Rules of Procedure of the Federal Constitutional Court

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BVerfGGO 2015

Date of completion: 19.11.2014

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" Rules of Procedure of the Federal Constitutional Court of 19 November 2014 (BGBl. 2015 I p. 286) "

Replaced GO 1104-1-4 v. 15.12.1986 I 2529 (BVerfGGO 1986)

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Contents

Part A

Regulations concerning the organisation and administration of the Federal Constitutional Court

§ § 1-19

Part B

Procedural provisions			§ § 20-73
	Title 1:	On the procedure in general	§ § 20-37
	Title 2:	On the procedure in the case of representation pursuant to § 15 (2) sentence 2, § 19 paragraph 4 BVerfGG	§ 38
	Title 3:	On the procedure in the chambers according to § 81a and § § 93b to 93d BVerfGG	§ § 39-42
	Title 4:	On the procedure in committee pursuant to § 14 paragraph 5 BVerfGG	§ § 43-46
	Title 5:	On the procedure in plenary according to § 16 BVerfGG	§ § 47-48
	Title 6:	On the procedure in plenary according to § 105 BVerfGG	§ § 49-54
	Title 7:	On the procedure for the submission of a special vote pursuant to § 30 paragraph 2 BVerfGG	§ 55
	Title 8:	On the procedure in plenary according to § 7a BVerfGG	§ § 56-58
	Title 9:	On the proceedings in the Board of Appeal pursuant to § 97c BVerfGG	§ § 59-62
	Title 10:	About the General Register (AR) of the Federal Constitutional Court	§ § 63-65
	Title 11:	Final provisions	§ § 66-73

Part A
Regulations concerning the organisation and administration of the Federal Constitutional Court

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§ 1

(1) The plenary and the President shall work together to carry out the duties of the Court of First Instance. (2) The plenary shall advise and decide on the establishment of the budget of the Court of First Instance, on all the members of the Court of First Instance, their status and working conditions (3) The President shall exercise the powers conferred upon him by the laws and shall carry out the decisions of the plenary on the latter's behalf. He directs the administration of the Court; questions of fundamental importance will be discussed with the plenary. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The President shall be convened by the President as required, but at least once in the spring and autumn. (2) The plenary shall be convened without delay if the Vice-President, a committee or at least three judges are appointed to: (3) There shall be at least four days between the invitation and the meeting. (4) The plenary is a quorum if two-thirds of the members are present. (5) The invitation shall be the agenda and, if necessary, (6) The President shall suspend all documents required for the the matter shall be included on the agenda by a Member of the Court at the latest on the third day before the meeting. If no one is opposed, the plenary can put further items on the agenda. An item of advice which the President, the Vice-President, a committee or at least three judges have tabled shall not be withdrawn from the agenda. The President shall, moreover, decide on the agenda at the start of the sitting. (7) The President shall direct the sitting. A Protocol shall be drawn up on the course of its proceedings and shall be forwarded without delay to the Members of the General Court. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3

(1) The plenary shall form the following standing committees:

a)

a Committee on the Rules of Procedure

b)

a Protocol Committee,

c)

a budget and staff committee,

d)

a library committee.

Other committees may be set up as required. (2) The standing committees shall include two judges from each Senate, the committees referred to in paragraph 1 (a) to (c) the President and the Vice-President. (3) The plenary for two financial years, shall appoint the members of the committees and their deputies. (4) The President shall, with the participation of a committee, be chaired by the President. The other committees shall elect chairmen from their centre. (5) Each member of the committee may request the latter to be convened, stating the counseling object. The chairmen must convene the committee without delay. (6) The committee is quorum if more than half of its members are present. (7) The standing committees shall do their affairs in place of the Plenary, unless in individual cases, the plenary shall take the decision, or the committee deems the decision of the plenary to be necessary. The plenary may bind a committee for the treatment of a matter to its decisions. It may assign a matter to a standing committee in order to prepare for consultation and decision-making in plenary. (8) The chairmen shall report at least once a year to the plenary on the work of the committees. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4

