Reference

A reference is a list of legal norms in which each norm is indicated at which point it was officially promulgated. Changes to the standards are usually also recorded with the information for their promulgation.

In addition to the designation of the reference to the references, “list of validity” or “continuation record” are common titles for such publications .

Germany

For German federal law , the Federal Ministry of Justice publishes two references annually on December 31st. The reference list A (FNA) lists the national federal law (light blue supplement to the Federal Law Gazette Part I, no longer available in printed form since 2012), while the reference list B (FNB) lists the international legal agreements as well as the contracts for the preparation and establishment of the unification of Germany (Red supplement to BGBl. Part II). Both references can be found on the homepage of the Federal Law Gazette, each year.

Reference list A 2017 Federal law without international agreements. Completed December 31, 2017
List of references B 2017 International agreements. Treaties for the preparation and establishment of the unity of Germany. Completed December 31, 2017.

There are similar directories in many German countries . The federal states are mostly based on the FNA in their structure, but have partially adapted the division of the subject areas to their needs. In contrast to the federal government, many states also include administrative regulations or issue their own registers.

Some of these directories can be viewed on the Internet (see web links).

Subject division of the FNA of the Federal Republic of Germany

The FNA uses structure numbers for the various subject areas , each of which is further subdivided. In the following, the nine main sub-items are shown with their sub-items and examples of further sub-items in the first three subject areas.

1 - State and Constitutional Law

10 - Constitutional Law
- 100 - Basic Law
- 101 - territory
- 102 - Nationality
- 103 - Issuance of ordinances
- 104 - Repeal of the right of occupation
- 105 - Establishing the unity of Germany
11 - State Organization
- 110 - State organs
  - 1100 - head of state
  - 1101 - Bundestag
  - 1102 - Federal Council
  - 1103 - Federal Government
  - 1104 - Federal Constitutional Court
- 111 - Right to vote
- 112 - parties
- 113 - symbols , awards, holidays
- 114 - Preaching
- 115 - Competence of the authorities
- 116 - Board membership
12 - Protection of the Constitution , intelligence service
13 - Federal Border Guard , Federal Police
14 - State liability
17 - Unification of Europe , European Union
18 - Implementation of international and intergovernmental agreements
19 - Individual state and constitutional legal provisions relating to the Basic Law

2 - administration

20 - General internal administration
- 200 - Establishment of authorities
- 201 - Administrative and compulsory procedures
- 202 - administrative fees
- 203 - Law of persons in the service of the federal government and the federal corporations under public law
  - 2030 - civil servants
  - 2031 - Disciplinary Law
  - 2032 - salaries , travel and relocation expenses, maintenance allowance
  - 2034 - employees and workers, working conditions of workers
  - 2035 - Employee representation law
  - 2036 - Legal relationships of former members of the public service (Art. 131 GG)
  - 2037 - Reparation for National Socialist injustices for members of the public service
  - 2038 - Consequences of War Conclusion Act
- 204 - Data protection
- 205 - Advancement of women, equality
- 206 - Public Information Technology
21 - Special branches of internal administration
- 210 - Passport , ID and registration systems
- 211 - Civil status
- 212 - Healthcare
  - 2120 - Organization of health care
  - 2121 - Pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, poisons
  - 2122 - Doctors and other health professions
  - 2123 - Dentists and dentists
  - 2124 - midwives and health care professions
  - 2125 - Food and beverages, consumer goods
  - 2126 - Disease Control, Vaccination
  - 2127 - health care
  - 2128 - Red Cross
  - 2129 - environmental protection
- 213 - Construction
- 214 - Law of benefits in kind, right of expropriation
- 215 - Civil Defense
- 216 - Youth Law
  - 2160 - Youth Promotion
  - 2161 - Protection of minors
  - 2162 - Youth Welfare
  - 2163 - advance maintenance
- 217 - Social assistance and welfare
- 218 - Right of association and assembly , freedom of movement , emigration, war grave care
  - 2180 - Association and assembly law
  - 2181 - Free Movement
  - 2182 - Emigration
  - 2183 - tumult damage
  - 2184 - War graves care
  - 2185 - Public Collections
- 219 - Federal criminal police, security police
  - 2190 - Federal Criminal Police
  - 2191 - Security Police
22 - Cultural Affairs
- 220 - art
- 221 - Education, Science and Research
  - 2213 - space travel
- 222 - Churches and religious communities under public law
- 223 - School and public education
- 224 - General cultural maintenance, cultural protection and archiving
- 225 - Press, radio and film affairs
  - 2250 - Press
  - 2251 - Broadcasting
  - 2252 - cinematography
23 - Spatial planning , land distribution, housing construction, settlement and homestead affairs, housing management, allotment gardening, real estate law (except agricultural and forestry real estate law)
- 230 - spatial planning
- 231 - land distribution
- 233 - Housing, settlement and homestead affairs
  - 2330 - Housing
  - 2331 - settlement
  - 2332 - Homesteading
- 234 - Housing Management
- 235 - Allotment gardening
- 236 - Real estate law (except agricultural and forestry real estate law)
24 - Displaced persons, refugees, evacuees, political prisoners and missing persons
- 240 - displaced persons, refugees
- 241 - evacuees
- 242 - Political prisoners
- 243 - Foreign refugees
- 244 - Missing
25 - Reparation of National Socialist injustice, rectification of injustice in the GDR
- Reparation for National Socialist injustice
- 250 - refund
- 251 - compensation
- Correction of injustice in the GDR
- 252 - Stasi Records Act
26 - Immigration law
27 - Foreign Service
28 - Corporations , foundations and institutions under public law
29 - Statistics

