I don't know. I live in Germany and the files are also stored in /sdcard/WhatsApp/ And also the message databases are under there, ready to be copied and decrypted.

You can also access the unencrypted messagestore database, if you have root access. For me, it is located at : /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases/msgstore.db

On iOS you can't export chats anymore if you're located in Germany.

https://ga.de/news/digitale-welt/gericht-verbietet-whatsapp-...