Federal Authority (Germany)

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Federal authorities in Germany authorities of the Federal . They perform tasks of the federal administration in Germany . The federal authorities include unincorporated authorities of direct state administration as well as institutions and corporations under public law with indirect state administration with their own legal capacity . Some federal agencies, contrary to their names, may not be legally competent higher federal authorities. The military departments of the armed forces are not federal agencies . They do not perform any public administration tasks and therefore do not fall under the definition of an authority.

Federal authorities can be classified according to their hierarchical position as follows:

  • Supreme Federal Authorities
  • Higher federal authorities (also called upper federal authorities)
  • Federal funding agencies
  • Federal sub-authorities (also called local authorities)

Legal basis

In principle, the states implement the federal laws as a separate matter ( Art. 83 GG ). Although the Länder execute federal laws on federal contracts, the establishment of the authorities remains basically their affair ( Art. 85 para. 1 GG ). For matters for which the federal government is entitled to legislate ( Art. 73 and Art. 74 GG ), independent higher federal authorities and new federal corporations and institutions under public law can be established by federal law ( Art. 87 Art. 3 sentence 1 GG ).

If the federal government has new tasks in areas for which it is entitled to legislate, federal central and subordinate authorities can be set up with the consent of the Bundesrat and the majority of the members of the Bundestag ( Art. 87 Art. 3 sentence 2 GG ). Due to this urgent need, no federal authority has yet been established.

The foreign service , the federal finance administration and the administration of the federal waterways and shipping ( Art. 87 Art. 1 S. 1 GG ) are managed in federal administration with its own administrative substructure . Federal border protection authorities , central offices for police information and intelligence , for the criminal police and for the collection of documents for purposes of the protection of the constitution and protection against efforts in the federal territory, which through the use of force or preparatory actions aimed at it, jeopardize foreign interests of the Federal Republic of Germany, ( Art. 87 Art. 1 S. 2 GG ). Furthermore, the Federal Armed Forces Administration ( Art. 87b Art. 1 S. 1 GG ), the Aviation Administration ( Art. 87b Art. 1 S. 1 GG ), the Railway Administration for Federal Railways ( Art. 87e Art. 1 S. 1 GG ), Sovereign tasks in the field of postal services and telecommunications ( Art. 87f Art. 1 S. 1 GG ) as well as the administration of the federal motorways ( Art. 87b Art. 1 S. 1 GG ) managed or executed in federal administration, the Bundeswehr administration with its own Administrative substructure.

Those social insurance carriers are managed as federally direct corporations under public law , whose area of ​​responsibility extends beyond the territory of one country, but not more than three countries ( Art. 87 Art. 2 GG ).

Supreme Federal Authorities

The supreme federal authorities supervise the higher federal authorities with no legal capacity (usually technical and official supervision ) as well as legal bodies, institutions and foundations under public law (usually legal supervision ). The local jurisdiction of the supreme federal authorities basically extends to the entire federal territory . The 29 supreme federal authorities are:

Abbreviation Surname First place of work Second office
BPresA Office of the Federal President Berlin Bonn
BT Bundestag administration Berlin Bonn
BR Secretariat of the Federal Council Berlin Bonn
BVerfG Federal Constitutional Court (if active as an authority) Karlsruhe -
BRH Federal Audit Office Bonn -
BKAmt Federal Chancellery Berlin Bonn
BKM Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Bonn Berlin
BPA Press and Information Office of the Federal Government Berlin Bonn
BMF Federal Ministry of Finance Berlin Bonn
BMI Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Berlin Bonn
AA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin Bonn
BMWi Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Berlin Bonn
BMJV Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Berlin Bonn
BMAS Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Berlin Bonn
BMVg Federal ministry of defense Bonn Berlin
BMEL Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Bonn Berlin
BMFSFJ Federal Ministry of Family Affairs Berlin Bonn
BMG Federal Ministry of Health Bonn Berlin
BMVI Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Berlin Bonn
BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bonn Berlin
BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and Research Bonn Berlin
BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Bonn Berlin
BBank Headquarters of the Deutsche Bundesbank ( Section 29 (1) BBankG ) Frankfurt am Main -
BfDI Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Bonn -
BGH Federal Court of Justice (if active as an authority) Karlsruhe -
BAG Federal Labor Court (if active as an authority) Erfurt -
BFH Federal Fiscal Court (if active as an authority) Munich -
BSG Federal Social Court (if active as an authority) kassel -
BVerwG Federal Administrative Court (if active as an authority) Leipzig -

Higher federal authorities

Higher federal authorities are directly subordinate to a supreme federal authority and have no legal capacity. As a rule, you are in the subordinate division of a federal ministry. In principle, they are locally responsible for the entire federal territory. Higher federal authorities are also federally unincorporated public law institutions. The higher federal authorities are:

