Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag

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BTGO 1980

Date of completion: 25.06.1980

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" Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag of 25 June 1980 (BGBl. 1237), most recently by decision d. Bundestag of 3 April 2014 has been amended "

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Last amended by decision d. Bundestag (Bundestag) v. 3.4.2014 according to Bek. v. 23.4.2014 I 534

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On 25 June 1980 the German Bundestag adopted the following recast of its Rules of Procedure. The recast version is 1. October 1980, in force. It replaces the Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag in the version of the notice of 22 May 1970 (BGBl. 628), as last amended by Decision of 19 June 1975 (Notice of 24 June 1975-BGBl. I p. 1848).

I.
Election of the President, the Deputy and the Secretary-General

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§ 1 Constitution

(1) The newly elected Bundestag shall be convened at its first meeting by the former President at the latest for the thirtieth day after the election (Article 39 of the Basic Law). (2) In the first session of the Bundestag, the oldest or, if it refuses to chair the next oldest member of the Bundestag until the newly elected President or one of his deputites takes over the office. (3) The oldest member of the Bundestag shall appoint members of the Bundestag to provisional authors. (4) After the quorum is established, the election of the President, the Deputy and the Secretary of the Secretary shall be made. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Election of the President and the Deputy

(1) The Bundestag shall elect the President and his deputiors for the duration of the parliamentary term by means of covert ballot papers (§ 49) in special election acts. Each parliamentary group of the German Bundestag is represented by at least one Vice-President or a Vice-President in the Bureau. (2) It is elected who receives the votes of the majority of the members of the Bundestag. If there is no majority in the first ballot, new candidates may be proposed for a second ballot. If there is no majority of the votes of the members of the Bundestag, a third ballot shall be held. In the case of only one candidate, the candidate shall be elected if he or she unites the majority of the votes cast. In the case of a number of candidates, the two candidates with the highest number of votes are shortlisted, who is elected, who is the one who unites the most votes. In the event of a tie, the lot shall be decided by the President-in-Office. (3) Further ballots with an unsuccessful candidate in the third ballot shall be admissible only by appointment in the Council of Elders of the Elder. If new candidates are proposed after the procedure referred to in paragraph 2 has expired, new candidates shall be entered in the electoral procedure referred to in paragraph 2. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Election of the author

The Bundestag shall decide the number of written records. They may be elected jointly on the basis of a proposal from the political groups. In determining the number of written guides and their distribution to the political groups, § 12 shall be taken into account.

II.
Election of the Federal Chancellor

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Section 4 Election of the Federal Chancellor

The election of the Federal Chancellor (Article 63 of the Basic Law) is carried out with concealed ballot papers (§ 49). Proposals for election to the ballots referred to in Article 63 (3) and (4) of the Basic Law shall be signed by a quarter of the members of the Bundestag or a political group comprising at least a quarter of the members of the Bundestag.

III.
President, Bureau and Elders ' Council

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§ 5 Presidium

The President and the Vice-Presidents shall form the Bureau. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Elders ' Council

(1) The Council of Elders shall consist of the President, his deputies and twenty-three other members to be appointed by the political groups in accordance with Section 12. The convocation shall be the responsibility of the President. He must convene him if a political group or five of the hundreds of the members of the Bundestag demand it. (2) The Council of Elders supports the President in the conduct of business. It shall conduct an agreement between the political groups on the occupation of the posts of committee chairmen and their deputies, as well as on the work plan of the Bundestag. In the performance of these tasks, the Council of Elders is not a decision-making body. (3) The Council of Elders decides on the internal affairs of the Bundestag, insofar as they are not reserved for the President or the Praesidium. It has the use of the rooms reserved for the Bundestag. It sets out the estimates for the budget section of the Bundestag, from which the Committee on Budgets can only derogate in consultation with the Council of Elders. (4) For the affairs of the Library, the Archives and other documentation, the A permanent subcommittee, which can also belong to members of the Bundestag, who are not members of the Council of Elders, are also members of the Committee on the Rights of the Elderly. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Tasks of the President

(1) The President shall represent the Bundestag and shall regulate his business. He preserves the dignity and rights of the Bundestag, promotes his work, manages the negotiations in a fair and impartial way, and preserves the order in the house. He has a consultative voice in all committees. (2) The president is entitled to house law and police power in all buildings, parts of buildings and land under the administration of the Bundestag. The President shall, in agreement with the Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure, issue a house order. (3) The President shall conclude the contracts of considerable importance for the administration of the Bundestag, in consultation with his or her own Deputites. Expenditure under the budget plan is referred to by the President. (4) The President is the top service authority of the Bundestag officials. He shall appoint and place the Bundestag officials in accordance with the legal and general administrative provisions and shall retire them. The non-officials of the Bundestag shall also be recruited and dismissed by the President. Measures referred to in the second and third sentences shall be taken by the President, in so far as officials of the higher service or correspondingly classified employees are concerned, in consultation with the Vice-Presidents, to the extent that senior officials (A 16 and above) or set, promoted and/or (5) Paragraph 4 shall also apply to the persons employed by the conscription officer. Measures referred to in the fourth sentence of paragraph 4 shall be carried out in consultation with the conscription officer. For the appointment, appointment, implementation, transfer and revocation of the senior official, the agreement with the conscription officer is required. The conscription has the right to make proposals for all the decisions referred to in paragraph 4. (6) If the President is prevented from representing him, one of his deputits shall represent him from the second strongest group. Unofficial table of contents

§ 8 Session of the meeting

(1) In the sessions of the Bundestag, the President-in-Office and two written records shall form the chair of the meeting. (2) The President shall, in agreement with his deputiors, determine the order of representation. If the President and the Vice-President are prevented at the same time, the oldest Member shall take over the management. (3) The elected records shall not be available for a sitting of the Bundestag in sufficient numbers, the current President shall appoint the President. President other members of the Bundestag as deputy. Unofficial table of contents

§ 9 Tasks of the author

The writers support the President. They have to read the records, to negotiate, to lead the list of speakers, to call up the names, to collect the ballot papers and to count, to monitor the correction of the plenary protocols and other matters of the Bundestag shall be held in accordance with the instructions of the President. The President distributes the business.

IV.
Political groups

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Section 10 Education of political groups

(1) The political groups shall be associations of at least five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag belonging to the same party or parties who are not competing with each other in any country on the basis of equal political objectives. If members of the Bundestag join together in deviation from the first sentence, the recognition as a political group shall require the approval of the Bundestag. (2) The formation of a political group, its name, the names of the chairpersons, members and guests shall be the subject of the (3) Political groups may include guests who do not count in the determination of the strength of the fraction, but must be taken into account in the assessment of the shares (§ 12). (4) Members of the Bundestag, who are without the need for a minimum fraction of a fraction, can be considered as Group is recognized. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall apply to them accordingly. (5) Technical working groups between political groups may not lead to a change in the number of posts to which the particular political groups are entitled according to their strength. Unofficial table of contents

Section 11 Order of political groups

According to the strength of the fractions, their order is determined. With the same level of fraction, the lot that is drawn by the President at a meeting of the Bundestag decides. Members ' seats are counted until they are refilled with the group, which they have previously held. Unofficial table of contents

Section 12 Job shares of political groups

The composition of the Council of Elders and of the committees, as well as the arrangements for the Presidency of the committees, shall be carried out in proportion to the strength of the various political groups. The same principle will be applied in elections to be carried out by the Bundestag.

V.
The members of the Bundestag

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§ 13 Rights and duties of the members of the Bundestag

(1) Each member of the Bundestag shall follow his conviction and his conscience during speeches, acts, votes and elections. (2) The members of the Bundestag shall be obliged to participate in the proceedings of the Bundestag. An attendance register shall be laid out on each day of the sitting, in which the members of the Bundestag shall have to register. The consequences of the non-application and non-participation in a roll-call vote result from the law on the legal relations of the members of the German Bundestag (Act of Depuals of Representatives). Unofficial table of contents

§ 14 Holiday

Leave granted to the President. Leave is not granted for an indefinite period of time. Unofficial table of contents

§ 15 Dispute and loss of membership

The rights of a member of the Bundestag, whose membership is challenged, shall be governed by the provisions of the Electoral Examination Act. According to this law, the loss of membership is also governed. Unofficial table of contents

Section 16 File inspection and assessment

(1) Members of the Bundestag shall be entitled to inspect all files which are in the custody of the Bundestag or of a committee; the work of the Bundestag or its committees, its chairpersons or rapporteurs may be allowed to: are not hindered by this. It is only possible for the member of the Bundestag in question to inspect personal files and invoices which are conducted by the Bundestag via its members. If other members of the Bundestag wish to see these files as rapporteurs or committee chairmen or persons outside the House, this can only be done with the permission of the President and the member of the Bundestag concerned. Bundestag. Files of the Bundestag, which affect a member of the Bundestag in person, can see it at any time. (2) For use outside the Federal Parliament, files are only handed out to the chairmen or rapporteurs of the committees for their work. (3) The President may approve exceptions. (4) The provisions of the German Bundestag's secret protection order (§ 17) shall apply to cases of closure. Unofficial table of contents

§ 17 Secret Protection Order

The Bundestag shall adopt a rules of confidentiality, which shall form an integral part of these Rules of Procedure (Annex 3). It regulates the treatment of all matters which need to be protected by special security measures against the taking of information by unauthorised persons. Unofficial table of contents

§ 18 Rules of conduct

The rules of conduct to be adopted by the Bundestag pursuant to Section 44b of the Act on the Legal Conditions of Members of the German Bundestag (Members of the German Bundestag) are an integral part of these Rules of Procedure (Annex 1).

