This is good as it will protect the consumers from shady ATMs.
1. this is somewhat old news
2. unlicensed operators in Germany are just putting their machines in new locations instead (and changing the company name/branding)
Germany is indeed a big market for ATMs, so it makes it quite easy for the machines to hide amongst the crowd

They can be very fast at times. One way to protect against this is to also punish the entity that accepts the ATM placement.