Equalisation of burdens |
Equalisation of burdens |
Article 120a[Equalisation of burdens] |
| (1) Laws implementing the equalisation of burdens may, with the consent of the Bundesrat, provide that, with respect to equalisation payments, they shall be executed partly by the Federation and partly by the Länder acting on federal comÂmission and that the relevant powers vested in the Federal Government and the competent highest federal authorities by virtue of Article 85 shall be wholly or partly delegated to the Federal Equalisation of Burdens Office. In exercising these powers, the Federal Equalisation of Burdens Office shall not require the consent of the Bundesrat; except in urgent cases, its instructions shall be given to the highest Land authorities (Land Equalisation of Burdens Offices).
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| (2) The second sentence of paragraph (3) of Article 87 shall not be affected by this provision.
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