Within the Court of First Instance, the President shall be represented by the Vice-President and the Vice-President by the oldest Member of the Court of First Instance, who is the same as the one who is the oldest of the life. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The President shall represent the General Court on the outside. In the case of the prevention of the Vice-President and in the event of the latter's prevention, the representative shall take over the oldest member of the Court of First Instance, who is the oldest in the same seniority. (2) The presentation of the views of the Court and the The President, in consultation with the Vice-President, is responsible for the performance of his interests vis-à-vis the Federal President, the Bundestag, the Federal Council, the Federal Government and its committees. They may be represented or supported by other judges. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6

The President shall exercise the house right. It can be delegated by disposal. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The members of the General Court shall be informed of all important events affecting the Court of First Instance. (2) In the case of invitations to the General Court, the Protocol Committee shall, as a rule, decide whether and by whom it shall be exercised. If the President decides in his/her post, the minutes committee shall be informed. (3) The same applies to visits to the Court of First Instance. Unofficial table of contents

§ 8

The seniority of a member of the court shall be determined by the day of the insult as judge or judge of the Federal Constitutional Court. With the same seniority, the age of life decides. Unofficial table of contents

§ 9

To the extent that administrative decisions are assigned to the superiors, to the service supervisor or to the administration of the authorities, in laws which are to be applied to the members of the court, the President shall meet them. Unofficial table of contents

§ 10

Missions of judges shall be notified to the President. The counter-drawing shows that there are no objections to the treatment of the journey as a business trip. Participation in professional meetings in Germany is always considered a business trip. Unofficial table of contents

§ 11

In the same way as illness and the absence of a local presence, the judges ' leave is to be reported to the President and the President of their Senate for a longer period of time than a week before. It is necessary to leave an address or to secure the accessibility otherwise. Unofficial table of contents

§ 12

(1) The Director and the Head of Department "Judicial Administration" shall, in particular, assist the chairpersons of the Senate in the execution of the Senate business. (2) You must have the competence to the judge's office and are exclusive in senate matters to the instructions of the chairmen. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The scientific staff members shall assist the member of the court to whom they are assigned in the course of his/her duties. They are bound by their instructions. (2) The judges are entitled to select their academic staff themselves. They are responsible for the service assessment, and the chairmen of the Senate can attach their own assessment. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The distribution of administrative transactions shall be governed by the President. Certain transactions may be entrusted to the Director in general for self-execution. (2) The members of the General Court take administrative decisions which are not simple business of the day-to-day administration, the President themselves. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The Director shall act as a management board on behalf of the President. (2) preparatory discussions or negotiations leading members of the administration with legislative bodies or ministries shall be subject to prior meetings in plenary or in one of its members. To the extent that such directives do not exist, to the extent that such directives do not exist, in accordance with the instructions of the President. Unofficial table of contents

§ 16

The post-entry shall be submitted to the President and the Vice-President, unless otherwise specified. Those who are appointed by them for the award of process post and of the procedures to be recorded in the General Register must have the competence to the judge's office. Unofficial table of contents

§ 17

(1) Official information of the General Court shall be published by the Press Office. (2) Official information to the media in the area of a Senate shall be subject to the consent of the Chairman or Chairperson. (3) The media work of the Tribunal shall be carried out by the Press office coordinates. Unofficial table of contents

§ 18

An archive is set up at the court's library, in which all the materials touching the court are collected. Unofficial table of contents

§ 19

Insofar as from the position of the court as a supreme collegial constitutional body, the Federal Constitutional Court Act and the law on the official salary of the members of the Federal Constitutional Court, from these Rules of Procedure or the The general administrative provisions applicable to the supreme federal authorities shall apply to the general administrative provisions of the Court of First instance.

Part B
Procedural provisions

Title 1
On the procedure in general

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§ 20

(1) Before the beginning of a financial year, the Senate shall decide, with effect from the beginning of this financial year, on the principles governing the procedural requests for the members of the court, including the chairpersons, to report on the proceedings. are to be distributed. These principles may only deviate from these principles during the financial year if this is necessary due to overloading or prolonged prevention of a member of the court. (2) The Chairman or Chairperson shall determine who shall be responsible for reporting is responsible. In case of doubt, the members of the senate concerned shall be heard before the assignment. In the event of disagreement, the Senate decides in principle. The Chairman or Chairperson may, in agreement with the Senate, appoint a member to report on the matter in view of the particular importance of the case. Unofficial table of contents

