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Article 45: [Committee on the European Union]
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Legislative committees
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Regional group(s)
The Bundestag shall appoint a Committee on the Affairs of the European Union. It
may authorise the committee to exercise the rights of the Bundestag under Article
23 vis-à-vis the Federal Government. It may also empower it to exercise the rights
granted to the Bundestag under the contractual foundations of the European Union.
Article 45a: [Committees on Foreign Affairs and Defence]
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Legislative committees
1.
The Bundestag shall appoint a Committee on Foreign Affairs and a Defence
Committee.
2.
The Defence Committee shall also have the powers of a committee of inquiry.
On the motion of one quarter of its members it shall have the duty to make a
specific matter the subject of inquiry.
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Legislative oversight of the executive
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Paragraph (1) of Article 44 shall not apply to defence matters.
Article 45b: [Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed
Forces]
A Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces shall be appointed to
safeguard basic rights and to assist the Bundestag in exercising parliamentary
oversight over the Armed Forces. Details shall be regulated by a federal law.

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Article 45c: [Petitions Committee]
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Legislative committees
1.
The Bundestag shall appoint a Petitions Committee to deal with requests and
complaints addressed to the Bundestag pursuant to Article 17.
2.
The powers of the Committee to consider complaints shall be regulated by a
federal law.
Article 45d: [Parliamentary Control Panel]