3 - Administration of justice

30 - Judicial constitution and professional law of the administration of justice
- 300 - Judicial Constitution
- 301 - judges
- 302 - Discharge of the courts, Rechtspfleger
- 303 - notaries, lawyers, legal advisors; Notarization
- 304 - Uniformity of case law
31 - Proceedings before the ordinary courts
- 310 - Civil litigation, foreclosure and administration
- 311 - Settlement, bankruptcy, avoidance of individual creditors
- 312 - Criminal proceedings, penal system, Federal Central Register
- 313 - Grace, Compensation for Law Enforcement Actions
- 314 - Extradition and transit
- 315 - Voluntary Jurisdiction
- 316 - Procedure in the event of deprivation of liberty
- 317 - Procedures in agricultural matters
- 318 - Certification of public documents
- 319 - Intergovernmental Legal Assistance
32 - Constitution and procedure of labor courts
33 - Constitution and procedure of social courts
34 - Constitution and procedure of administrative courts
35 - Constitution and proceedings of the tax courts
36 - Law on costs

4 - civil law and criminal law

40 - Civil Law - Civil Code and ancillary laws
41 - Commercial law
42 - Industrial property rights
43 - Rules against unfair competition
44 - Copyright
45 - Criminal law

5 - defense

50 - Military Constitution
51 - Status of soldiers
52 - Military Complaints Law - Military Disciplinary Law
53 - military pay - welfare - supply
54 - Military Services Law
55 - Other law of defense
56 - prize law
57 - Implementing provisions on defense agreements

6 - Finance

60 - Financial administration in the federal government, in the states and in the municipalities
61 - Taxes and duties
62 - equalization of burdens , consequential damage caused by war

63 - Federal budget

64 - federal property

65 - Federal Debt

66 - Federal security deposits

69 - coinage

7 - Business Law

70 - General commercial law
71 - Commercial law
72 - Price law
74 - Foreign trade law
75 - Mining, nuclear energy, electricity, gas, water management, energy supply
76 - Money, credit and insurance
77 - Other commercial law
78 - Agriculture and the food industry
79 - Forestry, nature conservation, hunting and fishing

8 - Labor law , social security , provisions for war victims, integration of the disabled

80 - Labor law and health and safety
81 - Employment Promotion
82 - Social Security
83 - War Victims Care
84 - Right to return home
85 - Child allowance and education allowance
86 - Social Code
87 - Integration of the disabled
89 - Coordinating rules

9 - Post and telecommunications , transport , federal waterways

90 - Post and telecommunications
91 - Road construction, traffic route planning
92 - Road transport
93 - Railways
94 - Federal waterways
95 - Shipping
96 - Air transport
97 - Weather service

Appendix: Continuing law of the former GDR

The structure of the appendix retains the structure of Annex II of the Unification Agreement .

II - Federal Minister of the Interior
III - Federal Minister of Justice
IV - Federal Minister of Finance
V - Federal Minister of Economics
VI - Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests
VIII - Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs
X - Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health
XI - Federal Minister of Transport
XII - Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
XIV - Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development