Section 21

(1) The Senate shall determine on which days of the week they shall meet regularly for consultation. Extraordinary meetings require a Senate decision; in urgent cases, the Chairman or Chairperson may convene an extraordinary meeting. (2) The Chairman or Chairperson shall fix the agenda in consultation with the Senate. It is intended to go to the members of the Senate at least ten days before. Unofficial table of contents

Section 22

(1) Decisions in accordance with § § 24 and 81a BVerfGG may be taken without the notification of the application. Likewise, no notification is required if the acceptance of the constitutional complaint is rejected (§ § 93a, 93b BVerfGG). (2) Delivery by the chairman or chairperson (§ 23 paragraph 2 BVerfGG) is made on a proposal from the rapporteur Member of the Senate. (3) The further promotion of the proceedings, in particular through substantive provisions, shall be the responsibility of the rapporteur member of the Senate, in consultation with the Chairman or Chairperson. (4) Request to the Board of Governors Federal courts or supreme court courts (§ 82 (4) of the BVerfGG) are to be held by the the Chairman of the Senate, on a proposal from the Senate or the Senate rapporteur. Such requests may also be made in cases other than those of the specific standards control (Section 13 (11) of the BVerfGG). (5) On a proposal from the rapporteur of the Senate, or on a decision of the Senate, the Persons who have a particular knowledge of an area in an area with a particular knowledge of being able to give an opinion on a matter of considerable importance for the decision. (6) All the measures relating to the procedure shall be subject to the action of the person concerned. Unofficial table of contents

Section 23

(1) In any case to be decided by the Senate, the rapporteur member of the Senate shall submit a written vote. At the same time, the members of the Senate deal with the acts of hand, which contain all the documents that are significant in terms of procedure and decision. In simple cases, a reasoned draft decision may be submitted instead of a vote. (2) There should be at least 10 days between the distribution of the vote and the deliberations or the oral proceedings. Unofficial table of contents

§ 24

(1) The Senate decides whether oral proceedings shall be held. (2) The oral proceedings are, as a rule, based on an outline of the negotiation procedure approved by the Senate, which are the basis for the oral proceedings. (3) The sound recording in which the oral proceedings are held (§ 25a sentence 2 BVerfGG) is only available to the members of the court and to the parties to the proceedings in order to listen to the oral proceedings. Court at your disposal. Overplaying and private transfers are inadmissible. (4) If and to the extent that copies are made for the use of the court, the parties to the proceedings may obtain copies of them. (5) For publication or evaluation in a scientific publication or documentation of proceedings may be released from statements if this is due to a weighing of the public interest in the publication with the interests of the parties to the proceedings and the Explanatory statements are justified. If personal data are included in the copies, the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act shall apply to the transmission for research purposes. (6) Marriage shall be granted in an utterance contained in the copy, the following shall be granted: Explanatory opportunity to comment on the accuracy of the transcript; they can also encourage stylistic corrections which do not alter the meaning. The decision shall be taken by the chairman of the senate. Applications which are not complied with are to be included in the files. The hearing of the declarant can be discernable if this would be disproportionate. (7) To the beginning of the oral proceedings it should be pointed out to § 25a BVerfGG (German Federal Constitutional Court). Unofficial table of contents

Section 25

Only the judges who are involved in the decision may be present at the deliberations. Unofficial table of contents

Section 26

(1) Judges and judges who have participated in the decision may, until they have been announced or have been released for the purpose of service, request the continuation of the deliberations if they wish to change their voting; may request the continuation of the deliberation in order to present considerations not previously discussed or if a special vote gives rise to it. (2) Decisions which have not been taken on the basis of oral proceedings shall be given the date of the Day on which they have been finally decided. Unofficial table of contents

§ 27

The senate decides on the course of the consultation. If the case raises several legal questions, it shall normally be put to the vote in succession before the decision is taken on the tenor. Unofficial table of contents

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(1) The judges who have participated in a decision shall be listed in the Rubrum with their name in the order of their seniority, according to the chairpersons. (2) If the judges take part in a decision, the judges shall be entitled to of the signature, the chairpersons shall assess the signature. Unofficial table of contents

§ 29

Decisions to be published in the Federal Law Gazan shall be sent by the Director to the competent ministry. If the decision is not published in the Bundesgesetzblatt three months after the date of delivery or delivery, it shall inform the chairman or the chairman and the rapporteur member of the Senate. Unofficial table of contents