VI.
Agenda, convening, management of the meeting and administrative measures

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Section 19 Meetings

The meetings of the Bundestag are public. The public can be excluded in accordance with Article 42 (1) of the Basic Law. Unofficial table of contents

Section 20 Agenda

(1) Date and agenda of each meeting of the Bundestag shall be agreed at the Council of Elders unless the Bundestag decides on it beforehand or the President shall fix it independently pursuant to Section 21 (1). (2) The agenda shall be the members of the Bundestag, the Federal Council and the Federal Government. It shall be deemed to have been established by invoking point 1 if there is no objection. After each plenary meeting has been opened, any member of the Bundestag may request an amendment to the agenda before entry into the relevant agenda if it has submitted the request to the President by at least 6 p.m. of the previous day. (3) Conclusion of the agenda may be discussed other items of negotiation only if not contradicted by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag, or if these Rules of Procedure do not include advice outside the to the agenda. The Bundestag may at any time issue an item of negotiation from the agenda, unless these Rules of Procedure have been determined otherwise. (4) Templates of Members of the Bundestag shall be included on the agenda of the Bundestag at the request of the applicants. (5) If a meeting has been repealed for a quorum, the President may, for the same day, once again be able to have another meeting. Meeting with the same agenda convened. Within this agenda it may determine the date for the repetition of the vote or vote without success or put it off the agenda, unless a political group or five of the members of the committee present have the following five Bundestag is contradicted. Unofficial table of contents

Section 21 convening by the President

(1) The President shall determine the date and the agenda if the Bundestag is empowered to do so or for a reason other than that of being unable to decide. (2) The President shall be convened to convene the Bundestag. If a third of the members of the Bundestag, the Federal President or the Federal Chancellor demand it (Article 39 (3) of the Basic Law). (3) In other cases, the President shall independently hold a meeting or a supplement to the At the beginning of the sitting, the agenda must be approved by the Bundestag . Unofficial table of contents

Section 22 Management of meetings

The President opens, manages and closes the meetings. Before the end of the meeting, the President shall announce the date of the next sitting, in accordance with the agreements reached in the Council of the Elders ' Council or after the Bundestag has decided. Unofficial table of contents

Section 23 Opening of debate

The President shall open the debate on any subject of negotiation which is on the agenda if it is not inadmissible or subject to special conditions. Unofficial table of contents

Section 24 Connection of advice

A decision may be taken at any time to provide for joint deliberations of the same type of item or items of negotiation. Unofficial table of contents

Section 25 Adjournation of the deliberations or the conclusion of a debate

(1) If the list of speakers has been exhausted or no one shall speak, the President shall declare the debate closed. (2) The Bundestag may, at the request of a political group or of five persons present, advise the Bundestag defer or close the debate. The request at the end of the debate shall take place in the vote on the request for adjournation. A request at the end of the debate may not be put to the vote until at least one of the political groups has come to the vote. Unofficial table of contents

Section 26 Meeting of the sitting

The sitting may be postponed only if the Bundestag decides, on a proposal from the President or at the request of a political group or of five of the members present, of the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 27 Worter-division and word-message

(1) A member of the Bundestag may only speak if he has given the floor to the President. If the President himself wishes to take part in the debate as a speaker, he shall be in the chair during that time. Members of the Bundestag who wish to speak on the matter shall, as a general rule, report to the Secretary of the Commission who leads the list of speakers. On a point of order and on making statements, requests may be made by acclamation. (2) Members of the Bundestag shall report to the speaker on questions of interim questions and intermediate remarks in the debate on a negotiated subject about the hall microphones. Intermediate questions and intermediate remarks, which must be concise and concise, may not be made until the speaker adorns them for a corresponding question from the President. Following a contribution to the debate, the President may give the floor to an interim notice of not more than three minutes, and the speaker may reply again. Unofficial table of contents

Section 28 Order of speakers

(1) The President shall determine the order of speakers. In doing so, it is intended to guide the concern for the proper execution and proper conduct of the deliberations, the consideration of the various party directions, and the strength of the political groups; in particular, after the speech of a The first speaker in the debate on templates of members of the Bundestag shall not belong to the group of the applicant. Applicants and rapporteurs may request the floor before the beginning of the debate and after the end of the debate. The rapporteur has the right to speak at any time. Unofficial table of contents

§ 29 On The Rules Of

(1) The President shall give priority to a motion for a resolution on the Rules of Procedure. The application must relate to the subject of the negotiations under discussion or to the agenda. (2) The President may, in the case of procedural motions to which it is necessary to comply (request), apply to the applicant, (3) If a member of the Bundestag has the right to speak on a point of order, without wishing to speak on a motion for a resolution or to submit a request for a resolution, the President shall issue the following (4) On a point of order, the individual speaker shall not be allowed to for more than five minutes. Unofficial table of contents

Section 30 Declaration on the debate

A statement of the debate shall be taken after the debate has been closed, interrupted or adjourn. As a matter of priority, the President may give the floor for direct reply. The cause shall be communicated to him at the time of the speech. A statement of debate shall only be allowed to reject statements which have taken place in the debate on their own person, or to rectify their own statements; it shall not take more than five minutes. Unofficial table of contents

Section 31 Explanation of vote

(1) At the end of the debate, any Member of the Bundestag may, for the final vote, make an oral statement, which may not take more than five minutes, or make a short written statement in the minutes of the plenary sitting. , The President shall give the floor to a statement as a rule before the vote. (2) Any Member of the Bundestag may declare before the vote that it shall not take part in the vote. Unofficial table of contents

Section 32 Declaration outside the agenda

If an actual or personal statement is outside the agenda, the President may give the floor to a debate before entering the agenda, following the conclusion, interruption or adjournation of the agenda. The cause shall be communicated to him at the time of the speech. The declaration shall not last longer than five minutes. Unofficial table of contents

§ 33 Speech

The speakers generally speak in free speech. You can use recordings here. Unofficial table of contents

§ 34 Place of the Redner

The speakers shall speak of the room microphones or the lectern for this purpose. Unofficial table of contents

§ 35 speaking time

(1) The design and duration of the debate on a negotiated subject shall be determined by the Bundestag on a proposal from the Elder Council. If the Council of Elders does not reach an agreement in accordance with the first sentence, or if the Bundestag decides otherwise, the individual speaker may not speak for more than 15 minutes in the debate. At the request of a political group, one of their speakers may have a speaking time of up to 45 minutes. The President may extend these speaking times if the subject-matter of the negotiations or the course of the debate so suggests. (2) If a member of the Federal Government, the Federal Council or one of its representatives shall be responsible for more than 20 minutes, the President shall be able to: (3) If a member of the Bundestag exceeds his speaking time, the President shall, after a one-off reminder, withdraw his/her speaking time. Unofficial table of contents

§ 36 Sach-and order-call, word-drawing

(1) The President may refer the matter to the speaker, not to mention the subject of the negotiated procedure. He may call members of the Bundestag, if they violate the order or the dignity of the Bundestag, with the naming of the name to order. The calling and the occasion may not be dealt with by the following speakers. (2) If a speaker is called to order three times during a speech, or three times, and the second time, the consequences of a third call to the cause or to the order of order, the President shall withdraw the word and shall not give it back in the same debate on the same subject of negotiations. Unofficial table of contents

§ 37 Order money

In view of a not only minor violation of the order or the dignity of the Bundestag, the President may fix a fine of EUR 1 000 against a Member of the Bundestag, even without a call for order. In case of recurrence, the order will be increased to 2 000 Euro. Section 38 (2) shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

§ 38 Exclusion of members of the Bundestag

(1) For the duration of the sitting, the President may, for the duration of the sitting, be out of the hall due to a serious breach of the order or the dignity of the Bundestag the President of the Bundestag, even without having received a call for order or by fixing a monetary order. reference. Until the end of the meeting, the President shall announce the possibility of excluding the Member concerned for the number of sitting days. A member of the Bundestag may be excluded up to thirty days of sitting. (2) A conclusion of a meeting may also be issued subsequently, at the latest in the sitting following the grossly violated order or the dignity of the Bundestag, , if the President expressly states during the sitting an infringement of the order or of the dignity of the Bundestag and reserves the right to a posterior session exclusion. The second and third sentences of paragraph 1 shall apply mutatily. An already issued order call does not exclude a subsequent session exclusion. (3) The member concerned has to leave the meeting room immediately. If the request does not comply, it shall be pointed out by the President that his conduct may result in an extension of the exclusion. (4) During the duration of his exclusion, the Member concerned shall not be entitled to: (5) The Member concerned shall seek to take part in the meetings of the Bundestag or its committees in accordance with the second sentence of paragraph 3. (6) The Member concerned shall not be deemed to have been on a leave of absence. It should not be included in the attendance register. Unofficial table of contents

Section 39 objection to disciplinary measures

The member of the Bundestag may appeal in writing against the call for order (§ 36), the order fee (§ 37) and the conclusion of the meeting (§ 38). The objection shall be placed on the agenda of this sitting. The Bundestag decides without debate. The objection has no suspensive effect. Unofficial table of contents

Section 40 Interruption of the sitting

If disturbing unrest arises in the Bundestag, which calls into question the progress of the negotiations, the President may suspend or revoke the sitting for a certain period of time. If he cannot make himself heard, he will leave the Chair; the sitting will be interrupted. The President shall convene for the continuation of the sitting. Unofficial table of contents

Section 41 Further disciplinary measures

(1) Members of the session who are not members of the Bundestag, and listeners shall be subject to the authority of the President. (2) Anyone who expresses applause or dismay in the grandstand or violates order and decency may, on the order of the President, are removed immediately. The President can leave the tribune clear because of disturbing unrest. Unofficial table of contents

§ 42 Herbeirufung of a member of the Federal Government

The Bundestag may, at the request of a political group or of five persons present, decide on the election of a member of the Federal Government by the hundreds of members of the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 43 Right to be heard at all times

Pursuant to Article 43 (2) of the Basic Law, the members of the Federal Government and the Federal Council, as well as their representatives, must be heard at all times. Unofficial table of contents

Section 44 Reopening of debate

(1) After the end of the debate or after the end of the speaking time decided upon by a member of the Federal Government, the Bundesrat or one of its representatives on the subject matter of the negotiations, the debate shall be reopened. in the course of the debate, a member of the Federal Government, the Bundesrat or one of its representatives shall speak on the subject of the negotiations, the political groups whose speaking time has already been exhausted on this item shall have the right to: once a quarter of their speaking time. (3) A Member the Federal Government, the Federal Council or any of its representatives shall speak the word outside the agenda, at the request of a political group or five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag present, the debate on his remarks shall be: opens. No substantive requests may be made in this debate. Unofficial table of contents

Section 45 Determination of the quorum
Consequences of the quorum

(1) The Bundestag shall be quorum if more than half of its members are present in the meeting room. (2) Before the start of a vote, the quorum shall be decided by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. In doubt and not unanimously in the case of the meeting of the meeting, or if the decision-making capacity is doubted by the Chair of the meeting, in agreement with the political groups, the quorum shall, in connection with the vote, be determined by counting the votes cast in accordance with § 51, in the course of a core-time debate in the proceedings according to § 52. The President may suspend the vote for a short period of time. (3) In the event of a quorum, the President shall lift the sitting immediately. Section 20 (5) shall apply. A request for a roll-call vote shall remain in force. (4) Regardless of the procedure laid down in paragraphs 1 to 3, the President may, in agreement with the political groups, interrupt the sitting in the case of nuclear-time debates, if the Board of sitting doubts that 25 of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag are present. The determination of the presence shall be carried out in accordance with § 52. Unofficial table of contents

