01
Online service or specialist procedure
Requests a piece of evidence. In this role, it is the data consumer.
02
NOOTS with secure connection node
Forwards the request – the transport infrastructure of the procedure.
03
Register
Supplies the evidence. In this role, it is the data provider.
Core elements
Three building blocks.
NOOTS
Transport infrastructure for evidence retrievalIDA
Identification number and basic dataDSC
Transparency about data retrievals
The benefit: fewer multiple requests, fewer media discontinuities, faster administrative processes and secure retrieval of evidence.
Status September 2026
Where the project really stands.
NOOTS itself has been live since January 2026. A version for the broad technical nationwide rollout is to be available by the end of 2026.
2027
Step-by-step connection
From the end of 2026 and in the course of 2027, connection is realistically possible – as soon as the nationwide rollout for register type 08 has started.
2028
Tax identification number
The registers named in the IDNrG – including the pension institutions – are to have implemented the tax identification number as an additional reference attribute by 31/12/2028. This is the only concrete deadline in this area today.
A clarification, because the opposite is often stated: There is currently no legal obligation for pension institutions to use NOOTS from the beginning of 2027. A binding introduction date for pension institutions has not yet been set.
For netPension®, this means: we follow the development and prepare the software for the connection. With us, adjustments to changed procedures are part of software maintenance and not a separate project – you do not have to keep track of the nationwide rollout yourself.
Status of this information: September 2026. The page will be updated as soon as the nationwide rollout for register type 08 has been scheduled.
Would you like to see how this would look for you?
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