§ 30

In so far as the decision is notified to the procedural representative of a constitutional body, it shall at the same time be sent directly to the constitutional body. Unofficial table of contents

Section 31

(1) The decisions of the plenary pursuant to § 16 paragraph 1 BVerfGG and the Senate shall be published in a collection of the decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court authorized by the court, which shall be issued by the members of the court in their own Responsibility is issued. (2) The plenary or the Senate may exclude the publication of a decision in the collection. (3) If a decision of the Chamber pursuant to § § 81a, 93b or § 93c of the BVerfGG is of particular interest in individual cases, the Senate may, on its proposal, arrange for publication in the collection. (4) The names of the names of the members of the Board of the Senate may be made public. the judges who are involved in the decision shall be printed in the collection. (5) The names of persons, associations of persons and places shall in principle be abbreviated with the initial letters in the case of imprint. (6) As far as possible the publication of the court-authorized collection of decisions of the Federal constitutional court surpluses are available for the tasks of a judicial professional association of the members of the Federal Constitutional Court or for charitable purposes. Unofficial table of contents

Section 32

(1) Official information on decisions taken shall be subject to the approval of the rapporteur's Member of the Senate and of the Chairman or Chairperson, and may not be published until the decision has been taken that the decision should be adopted by the Commission. (2) The same applies to decisions of the Chambers. Unofficial table of contents

§ 33

There is a documentation centre at the Federal Constitutional Court. It records and documents constitutional decisions and essential other materials. The members of the Tribunal shall cooperate in the selection and evaluation of documents. The documents are stored in a database which is generally accessible to the courts and is accessible to all. The documentation office is also responsible for archiving and for providing decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court on the Internet. Unofficial table of contents

Section 34

Draft judgments, decisions and dispositions, work on their preparation and documents relating to votes shall not form part of the acts of the proceedings. They are to be kept in a special envelope together with the files. Without prejudice to § 35b (5) sentence 2 BVerfGG, they are not subject to file inspection. Unofficial table of contents

§ 35

(1) The chairman, in consultation with the rapporteur, shall decide on the inspection of the files. In the case of Section 63 (2) (c), the President shall decide. In the case of proceedings in the General Register pursuant to Section 63 (1), the persons responsible for file access pursuant to § 63 (1) decide on the right of access. (2) After the conclusion of the proceedings, parties (§ 20 BVerfGG) may, in accordance with § 35b (1) sentence 1 and 2 BVerfGG file inspection (3) The provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act concerning the transfer of personal data shall apply. Unofficial table of contents

§ 36

Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court are to be anonymized prior to the transfer to authorities, courts or private third parties. The more detailed rules are laid down by the President. Unofficial table of contents

Section 37

(1) The proceedings of the General Court on senate decisions, including the documents referred to in § 34, may be handed over to the Federal Archives after ten years. (2) The destruction of procedural acts and of documents according to § 34 shall be subject to the following conditions: 30 years allowed. This excludes procedural acts and documents in accordance with § 34 of decisions which have been determined by the Court of First Instance for publication.

Title 2
On the procedure in the case of representation pursuant to § 15 (2) sentence 2, § 19 paragraph 4 BVerfGG

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§ 38

(1) In the cases of § 15 (2) sentence 2 and § 19 (4) sentence 1 BVerfGG, the chairman of the Senate in which the representative case has entered orders the lottery procedure. (2) The chairman of the other senate or the chairman of the Senate shall execute the proceedings. Losverfahren through. The members of both senates shall be informed of the Lostermin, to which a document official or a Urkundsbeamtin shall be assigned. A copy of the lottery procedure shall be taken to the files of the proceedings. The result of the lottery procedure shall be notified to all members of the court. (3) For the arrangement and implementation of the lottery procedure, § 15 (1) sentence 2 BVerfGG shall apply accordingly.