Abbreviation Surname Supervisory authority Headquarters country
BiZBw Bundeswehr training center Federal ministry of defense Mannheim Baden-Württemberg
BAA Federal Compensation Office Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Hesse
BAAINBw Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr Federal ministry of defense Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
BAFA Federal Office of Economics and Export Control Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Eschborn Hesse
BAFzA Federal Office for Family and Civil Society Tasks Federal Ministry of Family Affairs Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BAG Federal Office for freight Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BAIUDBw Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Bundeswehr Services Federal ministry of defense Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BAMF Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Nuremberg Bavaria
BAR Federal Office for External Restitutions Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
BArch Federal Archives Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
BADV Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Berlin
BAPersBw Federal Office for Personnel Management in the Bundeswehr Federal ministry of defense Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BAV Federal Agency for Administrative Services Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Aurich Lower Saxony
BBK Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BBR Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
Procurement Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BfArM Federal Institute for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Federal Ministry of Health Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BEU Federal Agency for Railway Accident Investigation Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BASE Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Berlin (provisional)
BfN Federal Agency for Nature Conservation Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BfS Federal Office for Radiation Protection Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Salzgitter Lower Saxony
BFU Federal Agency for Aircraft Accident Investigation Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Braunschweig Lower Saxony
BAF Federal Supervisory Office for Air Traffic Control Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Langen (Hesse) Hesse
BfV Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BfJ Federal Office of Justice Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BKA Federal Criminal Police Office Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Wiesbaden Hesse
BKG Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Frankfurt am Main Hesse
BKGE Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Oldenburg Lower Saxony
BND Federal Intelligence Service Federal Chancellery Berlin
BPOLP Federal Police Headquarters Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Potsdam Brandenburg
BSI Federal Office for Security in Information Technology Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Hamburg , Rostock Hamburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
BSU Federal Bureau for Marine Casualty Investigation Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Hamburg
BKartA Federal Cartel Office Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BPjM National inspecting authority for youth harming media Federal Ministry of Family Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BSA Bundessortenamt Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Hanover Lower Saxony
BSprA Federal Language Office Federal ministry of defense Huerth North Rhine-Westphalia
BStU Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Berlin
BAS Federal Social Security Office Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs , Federal Ministry of Health Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BVA Federal Office of Administration Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BVL Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Braunschweig Lower Saxony
BZgA Federal Center for Health Education Federal Ministry of Health Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BZSt Federal Ministry of Finance Federal Ministry of Finance Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
DPMA German Patent and Trademark Office Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Munich Bavaria
EBA Federal Railway Office Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
EKA Evangelical Church Office for the Bundeswehr Federal ministry of defense Berlin
FBA Federal Highway Authority Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Leipzig Saxony
GDWS Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
GZD General Customs Directorate Federal Ministry of Finance Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
HSU / UniBw H Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Federal ministry of defense Hamburg
ITZBund Federal Information Technology Center Federal Ministry of Finance Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
KMBA Catholic military bishopric Federal ministry of defense Berlin
KBA Federal Motor Transport Authority Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein
LBA Federal Aviation Office Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Braunschweig Lower Saxony
LufDev Aviation Office of the Bundeswehr Federal ministry of defense Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BAMAD Federal Office for the Military Counterintelligence Service Federal ministry of defense Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
PlgABw Planning Office of the Bundeswehr Federal ministry of defense Berlin
BNetzA Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railways Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
StBA / Destatis Federal Office of Statistics Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Wiesbaden Hesse
UBA Federal Environment Agency Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Dessau-Rosslau Saxony-Anhalt
UniBw M University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich Federal ministry of defense Munich Bavaria
ZKA Customs Criminal Police Office (as Directorate VIII of the General Customs Directorate) Federal Ministry of Finance Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Berlin
Bast Federal Highway Research Institute Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bergisch Gladbach North Rhine-Westphalia
BAuA Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
BAW Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg
BfG Federal Institute for Hydrology Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Hanover Lower Saxony
PiP Federal Institute for Population Research Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Wiesbaden Hesse
BISp Federal Institute for Sport Science Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
bpb Federal Agency for Civic Education Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
DAI German Archaeological Institute Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin
DIMDI German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information Federal Ministry of Health Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
PTB Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Braunschweig Lower Saxony
FLI Friedrich Loeffler Institute - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Greifswald - Riems Island Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
JKI Julius Kühn Institute - Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Quedlinburg Saxony-Anhalt
MRI Max Rubner Institute - Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg
PEI Paul Ehrlich Institute - Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Medicines Federal Ministry of Health Langen (Hesse) Hesse
RKI Robert Koch Institute - Federal Institute for Infectious Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases Federal Ministry of Health Berlin
vTI Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forests and Fisheries Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Braunschweig Lower Saxony
THW Federal Agency for Technical Relief Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
ZITiS Central office for information technology in the security area Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Munich Bavaria

Federal central and federal sub-authorities

Federal funding agencies are only set up in areas where the federal government has its own administrative framework. They are generally subordinate to a supreme federal authority and often locally responsible for only part of the federal territory. Federal sub-authorities (local authorities) can be subordinate to them. The local jurisdiction of the federal sub-authorities is usually limited to a smaller area. The federal police authorities are the eleven federal police directorates as sub-authorities and the federal police academy ( Section 57 (2 ) BPolG ).