§ 46 Question

The President puts the questions in such a way that they can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'. As a general rule, they are to be consulted in such a way as to ask whether or not consent is given. The text may be requested to speak on a point of order. The Bundestag shall decide against the proposed version. Unofficial table of contents

Section 47 Division of the question

Any member of the Bundestag may request the division of the question. If the admissibility of the division is doubtful, the applicant, otherwise the Bundestag, shall decide upon requests from members of the Bundestag. Immediately before the vote, the question shall be read on request. Unofficial table of contents

Section 48 Voting rules

(1) Tuned by hand signs or by standing up or sitting. In the final vote on draft laws (§ 86), the vote shall be taken up by standing up or sitting. (2) Unless the Basic Law, a federal law or these Rules contain other provisions, the simple majority shall decide. (3) If a certain majority is required by the Basic Law, a federal law or these Rules of Procedure for a decision or election, the President shall expressly state that the assent of the the required majority. Unofficial table of contents

§ 49 Elections with covert ballot papers

(1) Insofar as elections by the Bundestag with covert (official) ballot papers are required in a federal law or in these Rules of Procedure, the election shall be held secret. The ballot papers may only be handed out before entering the voting cell (in the case of a name call). The electoral cells to be used in order to ensure a secret ballot shall be used in the voting. The marked ballot papers must be placed in the ballot boxes scheduled for this purpose. (2) Section 56 (6) (4) of the Federal Electoral Regulations shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

Section 50 Procedure in the selection of the seat of a federal authority

(1) If a draft law has to be decided on the seat of a federal authority, the selection shall be made if more than two proposals are made for the seat of the authority before the final vote. (2) The Bundestag shall elect by name-voting papers, on that is to be written to the place where you want to. Elected is the place that receives the majority of votes. If there is no such majority, in a second ballot, the two places shall be elected, which have received the highest number of votes in the first ballot. (3) This provision shall apply accordingly if it is to be decided on the basis of the seat of a federal authority in the course of the deliberation of an application. (4) In the same way, the procedure shall be followed if it is the case. the determination of competences and similar decisions, and if more than two different applications are made. Unofficial table of contents

Section 51 Counting of votes

(1) If the head of the meeting does not agree on the outcome of the vote, the counter-sample shall be taken. If he does not agree with her, the votes are counted. On the orders of the meeting board, the count shall be counted in accordance with paragraph 2. (2) After the members of the Bundestag have left the meeting room at the request of the President, the doors shall be closed down to three voting doors. At each of these doors there are two written guides. On a sign from the President, the members of the Bundestag enter the meeting room again by means of the door marked "yes", "no" or "abstention", and are counted according to the written records. In order to end the count, the President shall give a sign. Members of the Bundestag, who will enter later, will not be counted. The President and the servants of the Service shall publicly give their votes. The President announces the result. Unofficial table of contents

Section 52 Roll-call vote

A roll-call vote may be required until the opening of the vote by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. Written guides collect the voting cards in urns, which bear the name of the voting and the explanation "Yes" or "No" or "contain me". After the collection has been completed, the President shall declare the vote closed. The writers count the votes. The President announces the result. Unofficial table of contents

Section 53 Inadmissibility of the roll-call vote

Roll-call vote shall be inadmissible on

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Strength of the Committee,

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Abbreviation of the time limits,

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the time and agenda of the meeting,

d)

Adjournation of the sitting,

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Adjourning the deliberation or conclusion of the debate,

f)

Division of the question,

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Transfer to a committee.

VII.
Committees

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Section 54 Standing committees and special committees

(1) In order to prepare the negotiations, the Bundestag shall set up standing committees. He may use special committees for individual matters. (2) In so far as the Basic Law or federal laws require or permit the establishment of committees, the setting up and the procedure shall be governed by the provisions of this Regulation. Rules of procedure, unless otherwise specified in the Basic Law, in the Federal laws or in special business orders. Unofficial table of contents

Section 55 Establishment of subcommittees

(1) In order to prepare its work, each committee may, from its centre, use subcommittees with certain contracts, unless a third of its members disagree. In exceptional cases, the political groups may also designate members of the Bundestag who do not belong to the committee. (2) In determining the chairman of the subcommittee, the committee shall be elected on the basis of the strength ratio of the various political groups. (§ 12). If the Subcommittee is to be used for a certain period of time, it may be disbanded prematurely if one third of the members of the Committee are not in conflict; the Committee may, moreover, dissolve the Subcommittee at any time. The Subcommittee shall submit its report to the Committee. (3) In a subcommittee, each political group represented in the Committee shall be represented at least with one Member at its request. In addition, the principles of § 12 must be taken into account. (4) If a proposal has been referred to a number of committees for advice or if a matter of negotiation falls within the remit of several committees, they may be subject to a common Form Subcommittee. Unofficial table of contents

Section 56 Enquete-Commission

(1) In order to prepare decisions on comprehensive and significant substantive complexes, the Bundestag may use an Enquete Commission. At the request of one quarter of its members, it shall be obliged to do so. The request must be the order of the Commission. (2) The members of the Commission shall be appointed by agreement of the political groups and appointed by the President. If an agreement cannot be reached, the political groups shall designate the members in proportion to their strength. With the exception of the members of the political groups referred to in paragraph 3, the number of members of the Commission shall not exceed nine. (3) Each political group may send a member to the Commission, including a number of members, upon decision of the Bundestag. (4) The Enquete Commission shall submit its report in time for a debate to be held in the Bundestag by the end of the parliamentary term. If a final report cannot be refunded, an interim report shall be submitted, on the basis of which the Bundestag will decide whether or not the Enquete Commission should continue or cease its work. Unofficial table of contents

§ 56a Techniksequence analyses

(1) It is the responsibility of the Committee for Research, Technology and Technology Assessment to arrange for the analyses of technology and to prepare and evaluate it for the German Bundestag. The Committee on Research, Technology and Technology Assessment has set out principles for the preparation of the To draw up technical impact analyses and to make these principles the starting point of its decision on a case-by-case basis. Unofficial table of contents

§ 57 Membership of committees

(1) The system for a composition of committees corresponding to § 12 and the number of members shall be determined by the Bundestag. Each member of the Bundestag shall in principle belong to a committee. (2) The political groups shall appoint the members of the committee and their substitutes. The President shall appoint non-attached Members of the Bundestag as advisory committee members. (3) The President shall announce the members of the Bundestag for the first time and the subsequent amendments to the Bundestag. (4) In order to assist the members, the Participation of a group co-worker of each political group shall be admitted to the committee meetings. Unofficial table of contents

Section 58 Determination of the Chairperson and his deputy

The committees shall determine their chairpersons and their alternates in accordance with the agreements reached in the Council of Elders. Unofficial table of contents

§ 59 Rights and duties of the Chairman

(1) The chairman shall be responsible for the preparation, convening and management of committee meetings and for the implementation of committee decisions. (2) The chairman shall give the floor in the order of the speeches, taking into account the principle of § 28 (1) sentence 2. (3) Members of the sitting who are not members of the Bundestag, and listeners shall be subject to the chairman's authority during the meeting. (4) If the proper conduct of a meeting is no longer guaranteed, the Chairman shall interrupt the sitting or in agreement with the political groups in the Terminate the Committee. Unofficial table of contents

Section 60 convening of committee meetings

(1) The Chairman may convene committee meetings independently within the framework of the meeting possibilities for committees (time schedule) defined by the Council of Elders, unless the Committee decides otherwise on a case-by-case basis. (2) The Chairman shall be responsible for the Convening at the earliest possible date within the timetable shall be required if a political group or at least one third of the members of the committee are required to make an appointment. (3) To convene a meeting outside the agenda of the time schedule or outside the permanent session of the Bundestag the Chairman shall only be entitled if a political group or five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag or a unanimous decision of the Committee have so requested and if the President's approval has been granted. Unofficial table of contents

Section 61 Agenda of the committees

(1) Date and agenda shall be fixed by the Chairman unless the Committee decides beforehand. The agenda shall normally be forwarded to the members of the committee three days before the meeting. (2) The committee may amend the agenda by a majority, it may extend it only if not one political group or one third of the members of the committee (3) The agenda of each committee meeting shall be communicated to the Federal Ministries involved and to the Bundesrat, together with the place, the date and, where agreed, the duration of the meeting. Unofficial table of contents

Section 62 Tasks of committees

(1) The committees shall be obliged to carry out the tasks referred to them as soon as they have been assigned. As preparatory decision-making bodies of the Bundestag, they have the duty to recommend to the Bundestag certain decisions which may only relate to the documents which have been referred to them or to questions directly related to them in the direct context of the decision. They may, however, deal with other issues from their business area; with European Union affairs concerning their competence, they should also deal with them in a timely manner, regardless of transfers. Any further rights conferred on individual committees by the Basic Law, federal law, in these Rules of Procedure or by decision of the Bundestag shall remain unaffected. (2) Ten session weeks after the referral of a template, a political group may or five of the hundred of the members of the Bundestag require that the committee be reimbursed by the chairman or rapporteur to the Bundestag for a report on the state of the deliberations. If they ask for it, the report shall be placed on the agenda of the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 63 Federating Committee

(1) The report to the Bundestag pursuant to § 66 may only be reimbursed by the lead committee. (2) If templates are referred to several committees (§ 80), the committees concerned shall be required to have a reasonable deadline with the committee responsible. Communication of its opinion agree. If the comments are not submitted to the committee responsible within the agreed time limit or if an agreement is not reached on a time limit, the committee responsible may report to the Bundestag, but at the earliest in the the fourth part-session following the referral. Unofficial table of contents

Section 64 Negotiating items

(1) Negotiations are the submissions referred to the Committee and questions from the Committee's business unit (Section 62 (1) sentence 3). (2) If the Committee has referred several documents to the Committee on the same subject matter, the Committee shall decide which of the items to be dealt with shall be: To serve as a negotiated subject for his decision-making recommendation to the Bundestag. Other templates on the same subject, even if they were not taken into account in the consultation or only partially, can be explained for the purpose. If a group in committee objected to the declaration of first-time declaration, it must be put to the vote by means of the templates. The decision to declare or reject the templates for the decision is to be submitted to the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 65 Rapporteur's appointment

Subject to the decision of the committee, the chairman shall appoint one or more rapporteurs for each subject of negotiation. Unofficial table of contents

§ 66 Reporting

(1) Committee reports to the Bundestag on templates shall generally be reimbursed in writing. They may be supplemented orally. (2) The reports must contain the decision-making recommendation of the committee responsible, with the justification and the opinion of the minority, and the opinions of the committees involved. If municipal leaders have taken a position within the scope of section 69 (5), if information meetings have taken place in accordance with Section 70 (1), the views expressed are to be reflected in their main points in the report. Unofficial table of contents