Title 3
On the procedure in the chambers according to § 81a and § § 93b to 93d BVerfGG

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§ 39

In the chambers where they belong to them, the President and the Vice-President, each of whom shall be the oldest member of the same service, shall be chaired by the oldest member who is the oldest. Unofficial table of contents

§ 40

(1) Within the limits of its powers, the Chambers shall, as a rule, decide on the basis of a written vote in the procedures assigned to one of its members as the rapporteur. In the decision pursuant to Section 15a (2) of the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfGG), the Senate regulates how the jurisdiction for the procedures assigned to it is distributed among the Chambers. (2) If a unanimous decision of the Board does not apply, the Senate shall not agree to the decision of the Court of First Instance acting on its own merits. In the cases of § 93d paragraph 2 BVerfGG of the Senate, the senate decides. (3) If the board rejects the acceptance of a constitutional complaint, the requests made in this case shall be subject to the adoption of a preliminary injunction. Unofficial table of contents

Section 41

The rapporteur can, before the decision of the board, whether a request for a standard control is inadmissible or if a constitutional complaint is not accepted (§ § 81a, 93b BVerfGG), opinions of the persons entitled to vote (§ 82 in German). Obtain a connection with § § 77, 94 BVerfGG) or third parties and contact the courts referred to in § 82 paragraph 4 BVerfGG with a request. Unofficial table of contents

§ 42

If, in a constitutional complaint procedure, which ended with a non-acceptance decision, files of the court against whose decision the constitutional complaint has been addressed have been drawn aside, that court shall be brought back to the Court of First Instance in the case of the return of the files a copy of the decision to be sent. The same shall apply where a constitutional body or authority has delivered an opinion on a request for an opinion on the constitutional complaint, or if the constitutional complaint is against a decision of a supreme court Federal Courts.

Title 4
On the procedure in committee pursuant to § 14 paragraph 5 BVerfGG

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Section 43

In the Committee to be formed in accordance with Section 14 (5) of the BVerfGG, each Senate elects two members of the court for the period of one financial year and their deputising. The President shall be represented in the Chair by the Vice-President, in the absence of the Vice-President, of the oldest Member of the Committee, who is the oldest Member of the same service. Unofficial table of contents

Section 44

(1) The chairpersons shall be informed of all procedural motions for their senate. In doing so, they will be pointed out to doubts concerning the senate's responsibilities. They may, if necessary, conduct a discussion in their Senate. (2) One case may be delivered to the other Senate if the chairpersons and rapporteurs of both senates agree on it. (3) Each member of the court may have the following: Call for convening of the Committee. The Committee shall be convened without delay, usually with a charge period of fourteen days. This does not apply if the Senate has begun deliberation on the matter. Unofficial table of contents

§ 45

The President shall appoint a rapporteur from each senate from the members of the Committee. They may, together or separately before the meeting, issue a written vote on the question of competence. Unofficial table of contents

Section 46

The decisions of the committee shall be recorded in a document note by the chairman or the chairman. They will not be justified. They shall be notified to all the members of the General Court and shall be brought to the proceedings of the proceedings.

Title 5
On the procedure in plenary according to § 16 BVerfGG

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§ 47

(1) The Senate, which wishes to deviate from the legal opinion contained in a decision of the other Senate or the plenary, shall call the plenary by a decision of the Senate. (2) The call to the plenary shall not be required if the Senate, of whose decision is to be deviated, on request, stating that he does not tie in his legal opinion. Unofficial table of contents

§ 48

(1) In order to prepare the decision of the Plenary, the chairmen of the Senate shall appoint one rapporteur. The decision of the plenary is to be justified by the decision of the plenary sitting at least ten days before the plenary session. He is to be treated as well as decisions of the Senate.

Title 6
On the procedure in plenary according to § 105 BVerfGG

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§ 49

(1) The application for initiation of proceedings pursuant to Section 105 (1) of the Federal Constitutional Court may be submitted by at least six members of the Court of First Instance, in the case of Section 105 (1) (1) of the BVerfGG, also by the President and Vice-President. (2) The All members of the court shall be notified in a confidential manner against receipt of the request, together with the reasons for their application. Unofficial table of contents

§ 50

The Member of the Court of First Instance against which the application is directed shall be given the opportunity to submit his comments in writing and orally before the plenary. Unofficial table of contents

Section 51

The decision to initiate proceedings shall require the consent of at least eight Members of the Court of First Instance. The plenary shall advise and decide in the absence of the person or persons concerned. The decision shall not be justified; it shall be signed by the co-operating judges and shall then be opened to the person or persons concerned. Unofficial table of contents

Section 52

After the procedure has been initiated, the plenary will appoint a member to lead the investigation from its centre. This listens to the person concerned and carries out the necessary investigations; to raise the evidence, the affected persons are to be charged. The outcome of the investigation shall report to the plenary in writing and in the oral proceedings; the report shall conclude with a proposal for a decision. This member of the court is excluded from the consultation and decision-making process. Unofficial table of contents

