ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/authority.go

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var domains = []domainDef{
 	{"data_protection",
 		[]string{"DSGVO", "GDPR", "BDSG", "EDPB", "DSK", "BfDI", "BayLfD", "DPF"},
 		[]string{"personenbezogen", "betroffene", "datenschutz", "datenschutzbeauftrag", "dsb",
-			"datenpanne", "auskunft", "loesch", "lösch", "einwilligung", "besondere kategorien", "auftragsverarbeiter"}},
+			"datenpanne", "auskunft", "loesch", "lösch", "einwilligung", "besondere kategorien", "auftragsverarbeit"}},
 	{"cyber",
 		[]string{"CRA", "NIS2", "NIS-2", "ENISA", "DORA", "EUCC"},
 		[]string{"security update", "sicherheitsupdate", "sicherheitsaktualisierung", "schwachstelle", "sbom",
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ var domains = []domainDef{
 		nil},
 }
 
+// euPrimaryDomains are domains whose PRIMARY binding act is an EU regulation/directive
+// (DSGVO, CRA/NIS2, AI Act, MaschinenVO). In these domains a NATIONAL implementing law
+// (e.g. BDSG) is subsidiary for general questions — see nationalSubsidiarityPenalty.
+var euPrimaryDomains = map[string]bool{
+	"data_protection": true,
+	"cyber":           true,
+	"ai":              true,
+	"product_safety":  true,
+}
+
 func queryDomain(query string) string {
 	ql := strings.ToLower(query)
 	for _, d := range domains {
@@ -135,6 +145,16 @@ func queryDomain(query string) string {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	// Fallback: an explicit regulation mention (e.g. "DSGVO", "BDSG", "CRA") also signals the
+	// domain — so a question phrased around the act ("... gilt die DSGVO ...") is scoped even
+	// without a topical keyword. Keyword match wins first (more specific).
+	for _, d := range domains {
+		for _, reg := range d.regs {
+			if strings.Contains(ql, strings.ToLower(reg)) {
+				return d.name
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return ""
 }
 

ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/authority_rerank.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const (
 	domainMatchGain   = 0.15
 	offDomainPenalty  = 0.10 // off-domain binding (demoted, not removed)
 	scopePenalty      = 0.25 // BDSG Teil 3 (law enforcement) on a general DP question
+	subsidiarityPen   = 0.18 // national implementing law (BDSG) on a general EU-primary question: SOFT demote, not exclusion
 	topicGain         = 0.18 // amplifier only
 	supersededPenalty = 0.50 // superseded Alt-Quelle (pre-eu-v1): demoted, nicht versteckt
 	intentLiftGain    = 0.10 // epsilon a qualifying interpretative source is lifted ABOVE the best binding
@@ -102,6 +103,15 @@ func authorityScore(query string, r LegalSearchResult, qDomain string, qForeign
 	if qDomain == "data_protection" && scopeClass(r) == "law_enforcement" {
 		score -= scopePenalty
 	}
+	// Subsidiarity: a national implementing law (DE binding, e.g. BDSG) is subsidiary to the
+	// primary EU act for GENERAL questions in an EU-primary domain — UNLESS the query hits a
+	// topic where the national norm is co-primary (DSB §38, special categories §22, ...). The
+	// topic boost below lifts those; here we only SOFT-demote the non-topic national norm, so
+	// it stays visible and can still win on a strongly matching topic. No hard exclusion.
+	if euPrimaryDomains[qDomain] && info.sourceClass == "binding_law" &&
+		info.jurisdiction == "DE" && !resultMatchesTopic(query, r) {
+		score -= subsidiarityPen
+	}
 	if resultMatchesTopic(query, r) {
 		score += topicGain // Verstaerker, kein Override
 	}

ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/authority_rerank_test.go

@@ -72,6 +72,73 @@ func TestRerankByAuthority_Acceptance(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	// Subsidiarity (KB-2026.1 BDSG-pilot regression): a national implementing § that is NOT a
+	// co-primary topic norm must not outrank the primary DSGVO article on a general question.
+	t.Run("subsidiarity dp_05: BDSG §23 below DSGVO Art.6 (Rechtsgrundlage)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := []LegalSearchResult{
+			bindingRes("§ 23 BDSG", "BDSG", "DE", 0.70),
+			bindingRes("Art. 6 DSGVO", "DSGVO", "EU", 0.66),
+		}
+		out := rerankByAuthority("Welche Rechtsgrundlagen erlauben eine Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten?", in)
+		if out[0].RegulationShort != "DSGVO" {
+			t.Fatalf("DSGVO Art.6 must beat general BDSG §, got %q", out[0].ArticleLabel)
+		}
+		if len(out) != 2 {
+			t.Fatalf("BDSG must stay visible (soft demote), got len=%d", len(out))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("subsidiarity dp_08: BDSG §70 below DSGVO Art.28 (Auftragsverarbeitung)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := []LegalSearchResult{
+			bindingRes("§ 70 BDSG", "BDSG", "DE", 0.70), // Teil 3 → scope + subsidiarity
+			bindingRes("Art. 28 DSGVO", "DSGVO", "EU", 0.66),
+		}
+		out := rerankByAuthority("Was muss ein Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag enthalten?", in)
+		if out[0].RegulationShort != "DSGVO" {
+			t.Fatalf("DSGVO Art.28 must beat BDSG §70, got %q", out[0].ArticleLabel)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("subsidiarity dp_11: BDSG §22 below DSGVO Art.32 on a TOM question", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := []LegalSearchResult{
+			bindingRes("§ 22 BDSG", "BDSG", "DE", 0.70),
+			bindingRes("Art. 32 DSGVO", "DSGVO", "EU", 0.66),
+		}
+		out := rerankByAuthority("Welche technischen und organisatorischen Massnahmen verlangt das Datenschutzrecht?", in)
+		if out[0].RegulationShort != "DSGVO" {
+			t.Fatalf("DSGVO Art.32 must beat BDSG §22 on a non-topic TOM question, got %q", out[0].ArticleLabel)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cr_07: a 'DSGVO' mention scopes the domain so BDSG Teil-3 §64 is demoted", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := []LegalSearchResult{
+			bindingRes("§ 64 BDSG", "BDSG", "DE", 0.70), // Teil 3 (law enforcement)
+			bindingRes("Art. 32 DSGVO", "DSGVO", "EU", 0.66),
+		}
+		// Query has no DP keyword but names the DSGVO → domain fallback scopes it data_protection,
+		// so scope+subsidiarity demote the law-enforcement § below the primary norm.
+		out := rerankByAuthority("Welche rechtliche Grundlage gilt fuer technische und organisatorische Massnahmen - DSGVO oder ein Standard?", in)
+		if out[0].RegulationShort != "DSGVO" {
+			t.Fatalf("DSGVO must win on a DSGVO-mention question, got %q", out[0].ArticleLabel)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("co-primary dp_01: BDSG §38 stays top on a DSB question (national special rule)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := []LegalSearchResult{
+			bindingRes("§ 38 BDSG", "BDSG", "DE", 0.66),
+			bindingRes("Art. 37 DSGVO", "DSGVO", "EU", 0.64),
+		}
+		out := rerankByAuthority("Ab wann muss ein Datenschutzbeauftragter benannt werden?", in)
+		// DSB topic → §38 is co-primary (topic-matched, NOT subsidiarity-demoted) and keeps its
+		// semantic lead; Art. 37 stays a close second. Both remain top-2.
+		if out[0].RegulationShort != "BDSG" {
+			t.Fatalf("BDSG §38 (DSB co-primary) must stay top, got %q", out[0].ArticleLabel)
+		}
+		if out[1].RegulationShort != "DSGVO" {
+			t.Fatalf("Art. 37 DSGVO must stay co-primary second, got %q", out[1].ArticleLabel)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("nothing is dropped and topic amplifies", func(t *testing.T) {
 		in := []LegalSearchResult{
 			guidanceRes("ENISA", "ENISA", 0.72),