Section 67 Decision-making capacity in committee

The Committee shall be quorum if the majority of the members are present. It shall be deemed to be quorum as long as a Member is not required before a vote to determine the quorum by counting. The chairman may postpone the vote required for a quorum to be established and, if there is no objection, continue the debate or invoke another item on the agenda. If, after the quorum has been established, the sitting has been suspended for a certain period of time and the quorum has not yet been given after reopening, the third sentence shall apply. Unofficial table of contents

Section 68 A member of the Federal Government for the Committee meetings

The right of the committee to demand the presence of a member of the federal government also applies if it is to be heard in a public meeting. A corresponding request shall be made in a non-public meeting. Unofficial table of contents

Section 69 Non-public committee meetings

(1) The deliberations of the committees shall, in principle, not be public. The Committee may decide to allow the public to be authorised for a particular subject or part of the negotiations. The public of a meeting shall be established if the press and other listeners are allowed to enter the room within the limits of the room conditions. (2) Members of the Bundestag, who are not members of the committee, may not attend the meetings of the Committee on Public Relations. , unless the Bundestag decides, when the committees are set up, to limit the right of access for individual committees to the ordinary members and their names appointed by name. This restriction may subsequently be used for the consultation of certain questions arising from the business unit of the committees. The committees may decide, on a case-by-case basis, for exceptions to the restriction of the right of access for certain items of negotiation. (3) Bering a committee whose negotiations are not confidential, templates of members of the Bundestag, is the first signatory, if he is not a member of the committee, to forward the agenda. In this respect, he may participate in the meeting with a consultative vote or be represented by one of the other applicants. In special cases, the Committee shall also be responsible for drawing or allowing other members of the Bundestag to negotiate with an advisory vote. (4) Subject to legal restrictions on the right of access, the group chairmen have Consultative voice in all committees and special committees (§ 54). You can instruct a member of your group to represent them. (5) The committee is responsible for a draft law that has been overseen by the committee and which affects the essential interests of local authorities and associations of municipalities. to give an opinion to existing local local associations before taking a decision in committee. The essential interests referred to in the first sentence shall be affected by laws which are to be carried out in whole or in part by the municipalities or community associations, directly affect their public finances or act on their administrative organisation. In the case of government templates, the provision of the first sentence may be waited if the explanatory statement of the originals shows the views of the local authority associations. The rights of the Committee pursuant to Section 70 (1) shall remain unaffected. (6) If, at committee meetings, participation is limited to the ordinary members and their names designated by name, one of the applicants, who shall not be a member of the (7) For the consultation of a VS-CONFIDENTIAL and higher classification VS-CONFIDENTIAL and above, the provisions of the German Bundestag ' s secret protection regulations apply. (8) Beraten several committees in common The committees shall vote separately on the same subject-matter of the negotiations. Unofficial table of contents

Section 69a Extended public committee deliberations

(1) The committees shall, in consultation with the Council of Elders and in agreement with the committees asked for their opinions, serve as the final advice to the submitted documents, public debates in which the decision-making recommendation and the report of the committee shall be: the committee responsible. The chairman of the committee responsible shall convene the meeting in agreement with the committees asked for an opinion. The agenda will be communicated to the members of the Bundestag, the Bundesrat and the federal government. (2) The committee responsible shall determine the format and duration of the debate in agreement with the committees asked for their opinion. The chairman of the committee responsible shall chair the meeting. He shall have the rights available to the President in the course of plenary sittings to maintain order with the exception of the rights in accordance with § 38. (3) Unless otherwise agreed, the Chairman shall give the floor in accordance with § 59 Paragraph 2. If the chairman wishes to take part in the debate as speaker, he shall be chairing the debate during that time. All Members of the Bundestag shall have the right to speak and the right to submit applications. Requests for rules of procedure may only be submitted by the members of the committee responsible, their alternates and advisory members of that committee. (4) The members of the committee responsible shall be entitled to vote in the (5) If the lead committee has adopted an extended public advisory committee, a quarter of its members may require that the submission be made by the Bundestag in a general public opinion. Debate will be discussed. A template to which an extended public committee consultation has taken place may not be the subject of a further debate in plenary without a special agreement in the Council of Elders. However, the committee responsible may request a further referral to the plenary, the referral being restricted to reporting from the committee by a spokesperson. The spokesperson shall set out the various positions taken within the Committee within five minutes. Unofficial table of contents

Section 70 Public Hearing Sessions

(1) For information on the subject of its deliberations, a committee may hold public hearings of experts, stakeholders and other respondents. In the case of documents which have been transferred, the committee responsible shall be obliged to do so at the request of one quarter of its members; in the case of negotiated items not referred to in section 62 (1) sentence 3, the committee shall be consulted by decision of the committee. Decision-making shall be admissible only if an appropriate request is on the agenda of the committee. (2) If, in accordance with paragraph 1, it is requested that a hearing be carried out by a minority of the members of the committee, the members of the committee shall be required to attend the hearing. designated information staff. If the Committee decides to limit the number of persons to be heard, the proportion of the total number of persons to be heard in the Committee may be limited to the proportion of the total number of respondents to be heard. (3) The opinion The Committee may decide, in agreement with the committee responsible, to hold a hearing in so far as the committee responsible does not make use of the possibility provided for in paragraph 1, or where the committee responsible has only been consulted on questions relating to the submission of such a hearing, which may only be concern its business area. The committee responsible shall be informed of the place and date and of the group of persons to be heard. Members of the committee responsible shall have a question during the hearing, which may, in agreement with the committee responsible, be limited to one of its members. (4) Subject to the hearing by the committee responsible In accordance with the first sentence of Article 69 (5) of the Act, the local leading associations of the local authority shall be given the opportunity to attend the hearing, subject to the application of the second sentence of the second sentence of paragraph 2. (5) The Committee may enter into a general debate with the respondents, insofar as this is necessary to clarify the facts. Speaking time shall be limited. The Committee may appoint individual Members to carry out the hearing, taking into account any political group represented in the Committee. (6) In order to prepare a public hearing, the Committee shall be responsible for providing the information to the respondents. Submit a question. He may ask for a written opinion. (7) Replacement of expositions to experts and respondents is only due to charges by decision of the Committee with the prior consent of the President. (8) The Paragraphs 1 to 7 shall also apply to hearings in a non-public session. Unofficial table of contents

Section 71 Application in committee, end of debate

(1) The members of the committee shall be entitled to apply, and their deputiors shall be appointed in the event of the representation of a member of the committee from their political group and advisory committee members. A written request for a written request by a member of the committee not present may only be put to the vote if an attending voting member takes over him. (2) Members of the Bundestag who are not members of the committee may: Put amendments to the committee responsible to the committee responsible. Applicants may participate outside the procedure referred to in § 69a with a consultative vote at the meeting of the Committee. (3) An application at the end of the debate may not be put to the vote at the earliest, if any political group has the opportunity had been able to speak on the matter and have been able to express different opinions from the different views of the groups. Unofficial table of contents

Section 72 Voting outside of a sitting

The Committee may authorise the Chairperson, acting unanimously, to arrange for a written vote to be put to the vote outside the meeting weeks on certain matters in particular cases. If the Committee avails itself of this possibility, the Chairman shall forward to the members of the Committee a draft decision on which, within a specified period, the vote shall be taken in accordance with the first sentence of Article 46 can be. A written vote shall be omitted if a meeting of the Committee takes place on the basis of the provisions of Section 60 (2) or (3). Unofficial table of contents

Section 73 Committee minutes

(1) A written record shall be prepared for each meeting of the committee. At least all applications and decisions of the Committee must be included. Stenographic records of committee meetings require the approval of the President. (2) Protocols on non-public meetings of the committees (Section 69 (1) sentence 1) are, in principle, no cases of closure within the meaning of the secret code (cf. § 2 para. 5 GSO). In so far as they are not intended to be readily available to the public, they shall be endorsed by the Committee; the detailed rules shall be laid down in the Directives to be adopted in accordance with paragraph 3. Minutes of public meetings (Section 69 (1) sentence 2, Section 70 (1)) may not bear this note. (3) For the treatment of the Protocols, the President, in consultation with the Bureau, shall issue special guidelines. Unofficial table of contents

Section 74 Applicability of the provisions of the Rules of Procedure

Unless the rules of procedure for the committees determine otherwise, the other provisions of the Rules of Procedure shall apply to committees and Enquete Commissions, with the exception of Section 126.

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Templates and their treatment

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§ 75 Templates

(1) The following documents may be placed on the agenda of the Bundestag as a negotiated item (independent templates):

a)

Draft legislation,

b)

Decision-making recommendations of the Committee pursuant to Article 77 (2) of the Basic Law (Conciliation Committee),

c)

Requests for rejection of objections from the Federal Council,

d)

Applications,

e)

reports and materials for the information of the Bundestag (sub-directions),

f)

Great questions to the federal government and its answer,

g)

Nominations, insofar as they have been distributed as printed matter,

h)

Decision-making recommendations and reports in the field of election, immunity and order matters,

i)

Decision-making recommendations and reports on petitions,

j)

Decision-making recommendations and reports of the Legal Affairs Committee on disputes before the Federal Constitutional Court,

k)

Decision-making recommendations and reports of committees of inquiry,

l)

Interim reports of the committees,

m)

Legal regulations, insofar as they are to be forwarded to the Bundestag on the basis of legal bases.

(2) Templates for negotiation items are (non-independent templates):

a)

Decision-making recommendations and reports of the committees,

b)

amendments,

c)

Motions for resolutions concerning draft laws, submissions, government declarations, major questions, resolutions of the European Parliament, Union documents, stability templates and legal regulations.