Section 53

Oral proceedings shall be held in camera. At the request of the person or persons concerned, the public may be admitted. Unofficial table of contents

§ 54

(1) The proceedings for an application pursuant to Section 105 (1) of the BVerfGG shall be dismissed if the Member of the Court of First Instance against which the application is directed is discharged from the Office pursuant to Section 12 of the BVerfGG or on account of the expiry of the term of office or on request (Section 98 (1) of the Act). 1, paragraph 2, point 2 of the BVerfGG). (2) The procedure shall also be adjusted if the application is withdrawn before a decision pursuant to Section 105 (4) of the BVerfGG, unless the plenary decides to initiate or continue it.

Title 7
On the procedure for the submission of a special vote pursuant to § 30 paragraph 2 BVerfGG

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§ 55

(1) The special vote in which a member of the Senate devotes a divergent opinion on the decision or the reasons for the decision taken in the counsel must, within three weeks of the completion of the decision, be the chairman of the Senats are available. The Senate may extend this period. (2) Any person intending to make a special vote shall inform the Senate as soon as the state of the deliberations is made possible. (3) If the special vote is given in a judgment, the Chairperson shall give the opinion of the Senate. of the Annunciation. (4) The special vote will be announced together with the decision. (5) The special vote shall be taken in the collection of the decisions of the The Federal Constitutional Court shall be published in accordance with the decision in accordance with the decision. (6) For special votes in plenary decisions, the above provisions shall apply mutatis-nimatuity.

Title 8
On the procedure in plenary according to § 7a BVerfGG

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§ 56

Any member of the General Court may make proposals for the resolution of the plenary in accordance with Section 7a of the BVerfGG. They shall be submitted and duly substantiated at least one week before the sitting of the plenary, in which case it shall be communicated whether the proposed nomination is in agreement with the nomination. The observance of the deadline may be waited in the agreement of all the members of the court present. Unofficial table of contents

Section 57

(1) The nominations shall be put to a vote by secret ballot after the close of the debate. The quorum is based on § 7a para. 2 sentence 3 in conjunction with § 16 paragraph 2 BVerfGG. (2) In the first ballot, voting shall be carried out using ballot papers on which the proposals are listed in alphabetical order. Every member of the court has as many votes as suggestions to make. It shall be elected who has received at least the majority of the votes cast, in the order resulting from the number of votes. (3) If the first ballot remains unsuccessfully, in whole or in part, separate ballots shall be included in separate ballots. Ballot papers on which the persons entitled to vote have only one name. The electoral act shall be repeated until a majority of the votes cast are in favour of a proposal; any repetition of the vote shall be taken as a result of the fact that those who have received the least votes in the previous ballot shall be left to do so. Unofficial table of contents

Section 58

(1) If the election in accordance with § 57 does not lead to a sufficient number of proposals, the further proposals shall be determined in a new election. This is to take place in the second calendar week after the end of the previous election date. For this purpose, new persons may be appointed or previously nominated again; the period of § 56 sentence 2 shall be reduced to three days. The plenary may decide that the new election shall be the only vote in accordance with paragraph 57 (3). (2) If, in the case referred to in paragraph 1, first sentence, proposals for the new election are still made in the meeting, the votes of all the members present may be taken into consideration. of the Court of First Instance shall be decided that the new election shall be carried out immediately. If only persons who have previously been nominated are proposed, the decision may be taken by a two-thirds majority of the members of the General Court present.

Title 9
On the proceedings in the Board of Appeal pursuant to § 97c BVerfGG

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§ 59

(1) Each year, the plenum shall convene a member of the court from each Senate and, for each of these, a representative for the period of two years to the Board of Appeal. An immediately subsequent re-election is inadmissible. The President or Vice-President cannot participate in the Board of Appeal. (2) For the first term of office beginning in 2012, the plenum shall determine from each Senate a member of the court whose term of office in the Board of Appeal is three years , the same shall apply to the two members of the Court of First Instance designated to represent them. Unofficial table of contents

