Sounds like the reason it went away in the first place wasn't because of concerns of the public, but because Germany and France couldn't agree on the details about who is affected. Given the new proposal, it seems like booth parties might have thought the other's proposal wasn't wide enough.
No, the OP details that the German proposal was to exclude small businesses (<X million per year and <50 employees) but the french wanted the article 13 to hit everyone equally.