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§ 76 Templates of Members of the Bundestag

(1) Templates of Members of the Bundestag (§ 75) must be signed by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag, unless the Rules of Procedure prescribe or permit otherwise. (2) Draft law Applications may be accompanied by a short justification. Unofficial table of contents

Section 77 Handling of the templates

(1) Templates are usually distributed electronically to the members of the Bundestag, the Federal Council and the Federal Ministries. A distribution in paper form is still permissible. (2) In the case of templates according to § 75 (1) (e), which serve to inform the Bundestag (reports, memorials, programmes, opinions, remittantions and the like), the President may, as far as they are are not based on statutory provisions or decisions of the Bundestag, in consultation with the Council of Elders, completely or in part disregard the distribution. In such cases, the receipt of these documents and, in consultation with the Council of Elders, shall be notified of the nature of their treatment as an official notice by the President. They are compiled as an overview in a printed matter, in which it is also possible to specify in which rooms of the Bundestag the templates can be viewed. Unofficial table of contents

Section 78 deliberations

(1) Draft laws shall be made in three deliberations, treaties with foreign states and similar treaties which govern the political relations of the federal government or refer to objects of federal legislation (Article 59 (2) of the Basic Law), In principle, in two deliberations and only on the decision of the Bundestag in three deliberations, all other templates are dealt with in principle in a consultation. For supplementary budget proposals, section 95 (1) sentence 6 applies. (2) Applications may be referred to a committee without debate. Even if they are not distributed, they may be put to the vote unless a political group or a group present contradicts five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag. In addition, the provisions on the consultation of draft laws shall apply mutatily for applications. (3) If the templates referred to in paragraph 1 are dealt with in two deliberations, the final advice shall be provided in addition to the provisions for the second consultation (§ § 81, 82 and 83 (3) the provision on the final vote (§ 86) corresponding application. (4) If templates are dealt with in a counseling, they shall apply for amendments § 82 (1) sentence 2. (5) Insofar as the Rules of Procedure prescribe nothing else, or , the deliberations of the templates shall begin at the earliest on the third day after distribution of the printed matter (§ 123). (6) In the event of a preliminary agreement in the Council of Elders, instead of a debate on the minutes, the items in question shall be indicated on the agenda. A debate shall take place by way of derogation from the fact that it is requested by a political group or five from the hundred of the members of the Bundestag until 6 p.m. the previous day. In the event of a rule, a speech may be given to a political group on an appropriate scale. The size of each political group should be based on the speaking time allocated to the political groups during a debate of 30 minutes. Speaking texts shall be available to the Chair at the latest by calling the agenda item. Unofficial table of contents

Section 79 First consultation of draft law

In the first consultation, a general debate shall take place only if it is recommended by the Council of Elders, pending the call for the item on the agenda concerned, by a political group or five from the hundred of the members of the Bundestag requires or is decided in accordance with § 80 (4). In the debate, only the principles of the templates will be discussed. Applications may not be submitted. Unofficial table of contents

Section 80 Transfer to a committee

(1) At the end of the initial consultation, the draft law shall be referred to a committee subject to a different decision in accordance with paragraph 2; it may be referred simultaneously to a number of committees only in special cases, with the lead-in-law of the committee responsible for the The Committee must be determined. Other committees may, in consultation with the committee responsible, participate in the deliberations of certain questions of the submission. (2) At the request of a political group or of five of the hundreds of the members of the Bundestag, the Bundestag may participate in the deliberations of the Bundestag. a two-thirds majority of the members present shall decide to enter into the second consultation without referral to committee. The application shall be subject to the period laid down in Article 20 (2) sentence 3. In the case of financial templates, before entering the second consultation, the Committee on Budgets is to be given the opportunity to examine the submission in accordance with Section 96 (4). The rules laid down in Article 96 (8) sentence 2 shall not apply. (3) Templates pursuant to section 75 (1) (e) may be transferred to a committee by appointment in the Council of Elders without having to put them on the agenda. A report to the Bundestag shall only be made if the committee wishes to recommend a decision which goes beyond the knowledge of the committee. If the Committee on Budgets raises concerns about its compatibility with a Union proposal (Article 93), the financing of which is not covered by the annual European Union own resources approach or cannot be identified, the Committee on Budgets raises concerns about its compatibility with the Commission's own (4) Templates to be dealt with under the simplified procedure by appointment in the Council of Elders will be included in a common agenda item . The transfer of these documents shall be put to the vote without debate in a single vote. If the division of the vote is requested (§ 47), it is not necessary to separate the vote on the proposal for a transfer to a template if the request by a member of the Bundestag to amend the proposal for referral to the Council of the Elders is not contradicted. If a Member of the Bundestag has requested a debate on a proposal for which the simplified procedure is provided for, the vote shall be first to vote on this request. If the request is received by the majority, the submission concerned shall be placed on the agenda for the current part-session as an additional item. Unofficial table of contents

§ 80a Review of draft law on linguistic correctness and comprehensibility

(1) An editorial staff set up or settled in the Bundestag shall, on a decision of the committee responsible, examine a draft law on linguistic correctness and comprehensibility and, if necessary, make recommendations to the committee. The committee responsible may consult the editorial staff throughout the course of its consultation procedure and ask for consideration. This applies in particular to the examination of amendments which are to be expected to be adopted. (2) In addition, the editorial staff also offers other linguistic advice. Unofficial table of contents

Section 81 Second consultation of draft law

(1) The second consultation shall be opened with a general debate if it is recommended by the Council of Elders or is requested by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. It shall begin on the second day following the distribution of the decision-making recommendation and the committee report, sooner only if, at the request of a political group or of five of the hundred of the members of the Bundestag, two thirds of the members of the Bundestag present it In the case of legislative decrees of the Federal Government which have been declared urgent (Article 81 of the Basic Law), the reduction of time limits may be decided by a majority of the members of the Bundestag. For the application, the period laid down in Article 20 (2), third sentence, shall apply. (2) The debate shall be opened and closed on each separate provision in the order of, and most recently, the introduction and heading of the debate. At the end of the debate on each individual provision, the vote shall be put to the vote. (3) The order may be changed by decision of the Bundestag, the debate may be linked to a number of individual provisions, or parts of a single provision may be made, or a number of amendments to the same subject-matter. (4) Several or all parts of a draft law may be put to the vote collectively. Contracts with foreign states and similar contracts pursuant to Article 59 (2) of the Basic Law shall be put to the vote in the whole. Unofficial table of contents

Section 82 Amendments and referral back to second consultation

(1) Amendments to draft legislation in second consultation may be requested as long as the advice to the subject on which they relate has not yet been completed. The applications must be signed by at least one member of the Bundestag and may be accompanied by a short justification; if they are not yet distributed, they will be read. (2) On contracts with foreign states and similar Amendments which govern the political relations of the federal government or refer to objects of federal legislation (Article 59 (2) of the Basic Law) are not admissible. (3) As long as the last individual vote is not dealt with , the submission may, in whole or in part, be made available to another committee , this also applies to parts which have already been discussed. Unofficial table of contents

Section 83 Compilation of amendments

(1) Where changes have been decided in the second consultation, it shall be put together by the President. (2) The decisions of the second shall form the basis of the third deliberation. (3) In the second consultation, all parts of a draft law shall be rejected. , the proposal has been rejected and any further advice has been refused. Unofficial table of contents

Section 84 Third counseling of draft law

The third consultation is carried out,

a)

if no changes have been made in the second consultation, then,

b)

where changes are decided, on the second day following the distribution of the printed matter with the amendments adopted, in the past only if two thirds of the members present at the request of a political group or five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag of the Bundestag; in the case of draft laws of the Federal Government which have been declared urgent (Article 81 of the Basic Law), the reduction of time limits may be decided by a majority of the members of the Bundestag. The application shall be subject to the period laid down in Article 20 (2) sentence 3.

It shall begin with a general debate only if no general debate has taken place in the second consultation and it is recommended by the Council of Elders or is required by five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag to be present. Unofficial table of contents

Section 85 Amendments and rejectments in third counseling

(1) Amendments to legislative proposals in third counseling must be signed by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag and may be accompanied by a short justification. They may only refer to those provisions to which amendments have been adopted in the second consultation. The individual consultation is limited to these provisions. (2) Before the final vote, the submission may also be referred back to another committee, in whole or in part; Section 80 (1) shall apply. If the committee proposes amendments to the decisions of the Bundestag in the second consultation, the decision recommendation will be dealt with again in the second consultation. Unofficial table of contents

Section 86 Final vote

After the end of the third consultation, the draft law will be put to the vote. If the decisions of the second consultation have remained unchanged, the final vote shall follow immediately. If changes have been made, the final vote must be suspended at the request of a political group or five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag who are present, until such time as the decisions have been put together and distributed. No special final vote shall be taken on contracts with foreign states and similar contracts. Unofficial table of contents

Section 87 Procedure relating to Article 113 of the Basic Law

(1) The Federal Government shall make use of the third sentence of Article 113 (1) of the Basic Law to suspend the decision-making. The draft law may be placed on the agenda at the earliest after receipt of the opinion of the Federal Government or six weeks after the Federal Government has granted the Federal Government's agreement to the Federal President. (2) The Federal Government is required to: Article 113 (2) of the Basic Law, that the Bundestag re-decision, the draft law shall be deemed to be referred back to the committee responsible and to the Committee on Budgets. (3) If the law adopted is already adopted by the Bundesrat in accordance with Section 122 , the President has sent the Federal Council from the request of the Federal Government in Knowledge. In this case, the supply line shall be deemed not to take place. Unofficial table of contents

Section 88 Treatment of motions for resolutions

(1) motions for resolutions (Article 75 (2) (c)) shall be put to the vote after the final vote on the subject of the negotiations, or, if no final vote is possible, after the end of the debate. Motions for resolutions on parts of the budget may be put to the vote during the third debate. (2) motions for resolutions may be referred to a committee only if the applicants do not contradict them. At the request of a political group or five of the hundred of the members of the Bundestag present, the vote shall be postponed until the next sitting. Unofficial table of contents

Section 89 convening of the Conciliation Committee

At the request of a political group or five of the hundred of the members of the Bundestag, the Bundestag may decide to require the convening of the Conciliation Committee on laws which require the approval of the Bundesrat (Article 77 (2) sentence) 4 of the Basic Law, § 75 (1) (d). Unofficial table of contents

Section 90 Advice of decision-making recommendations of the Conciliation Committee

(1) If the conciliation proposal of the Conciliation Committee provides for an amendment to the law adopted by the Bundestag, the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Conciliation Committee shall apply to the consideration of the proposal for a conciliation procedure in the Bundestag. (2) The consultation the decision-making recommendation of the Conciliation Committee shall begin on the second day following the distribution as a printed matter, formerly only if two-thirds of the members of the Bundestag present at the request of a political group or of five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag Bundestag (Bundestag) decide. The application shall be subject to the period laid down in Article 20 (2) sentence 3. Unofficial table of contents

§ 91 opposition of the Federal Council

The request for the rejection of an opposition by the Bundesrat against a law adopted by the Bundestag (Article 77 (4) of the Basic Law) is put to the vote without justification and debate. Only declarations may be made before the vote. The application shall be put to the vote by counting the votes in accordance with § 51, unless a roll-call vote is required (§ 52). Unofficial table of contents

Section 92 Legal Regulations

Legal regulations of the Federal Government, which require the consent of the Bundestag or whose removal the Bundestag may require within a specified period, the President, in consultation with the Council of Elders, shall transfer directly to the competent authorities Committees. In doing so, it shall set a time limit within which the committee responsible shall submit a report to the Bundestag. The report of the committee shall be placed on the agenda of the next sitting of the Bundestag. If the committee does not submit this report in good time, it shall also be placed on the agenda for the next sitting of the Bundestag without a committee report on the decision-making process. Unofficial table of contents

