4. currency, money and coinage, weights and measures, and the
determination of standards of time;
5. the unity of the customs and trading area, treaties regarding commerce and
navigation, the free movement of goods, and the exchange of goods and
payments with foreign countries, including customs and border protection;
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International law
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Treaty ratification
5a. safeguarding German cultural assets against removal from the country;
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Right to culture
6. air transport;
6a. the operation of railways wholly or predominantly owned by the
Federation (federal railways), the construction, maintenance and operation
of railroad lines belonging to federal railways, and the levying of charges for
the use of these lines;
7. postal and telecommunications services;
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Telecommunications
8. the legal relations of persons employed by the Federation and by federal
corporations under public law;
9. industrial property rights, copyrights and publishing;
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Provisions for intellectual property
9a. protection by the Federal Criminal Police Office against the dangers of
international terrorism when a threat transcends the boundary of one
Land, when the jurisdiction of a Land's police authorities cannot be
perceived, or when the highest authority of an individual Land requests the
assumption of federal responsibility;
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Terrorism
10. cooperation between the Federation and the Länder concerning
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