This is the text that can be found on the official site of Bundesfinanzministerium on tax reform:

"As regards the taxation of dividends, the full imputation system will be applicable in 2001 for the last time. From 2002 onwards the full imputation system will be replaced by the so-called half-income system to make cross-border investment within Europe more
attractive. Under this system, only half of the distributed profits of a corporation will be included in the shareholder's personal income tax base. In return, it will be no longer
necessary to credit the corporation tax paid by the company against the shareholder's income tax."

Another hit:

"As far as the taxation of distributed profits is concerned, the prevailing system - under which corporation tax paid can be set off in full against income tax dues - is to be replaced by the so-called 'half-income procedure' (Halbeinkünfteverfahren). Under this procedure the burden of corporation tax on dividends remains; only half of the value of the net dividends of corporation tax is assessed for the purposes of income tax."