Section 93 Feed and transfer of Union documents

(1) Documents, reports, sub-directions, communications and other information in European Union affairs forwarded to the Bundestag by the Federal Government or the institutions of the European Union, as well as subdirections of the European Parliament (Union documents) serve the Bundestag as a basis for the exercise of its rights under Article 23 of the Basic Law and to participate in matters of the European Union. (2) A renunciation of the Federal Government to the the transmission of Union documents shall be divorced from a political group; or of five hundred of the members of the Bundestag. (3) Union documents, the projects or sub-directions within the meaning of § § 3 and 8 of the Act on the Cooperation of the Federal Government and the German Bundestag on matters relating to the European Union Union and resolutions of the European Parliament shall, in principle, be eligible for a referral. In the preparation of the transfer decision, the advisory relevance of the document will be evaluated in consultation with the political groups (prioritisation). Other Union documents shall be offered in a suitable form for information; at the request of a political group or of five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag, a transfer shall also take place to that extent. (4) The committees responsible may be able to: EU documents, which are not or not yet referred to, declare the subject of the negotiations. The committees shall indicate to the Chairman of the Committee on European Union affairs which Union documents they have declared to be the subject of the negotiations. (5) The Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union shall have the following information. The European Union shall, in consultation with the other committees, submit a proposal for referral to the President for the Union documents received and for the Union documents declared by the committees on the subject of the negotiations. The President shall immediately transfer Union documents, in consultation with the political groups, to a committee responsible and to other co-advisory committees. If the proposed or completed referral is contradicted by a committee or a political group, the Council of Elders shall decide. (6) The titles of the transferred Union documents shall be included in a summary statement, which shall be distributed and shall be distributed from the It is clear to which committees the templates have been transferred. Union documents within the meaning of the first sentence of paragraph 3, to which no political group is required to provide advice or advice; a referral is proposed separately. (7) A Union document shall be distributed as Bundestag printed matter if it is the Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union at its Proposal for referral, or if the lead committee presents a recommendation for decision-making beyond the date of the notice. Union documents other than those referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 3 shall not be distributed as a printed matter of the Bundestag; a recommendation for a decision shall refer to such a Union document and shall, with due regard for confidentiality, only cover the essential content of such a document. (8) In accordance with Article 9 (5) of the Law on the Cooperation of the Federal Government and the German Bundestag on matters relating to the European Union, written subdirections of the Federal Government must be made at the request of a political group or of five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag within three weeks of session shall be placed on the agenda of the sitting of the Bundestag upon receipt of the agenda and shall be discussed. Unofficial table of contents

Section 93a Committee deliberation of Union documents

(1) When consulting Union documents, the committees shall also examine compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. If it is intended to have an infringement, the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union must be informed without delay in order to give it an opportunity to comment first. If the committee responsible only intends to take note of it, it should nevertheless report to the Bundestag if the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union has concerns about a violation of the principles of subsidiarity and Proportionality. When taking decisions, the committees shall take account of the deadlines set at the level of the European Union. (2) The committees may have their deliberations and a recommendation for a decision on the basis of a follow-up document on the EU document. Similarly, a committee responsible may repeatedly submit a recommendation for decision-making, in particular in order to take account of recent developments. The committees asked for an opinion shall be informed and shall be given the opportunity to supplement or resubmit an opinion within a time limit laid down by the committee responsible. (3) An opinion shall be submitted to the committee responsible for an opinion. Union document shall also be the lead committee after the submission of an opinion from the Bundestag for the treatment of an effort by the Federal Government to obtain an agreement with the Bundestag after the lodging of a parliamentary reservation Responsible. The third sentence of paragraph 2 shall apply accordingly. The committee responsible has to submit a new recommendation to the Bundestag. (4) Paragraph 3 applies accordingly to the agreement between the Bundestag and the Federal Government on the opening of negotiations on accessions and treaty changes. (5) The committees may be members of the European Parliament as well as members of the Council and the Commission of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Communities. European Union or its authorised representative in the course of its deliberations in European affairs. They can consult Union documents together with committees of the European Parliament of equal competence. (6) Committees may prepare delegations to a committee of the European Parliament in order to prepare decisions on Union documents with equal jurisdiction or with other institutions of the European Union. Unofficial table of contents

Section 93b Committee on the Affairs of the European Union

(1) The Committee on the Affairs of the European Union to be appointed by the Bundestag pursuant to Article 45 of the Basic Law shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure and the decisions of the Bundestag, be responsible for the handling of Union documents pursuant to Article 93 of the Rules of Procedure 1. (2) The Bundestag may, at the request of a political group or of five of the hundreds of members of the Bundestag, authorise the Committee on European Union Affairs to designate Union documents or to refer them to the Committee on European Union affairs. Templates the rights of the Bundestag in accordance with Article 23 of the Basic Law with regard to the Federal government as well as the rights granted to the Bundestag in the treaty foundations of the European Union. Insofar as the rights are in the form of an integration responsibility law, an authorisation shall only be taken into consideration if the participation of the Bundestag does not have to be in the form of a law. Even without an authorisation under the first sentence, the Committee on European Union Affairs may exercise the rights of the Bundestag in accordance with the first sentence vis-à-vis the Federal Government, unless one of the committees involved contradicts it. Sentence 3 shall not apply in the area of the common foreign and security policy and in the case of decisions pursuant to Section 9 (1) of the Integration Responsible Law. The rights of the Bundestag pursuant to the third sentence of Article 45 of the Basic Law can be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the following regulations. The right of the Bundestag to decide on a matter of the European Union itself at any time remains unaffected. (3) In the event of authorisation pursuant to the first sentence of paragraph 2, the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union shall have before the To submit an opinion to the Federal Government on the Union document, an opinion of the committees involved shall be obtained. If it wishes to depart from the opinion of one or more committees, a joint meeting with the committees asked for an opinion shall be scheduled. In urgent cases, the chairpersons of the committees asked for an opinion may be able to vote in writing in accordance with § 72 sentence 2. (4) Will the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union exercise its right pursuant to paragraph 2 sentence 3 shall apply in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 3. A committee responsible may request, on the basis of an explanatory statement, that the Committee for the Affairs of the European Union shall examine whether it exercises its right under the second sentence of paragraph 2; if it is rejected, paragraph 6 shall apply accordingly. Committees asked for opinions if the committee responsible and the committee consider it necessary for the affairs of the European Union to do so; paragraph 3, sentence 3 shall apply accordingly. (5) To convene a meeting of the Committee for the Matters of the European Union outside the timetable or outside the permanent meeting place of the Bundestag shall also be entitled, by way of derogation from § 60, to the chairman of the committee if it is to schedule the relevant organs of the Bundestag The European Union requires and has been granted the authorisation of the President. (6) The Committee on the Affairs of the European Union shall report on the content and justification of the opinion adopted by the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union with regard to the Federal Government on a Union document a report which shall be distributed as a Bundestag printed matter and shall be placed on the agenda within three weeks of the sitting following distribution. However, a debate shall be held only if it is requested by a political group or five by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. (7) The Committee on the Affairs of the European Union may, in the case of a Union document, which shall: had been referred to him for consultation, amendments to the decision-making recommendation of the committee responsible; the amendment must be submitted at the latest by 6 p.m. on the day before the decision-making recommendation on the Union document should be submitted to the committee responsible. (8) The meetings of the Committee for the European Union affairs shall be granted to German Members of the European Parliament; other German Members of the European Parliament shall be entitled to participate as a representative. The members of the European Parliament who are co-acting members shall be appointed by the President of the German Bundestag on a proposal from the parliamentary groups of which German members have been elected to the European Parliament from their parties, until the end of the period of time of the vote. on the re-election of the European Parliament, at the latest by the end of the parliamentary term of the German Bundestag. The appointed Members of the European Parliament shall have the power to encourage the deliberation of negotiators and to provide information and comments during the deliberations of the Committee on European Union affairs. 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§ 93c Subsidiarity test

In principle, the decision to impose a subsidiarity rüge pursuant to Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality shall be taken by the Bundestag; in accordance with Section 93b (2) to (4), the Bundestag shall be able to: The Committee on the Affairs of the European Union will also decide on this. Unofficial table of contents

§ 93d Subsidiarity

(1) The Bundestag shall decide to bring an action under Article 8 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (subsidiarity action), shall be required for its implementation, including the conduct of proceedings the European Court of Justice of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union. This includes the formulation of the application and the appointment of a litigation representative if this has not already been decided by the Bundestag. (2) At least a quarter of the members of the Bundestag require the application of the action (Article 23 (1a), second sentence, of the Basic Law), the application must be submitted in sufficient time to ensure that adequate advice is provided in the Bundestag within the period of application of the application. The application shall have at least the main pleas for pleas. Paragraph 1 shall apply with the proviso that the appointment of a process representative shall be carried out in agreement with the applicants and, in the formulation of the application and of the application of the plea procedure, the applicant shall be duly involved . They shall appoint an authorised representative. § 69 (3) sentence 3 is to be applied. (3) Deviating views, which are represented by at least a quarter of the members of the Bundestag pursuant to Section 12 (1) sentence 2 of the Integration Responsible Law, are also included in the application , (4) If the expiry of the time limit for the submission of a subsidiarity action is at a time outside the time schedule of the Bundestag, the Committee shall be responsible for the affairs of the European Union to collect the action, unless the Bundestag has previously decided on this. The third sentence of Article 93b (2) shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

Section 94 Stability templates

Templates of the Federal Government pursuant to Section 8 (1) of the Law on the Promotion of Stability and Growth of the Economy (Stability Templates) are referred directly by the President to the Committee on Budgets. The Committee on Budgets shall consult the submission at the latest within the meeting week following the receipt of the opinion of the Federal Council. The report of the Committee on Budgets shall be placed on the agenda at the latest one day before the end of four weeks after the submission of the submission to the Bundestag. If the Committee on Budgets has not submitted a decision on the matter before that date, the draft without a committee report shall be placed on the agenda for the next sitting of the Bundestag. Amendments to stability templates may only be subject to a reduction in expenditure (Section 42 of the Federal Budget Code). Unofficial table of contents

