Germans do not have to pay capital gains taxes on gold held over 12 months, so this new limitation does not hurt gold investors. It only makes hiding wealth anonymously in gold more difficult. At this stage, this limitation can be circumvented e.g. by buying gold for cash in the neighboring countries. I assume soon all EU countries will stalk gold buyers like Germany.
This 2000€ is a bitchy limit, because now one can't even buy a 50g bar anonymously. Small bars are a bad investment, as the spread (markup) in them is huge,