Transformation of commissioned administration

- Constitution of Germany

Article 143e [Federal motorways, transformation of commissioned administration]

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 90, the federal motorways shall be administered on federal commission by the Länder or such self-governing bodies as are competent under Land law until no later than 31 December 2020. The Federation shall regulate the transformation from commissioned administration to federal administration under paragraphs (2) and (4) of Article 90 by means of a federal law requiring the consent of the Bundesrat.

(2) At the request of a Land, to be made by 31 December 2018, the Federation, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 90, shall assume administrative responsibility for the other federal trunk roads, insofar as they lie within the territory of that Land, with effect from 1 January 2021.

(3) By a federal law with the consent of the Bundesrat, it may be regulated that a Land, upon application, takes over, on commission of the Federation, the function of administering plan approval and planning permission for the construction and alteration of federal motorways and other federal trunk roads for which the Federation has assumed administrative responsibility under paragraph (4) of Article 90 or paragraph (2) of Article 143e and on what conditions this function may be transferred back.