Section 95 Budget templates

(1) Budget templates are the draft budget law and the budget, draft amendments to these drafts (supplementary templates), templates for amending the budget law and the budget (supplementary budget proposals), and other documents relating to the budget. All budget proposals are to be referred to the Committee on Budgets, and the specialised committees are to be consulted on their request. Section 63 (2) shall apply accordingly. The Committee on Budgets is to reflect the opinions of the committees involved. The President shall, in principle, transfer supplementary templates without first consultation. On the proposal of the Council of Elders, supplementary budget templates can be referred to by the President without first consultation and finally dealt with in a consultation. (2) The second consultation of the draft budget law and the budget may not take place at the earliest six weeks, the final consultation of supplementary budget proposals at the earliest three weeks after delivery, unless the opinion of the Federal Council takes place before the expiry of the provisions of Article 110 (3) of the Basic Law Deadline for submission (3) For the final consultation of Supplementary budget templates, in addition to the provisions for the second consultation (§ § 81, 82), apply the provision on the final vote (§ 86). (4) Supplementary budget proposals have been drawn up by the Committee on Budgets at the latest within the framework of the To advise the receipt of the opinion of the Federal Council following the week of the meeting. The report of the committee shall be placed on the agenda of the next sitting of the Bundestag. If the committee has not concluded its deliberations within the time limit, the submission without committee report shall be placed on the agenda for the next sitting of the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 96 Financial templates

(1) Financial templates are all templates that are suitable for the public finances of the federal or state governments because of their fundamental significance or their financial scope, and which are not budget templates in the sense of § § § § § 1. 95. In case of doubts about the nature of the templates, the Bundestag decides after consulting the Committee on Budgets. (2) Financial templates will be referred after the initial consultation to the Committee on Budgets and the Technical Committee. If draft legislation is adopted by the adoption of an amendment in the Committee on Financial Templates, the Committee shall inform the President thereof. It transfers the version decided by the committee to the Committee on Budgets; the transfer may be accompanied by a set of deadlines. (3) Financial templates of members of the Bundestag must explain the financial implications in the explanatory statement. The President gives the Federal Government the opportunity to comment on the impact on the public finances of the federal and state governments within four weeks. The report of the Committee on Budgets may not be placed on the agenda until after receipt of the opinion of the Federal Government or after four weeks. (4) As far as the financial proposal acts on the public finances of the Federal Government, the Budget committee its compatibility with the current budget and future budgets. If the audit of the Committee on Budgets shows that the proposal has an impact on the current budget, it shall, at the same time as the report to the Bundestag, submit a proposal to cover the reduction of revenue or additional expenditure; has it impact on the budget the future budgets, the Committee on Budgets, in its report, comments on the possibilities for future coverage. If the Federal Government has delivered its opinion on the proposal, the Committee on Budgets is in its report on this opinion. If the Committee on Budgets cannot make a proposal for a cover, the proposal will be submitted to the Bundestag, which, on the basis of the reasons for the decision, merely advises and decides on the possibility of covering them. If the possibility of coverage is also denied by the Bundestag, the submission shall be deemed to have been completed. (5) As far as the financial template acts on the public finances of the countries, the Committee on Budgets shall, in its report, share the nature and extent of the impact. (6) The report of the Committee on Budgets provides that members or representatives of the Federal Government shall raise concerns about the financial implications of the proposal, the decisions of the committee responsible or the proposal for a cover, the The President of the Federal Government shall be given the opportunity to deliver an opinion is already available. In such a case, the report may not be placed on the agenda until after receipt of the opinion or after four weeks. If the Federal Government has stated its position, the Committee on Budgets is to submit its observations to the Bundestag on this opinion. (7) In the second consultation, changes with financial implications of fundamental importance or considerable importance The third counseling-after prior consultation in the Committee on Budgets-will not take place until the second week after the decision has been taken. (8) Reports from the Committee on Budgets, which contain a proposal for a cover, can be made without a Compliance with the requirements laid down for the second consultation of draft laws The deadline (§ 81 (1) sentence 2) is to be discussed. For reports that do not contain a cover proposal, the time limit prescribed for the second consultation cannot be shortened or cancelled, unless the Bundestag decides to proceed according to § 80 (2). Unofficial table of contents

Section 96a Procedure in accordance with the Act on Parliamentary Participation

(1) The chairman of a committee is obliged to convene a meeting outside the timetable for advice on an application in accordance with § 4 (1) or § 7 (1) in conjunction with § 4 (1) of the parliamentary participation act if it is a (2) A request for referral to the Bundestag pursuant to § 4 (1) sentence 4 or § 7 (1) in conjunction with § 4 Paragraph 1 of the Parliament Participation Act must be made within seven days of the distribution of the printed matter with the President. Upon receipt of the request, the President shall inform the political groups and the Federal Government thereof immediately. (3) The Federal Government shall inform the Bundestag by a written report in accordance with Article 6 (1) of the Parliamentary Participation Act (Parliament). it is distributed as a printed matter. The same shall apply to other written subdirections of the Bundestag. In the cases of Section 5 (1) of the Parliamentary Participation Act, the chairpersons and obsessions of the Foreign Affairs Committee and of the Defence Committee shall in principle be informed outside a committee meeting in accordance with paragraph 2. If the Bundestag has consented to an application pursuant to section 5 (3) of the parliamentary participation act, the general regulations apply for further subdirections. (4) The German Bundestag's secret protection order (Annex 3) shall apply. Unofficial table of contents

Section 97 Motion of censure against the Federal Chancellor

(1) The Bundestag may, on request pursuant to Article 67 (1) of the Basic Law, issue the Federal Chancellor with the distrust. The request shall be signed by a quarter of the members of the Bundestag or a political group comprising at least one quarter of the members of the Bundestag, and shall be submitted in such a way that a candidate named by name shall be the Bundestag Successor to the election is proposed. Applications which do not meet these requirements must not be placed on the agenda. (2) A successor is to be elected in a ballot with concealed ballot papers (§ 49), even if several nominations have been made. He is elected only if he unites the votes of the majority of the members of the Bundestag. (3) For the time of the election, Rule 67 (2) of the Basic Law applies. Unofficial table of contents

Section 98 The Federal Chancellor's request for confidence

(1) In accordance with Article 68 of the Basic Law, the Federal Chancellor may ask him to express his confidence; for the date of the vote on the application, Rule 68 (2) of the Basic Law applies. (2) The request shall not be approved by the majority. of the members of the Bundestag, the Bundestag may, within one and twenty days, elect another Federal Chancellor at the request of one quarter of the members of the Bundestag, in accordance with Section 97 (2). Unofficial table of contents

Section 99 urgent draft laws of the Federal Government pursuant to Article 81 of the Basic Law

(1) Draft laws of the Federal Government, which have been referred to by the Federal Government as urgent under Article 81 of the Basic Law or which have been re-submitted to the Bundestag after declaration of the legislative emergency, must, at the request of the Federal Government will be placed on the agenda of the next sitting. Discontinuation of the agenda is only possible once. (2) The draft law shall be deemed to be rejected even if, twice in the second or third deliberations, the vote has been inconcludely voted on in the case of a single or final vote on the grounds of inability to take decisions. Unofficial table of contents

Section 100 Large inquiries

Major questions to the Federal Government (Section 75 (1) (f)) must be submitted to the President; they must be brief and determined and can be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement. If reference is made to other materials in the explanatory statement, Section 77 (2) shall apply. Unofficial table of contents

§ 101 Answer and Consultation of Great Questions

The President shall inform the Federal Government of the Great Question and shall ask for an explanation as to whether and when it will respond. Upon receipt of the reply, the Grand Question will be placed on the agenda. The consultation must be carried out if it is requested by a political group or by five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 102 Refuse to answer the major questions

If the Federal Government rejects the answer to the Grand Question at all or for the next three weeks, the Bundestag may put the Grand Request for deliberation on the agenda. It must be carried out if it is requested by a political group or by five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag. Before the debate, one of the questions may be given the floor for an additional oral justification. Unofficial table of contents

Section 103 Restriction of advice on major inquiries

If large inquiries are so numerous that they endanger the proper execution of the business, the Bundestag may temporarily restrict the deliberations on this to a certain weekly sitting day. In this case, too, the Bundestag may decide to provide advice on individual major requests on a different sitting day. Unofficial table of contents

Section 104 Small questions

(1) In small inquiries (Section 75 (3)), information on designated areas may be required by the Federal Government. The questions shall be submitted to the President; they shall not contain any insachutable statements or valuations. A short justification can be added. (2) The President shall invite the Federal Government to answer the questions in writing within fourteen days; it may extend this period in consultation with the questioner. Unofficial table of contents

Section 105 Questions of individual Members of the Bundestag

Any member of the Bundestag shall be entitled to address short individual questions for oral or written answer to the Federal Government. The more detailed rules are laid down in Directives (Annex 4). Unofficial table of contents

§ 106 Current hour and survey of the Federal Government

(1) For the debate on a designated subject of general interest in short-term contributions of five minutes (current hour), unless these Rules prescribe otherwise, the Directives (Annex 5). (2) shall apply in the case of a short-term interest. Session weeks, a survey of the Federal Government takes place, in which the members of the Bundestag raise questions of current interest to the Federal Government within the framework of their responsibility, but as a matter of priority for the previous meeting of the Federal Government. Federal government, can. The more detailed rules are laid down in Directives (Annex 7). Unofficial table of contents

Section 107 Immunization matters

(1) Request in immunity matters shall be forwarded directly by the President to the Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure. (2) This Committee has principles on the treatment of requests for waiver of immunity of To draw up members of the Bundestag (Annex 6) and to make these principles the starting point of his decision recommendations to the Bundestag in individual cases. (3) The advice on a decision recommendation is not to be met by a deadline committed. It should start at the earliest on the third day after distribution of the submission (§ 75 para. 1 letter h). If the decision recommendation is not yet distributed, it will be read. (4) Before the constitution of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure, the President may directly recommend a decision to the Bundestag in matters of immunity. .

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Treatment of petitions

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Section 108 Jurisdiction of the Committee on Petitions

(1) The Committee on Petitions to be appointed by the Bundestag in accordance with Article 45c of the Basic Law shall be responsible for dealing with the requests and complaints addressed to the Bundestag pursuant to Article 17 of the Basic Law. The duties and powers of the German Bundestag's conscripts remain unaffected. (2) As far as the law on the powers of the Committee on Petitions of the German Bundestag does not provide otherwise, the petitions shall be submitted in accordance with the following Provisions are dealt with. Unofficial table of contents

Section 109 Transfer of petitions

(1) The President shall transfer the petitions to the Committee on Petitions. (2) Members of the Bundestag, who submit a petition, shall be required to request the opinion of the specialised committees. (2) Members of the Bundestag, who submit a petition, shall be required to submit their comments to the To hold negotiations with a consultative voice. Unofficial table of contents

Section 110 Rights of the Committee on Petitions

(1) The Committee on Petitions shall establish principles on the handling of requests and complaints and shall set these principles as the starting point of its decision on a case-by-case basis. (2) Insofar as requests for file submission, information or access are requested. The competent member of the federal government shall be notified directly to federal authorities, federal bodies, institutions and foundations of public law. (3) From the hearing of the petitioner, Witnesses or experts shall be the responsible member of the Federal Government in good time. Unofficial table of contents

Section 111 Transfer of powers to individual members of the Committee on Petitions

The delegation of powers under the law referred to in Article 45c of the Basic Law to one or more of its members must decide on a case-by-case basis the Committee on Petitions. The content and scope of the transfer shall be determined in the decision. Unofficial table of contents

Section 112 Decision-making recommendation and report of the Committee on Petitions

(1) The report on the petitions dealt with by the Committee on Petitions is presented with a decision-making recommendation to the Bundestag in a summary report. The report is to be submitted on a monthly basis. In addition, the Committee on Petitions shall report annually to the Bundestag a written report on its activities. (2) The reports shall be distributed and placed on the agenda within three weeks of the meeting; they may be distributed by the rapporteur orally. However, a debate shall be held only if it is requested by a political group or by five persons present, by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. (3) The consignors shall be informed of the manner in which their petition has been completed. This communication is to be provided with reasons.