Abbreviation Surname Superordinate authority
BPOLD BBS Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD H Federal Police Directorate Hanover Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD STA Federal Police Directorate Sankt Augustin Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD KO Federal Police Directorate Koblenz Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD S Federal Police Directorate Stuttgart Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD M Federal Police Directorate Munich Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD PIR Federal Police Directorate Pirna Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD B Federal Police Directorate Berlin Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD FRA Federal Police Directorate at Frankfurt Airport Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD BP Federal Riot Police ( Fuldatal ) Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLD 11 Federal Police Directorate 11 ( Berlin ) Federal Police Headquarters
BPOLAK Federal Police Academy ( Lübeck ) Federal Police Headquarters
BwDLZ Bundeswehr service centers Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Bundeswehr Services
BwVSt Bundeswehr administrative offices abroad Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Bundeswehr Services
EMilD Protestant military deans Evangelical Church Office for the Bundeswehr
EMilPfA Protestant military parishioners Protestant military deans
VpflABw Federal Armed Forces Catering Office ( Oldenburg ) Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Bundeswehr Services
ZBrdSchBw Fire Protection Center of the Bundeswehr ( Sonthofen ) Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Bundeswehr Services
WTD 41 Defense technology department for land-based vehicle systems, pioneer and troop technology ( Trier ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WTD 52 Defense technical department for protection and special technology ( Oberjettenberg ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WTD 61 Defense technical department for aircraft and aviation equipment of the Bundeswehr ( Manching ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WTD 71 Defense Technology Service for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research ( Eckernförde ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WTD 81 Defense Technical Office for Information Technology and Electronics ( Greding ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WTD 91 Defense technology department for weapons and ammunition ( Meppen ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WIS Defense Science Institute for Protective Technologies - NBC Protection ( Munster ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
WIWeB Defense Science Institute for Materials and Operating Materials ( Erding ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
Mars Naval Arsenal ( Wilhelmshaven ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
DtVStRü USA / CAN German liaison office for the US / Canada armaments sector ( Reston ) Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
ASBw Bundeswehr schools abroad Bundeswehr training center
BwFachS Bundeswehr technical schools Bundeswehr training center
KarrC Bw Career centers of the Bundeswehr Federal Office for Personnel Management in the Bundeswehr
HZA Main customs offices General Customs Directorate
WNA New waterway construction authorities Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
WSA Waterways and Shipping Offices Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
ZA Customs offices Main customs offices
ZFA Customs investigation offices General Customs Directorate

Federal agencies

Legally competent and partially legally competent federal agencies are:

Abbreviation Surname Supervisory authority Headquarters country
BaFin Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Federal Ministry of Finance Bonn,
Frankfurt am Main
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Hesse
BAnstPT Federal Agency for Post and Telecommunications Deutsche Bundespost Federal Ministry of Finance Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BDBOS Federal agency for digital radio for authorities and organizations with security tasks Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs Berlin
BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Berlin
BIBB Federal Institute for Vocational Training Federal Ministry of Education and Research Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BImA federal agency for Real Estate tasks Federal Ministry of Finance Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
BLE Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
DNB German National Library Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Leipzig ,
Frankfurt am Main
Saxony,
Hesse
DWD German Weather Service (partially legal) Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Offenbach am Main Hesse

Legal bodies under public law

Legal entities under public law at federal level are usually social insurance carriers, for example:

Abbreviation Surname Supervisory authority Headquarters country
BA Federal agency for work Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Nuremberg Bavaria
DRV-Bund German Federal Pension Insurance Federal Social Security Office Berlin
DRV-KBS German Pension Insurance Knappschaft-Bahn-See Federal Social Security Office Bochum North Rhine-Westphalia
UVB Federal and rail accident insurance Federal Social Security Office Frankfurt am Main Hesse
KVB Health care for Federal Railroad officials Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Frankfurt am Main Hesse

Former federal agencies

The following non-exhaustive list shows former federal authorities and their successors:

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörn Ipsen: Staatsrecht 1: Staatsorganisationsrecht . 25th edition. Alred Metzner, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-8006-4657-9 , Rn. 656 .
  2. New Federal Office for Nuclear Waste Management starts work (press release No. 145/14). In: http://www.bmub.bund.de/ . Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety , August 29, 2014, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
  3. BAuA establishing decree