§ 60

If a member of the chamber is excluded from participation in accordance with Section 97c (2) of the BVerfGG or is prevented for any other reason, the Member of the General Court appointed by the plenum to represent this chamber member shall replace him with the office. If this is also prevented, the representative shall be represented by the oldest member of the senate, to which the chamber member belongs. This shall also apply to the remainder of the term of office if a member of the Board of Appeal is leaving the court. Unofficial table of contents

Section 61

The Board of Appeal shall be chaired by the oldest member of the Board of Appeal. Unofficial table of contents

Section 62

(1) An opinion pursuant to Section 97d (1) of the BVerfGG is to be submitted as a rule only upon request by the rapporteur member of the Board of Appeal. The documents of the main proceedings may be drawn aside, in so far as the inspection of the files is not excluded in accordance with Section 34. (2) The Chairman of the Board of Appeal or the Chairman of the Board of Appeal shall decide on the inspection of the file in agreement with the rapporteur.

Title 10
About the General Register (AR) of the Federal Constitutional Court

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§ 63

(1) Inputs to the Federal Constitutional Court, which do not affect an administrative matter of the court or are statthed in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Federal Constitutional Court, are recorded in the General Register (AR) and as Judicial administrative matter. In particular:

a)

Questions concerning the jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court and pending or completed proceedings,

b)

Inputs that do not pursue a specific request or claim a concern for which the Federal Constitutional Court has jurisdiction.

(2) In the General Register it is also possible to register:

a)

Constitutional complaints, in which an acceptance of the decision (§ 93a BVerfGG) is not considered, because they are clearly inadmissible or, taking into account the jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court, evidently not a success can have

b)

other manifestly inadmissible procedural motions,

c)

Procedures in which the Senate competence cannot be clarified immediately.

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Section 64

(1) The decision as to whether an operation is to be entered in the General Register shall be taken by the chairpersons of the respective Senate. You can transfer the decision-making authority in general to the employees appointed pursuant to § 16 for the postal award. (2) A process registered in accordance with § 63 (2) (a) in the General Register shall be included in the (3) If an operation is to be transferred from the General Register to the Registry of the proceedings, he or she shall be the subject of a judicial decision. (4) The files on those in the General Register in accordance with Article 35b (7) of the Federal Constitutional Court, five years after the last one of the procedures relating to the case shall be destroyed in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 35b (7) of the Federal Constitutional Court. The operations which have been carried out before the entry into force of this Regulation shall, in principle, be destroyed ten years after the date of receipt. Unofficial table of contents

Section 65

For the General Register, the Department of Justice is acting on behalf of the Court of First Instance. It is supported by the responsible persons responsible for the general register, who have to have the competence to judge the Office.

Title 11
Final provisions

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Section 66

Members of the Court of First Instance, within the meaning of these Rules of Procedure, shall also be judges who continue their duties after the end of their term of office (Section 4 (4) of the BVerfGG). Unofficial table of contents

Section 67

In the oral proceedings, the judges and judges carry a robe with a barett. Unofficial table of contents

Section 68

The fiscal year of the Federal Constitutional Court is the calendar year. Unofficial table of contents

Section 69

(1) The work of the Federal Constitutional Court is recorded statistically. (2) The General Court's business load is presented monthly in a statistic and at the end of the financial year in a total statistic. Unofficial table of contents

Section 70

Without prejudice to § 19, the court building shall be flagged during oral proceedings and sentencing, as well as on special orders of the President. Unofficial table of contents

Section 71

(1) The request for amendment of the Rules of Procedure may be made by any Member of the Court of First Instance. The application shall be made in writing. (3) In the case of defence (Article 115a (1), Article 115g of the GG), the Court of First Law shall be responsible for the application of the text. (2) The text shall be subject to the following conditions: (4) If a President, a Vice-President or a Director, takes office, the President of the Court of Justice shall be entitled to change the Rules of Procedure. The Rules of Procedure have been recast. Unofficial table of contents

Section 72

The Rules of Procedure shall be published in the Federal Law Gazan. Unofficial table of contents

Section 73

These Rules of Procedure shall enter into force on the day following the notice of notice; at the same time, the Rules of Procedure of the Federal Constitutional Court of 15 December 1986 (BGBl) shall take effect. 2529), as last amended by Article 1 of the Notice of amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Federal Constitutional Court of 7 January 2002 (BGBl. 1171), except for force. Unofficial table of contents

Final formula

The President of the Federal Constitutional Court