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The Federal Commissioner for Defence

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Section 113 Election of the military officer

The election of the conscription officer takes place with concealed ballot papers (§ 49). Unofficial table of contents

Section 114 Reports of the conscription officer

(1) The reports of the conscription officer shall refer the President to the Defence Committee, unless a political group or five of the hundreds of Members of the Bundestag shall require it to be placed on the agenda. (2) The Defence Committee shall have: report to the Bundestag. Unofficial table of contents

Section 115 Consultation of the reports of the Wehrcommissioned officer

(1) The President shall give the floor to the conscription representative in the debate on the reports he has submitted if it has been requested by a political group or five present by the hundred of the members of the Bundestag. (2) The Defensive officers at the Bundestag's meetings may be required by a political group or by a group present five of the hundreds of members of the Bundestag; paragraph 1 shall apply accordingly.

XI.
Appraisal and implementation of the resolutions of the Bundestag

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Section 116 plenary protocols

(1) A Stenographical Report (Plenary Minutes) is produced at each meeting. (2) The plenary minutes are distributed to the members of the Bundestag. (3) All other recordings of the negotiations of the Bundestag, e.g. Audio tape recordings, are to be laid down in the parliamentary archive. Unofficial table of contents

Section 117 Examination of the minutes by the speaker

Each speaker shall receive the minutes of his speech for consideration. It shall be returned to the Stenographical Service within two hours. The minutes shall be put under pressure if the speaker does not return them on time. Minutes of speeches shall be left to the speaker, prior to their examination by the speaker, with the consent of the speaker, only with the consent of the speaker. Unofficial table of contents

Section 118 Correction of the minutes

(1) corrections made by the speaker to the minutes shall not alter the meaning of the speech or of the individual parts of the speech. If there is a doubt as to the admissibility of a correction and there is no understanding between the speaker and the head of the Stenographical Service, the President-in-Office shall take the decision. (2) The President shall: can use all evidence. Unofficial table of contents

Section 119 transcript of interim calls

(1) An intermediate call which has been entered in the minutes shall form an integral part of the minutes, unless it is deleted with the consent of the President and the parties concerned. (2) An interim call which has been dismissed by the President, can also be reprimed at the next meeting. Unofficial table of contents

Section 120 Evaluation of decisions

In addition to the plenary minutes, a decision-making protocol (official protocol) shall be produced at each meeting, signed by the President. The official protocol shall be distributed to the members of the Bundestag and shall be deemed to have been approved if no objection is raised up to the date of the sitting following the distribution. Unofficial table of contents

Section 121 objection to the official protocol

If an objection is made against the official protocol and the said protocol is not dealt with by the declaration of the written records, the President shall interview the Bundestag. If the objection is deemed to be well founded, the new version shall be annexed to the next Official Records of the said body. Unofficial table of contents

Section 122 Forwarding of agreed laws

(1) The President of the Bundestag shall immediately send the decreed law to the Federal Council (Article 77 (1) sentence 2 of the Basic Law). (2) The President shall send a copy of the decision to the Federal Chancellor and to the Federal Chancellor. (3) Will be sent to the Federal Council pursuant to the second sentence of Article 77 (1) of the Basic Law. (3) Will be sent to the Bundesrat in the final vote before the transfer pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article the wording of the law, as adopted by the law, or other manifest inaccuracies, the President may, in agreement with the committee responsible, arrange for a correction. If the law has already been sent in accordance with paragraph 1, the President, after obtaining the consent of the committee responsible, shall draw the attention of the President of the Federal Council to the printing errors or other apparent inaccuracies with the request, and in the following cases: Legislative procedures to be corrected. This request should be communicated to the Federal Chancellor and to the lead minister. Unofficial table of contents

Section 122a Electronic documents

(1) To the extent that written form is provided for the submission of documents, this form shall be sufficient for recording as an electronic document if it is suitable for further processing. (2) The document shall be signed with an electronic signature after the document has been published. Signature Act. The provisions of the Implementing Regulations to be adopted by the Council of Elders shall be laid down. Unofficial table of contents

§ 123 Deadline Calculation

(1) In the case of time limits, the date of distribution of the printed matter shall not be included; it shall be deemed to be distributed if it has been electronically called up or distributed to Members of the Bundestag. (2) The time limits shall also be considered to be respected, if, as a result of technical difficulties or due reasons for individual members of the Bundestag, a printed matter has only been electronically available or distributed in its compartments after the general distribution. Unofficial table of contents

Section 124 Maintenance of the deadline

In the case of calculation of a period within which a declaration to the Bundestag is to be made or a performance has to be effected, the day on which the declaration or performance takes place shall not be included. If, after that, the declaration or performance is to be effected on a Sunday, Sunday or a public holiday recognised by law at the seat of the Bundestag, the next working day shall be replaced by the next following working day. The declaration or service shall be effected during the usual hours of service, but at the latest at 6 p.m. Unofficial table of contents

§ 125 Unfinished Items

At the end of the parliamentary term of the Bundestag, all the templates are deemed to be completed. This does not apply to petitions and to documents which do not require decision-making.

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Derogations and interpretation of these Rules of Procedure

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Section 126 derogations from these Rules of Procedure

Deviations from the provisions of these Rules of Procedure may in the individual case be decided by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Bundestag present, if the provisions of the Basic Law do not prevent this.

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§ 126a Special application of minority rights in the 18. Election Period

(1) For the duration of the 18. The following rules shall apply:

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At the request of 120 of its members, the Bundestag shall set up a committee of inquiry pursuant to Article 44 of the Basic Law. The number of members of the committee of inquiry shall be determined in accordance with the distribution procedure decided by the Bundestag (Bundestag printed matter 18/212) in such a way that the political groups that do not bear the federal government together account for a quarter of the members .

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The Committee on Defence shall ensure that, at the request of all members of the committee of the political groups who do not carry the Federal Government, in accordance with Article 45a (2) of the Basic Law, a matter of defence on the subject of its investigation and the rights to which a quarter of the members of the committee are entitled under the Committee of Inquiry may be asserted accordingly by those members.

3.

At the request of 120 members of the Bundestag, the President shall convene the Bundestag.

4.

At the request of 120 of its members, the Bundestag shall bring an action before the Court of Justice of the European Union, in accordance with Article 23 (1a) of the Basic Law, for the infringement of a legislative act of the European Union against the principle of subsidiarity.

5.

At the request of 120 of its members, the Bundestag, in accordance with Section 12 (1) of the Integration Act in conjunction with § 93d in the application, makes its view clear in so far as it is responsible for the imposition of a lawsuit for infringement of a law. The European Union's legislative act against the principle of subsidiarity shall not be based on the Court of Justice of the European Union.

6.

In accordance with Section 8 (5) of the Act on the Cooperation of the Federal Government and the German Bundestag on matters relating to the European Union, the Federal Government would like to explain the reasons why not all the issues of an opinion of the Bundestag, the Bundestag will then join the Bundestag when it is raised by 120 of its members.

7.

A request for information of the Committee on Budgets pursuant to Article 5 (4) of the ESM Finance Act by the Governor appointed by Germany pursuant to Article 5 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism; and the deputy will then join the Committee on Budgets if it is collected by all the members of the committee of the political groups who do not carry the federal government.

8.

In the case of applications or documents submitted by the Federal Government pursuant to Article 5 (6) of the ESM Finance Act or Section 4 (5) of the Stabilisation Mechanism Act, the Committee on Budgets shall, at the request of all members of the Committee, lead the political groups which do not Federal Government, a public hearing in accordance with § 70 (1) sentence 2 by.

9.

In the case of documents transferred, the committee responsible shall, at the request of all committee members of the political groups which do not bear the federal government, conduct a public hearing in accordance with Section 70 (1) sentence 2.

10.

A plenary debate instead of an enlarged public committee meeting (§ 69a paragraph 5) takes place if it is requested by all the members of the committee who do not carry the federal government.

11.

At the request of 120 of its members, the Bundestag shall set up an Enquete Commission in accordance with Section 56 (1).

(2) § 126 shall not apply to the rules referred to in paragraph 1. Unofficial table of contents

Section 127 Interpretation of these Rules of Procedure

(1) In the course of a meeting of the Bundestag on the interpretation of these Rules of Procedure, the President shall decide on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, the interpretation of the Rules of Procedure is the responsibility of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure; the President, a committee, a political group, a quarter of the members of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure or five of the hundred of the members of the Bundestag may request that the interpretation be submitted to the Bundestag for a decision. (2) If a corresponding request pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph 1 is not brought forward, the Committee on Electoral Examination shall decide, Immunity and Rules of Procedure, in which form its interpretation is to be published. Unofficial table of contents

Section 128 Rights of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure

The Committee on the Verification of Credentials, Immunities and Rules of Procedure can advise questions from its business area and make recommendations to the Bundestag (Article 75 (1) (h)). Unofficial table of contents

Annex 1 Rules of conduct for members of the German Bundestag

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 1) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 2 Registration of associations and their representatives

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 2) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 3 Secret protection order of the German Bundestag

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 3) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 4 Guidelines for Question Time and for individual written questions

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 4) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 5 Guidelines for debates on topics of general interest

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 5) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 6 Principles on immunity matters and in cases of approval pursuant to § 50 para. 3 StPO and § 382 para. 3 ZPO as well as in authorisations pursuant to § 90b para. 2, § 194 para. 4 StGB

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 6) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 6 Decision of the German Bundestag. Waiver of immunity of Members of the Bundestag

(Text see: BTGO1980Bes) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 7 Survey of the Federal Government

(Text see: BTGO1980Anl 7) Unofficial table of contents

Appendix 8 (omitted)