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Germany 1949 (rev. 2012)
2.
As assistance for compliance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 109
after 1 January 2020, the Länder of Berlin, Bremen, Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt,
and Schleswig-Holstein may receive, for the period 2011 to 2019, consolidation
assistance from the federal budget in the global amount of 800 million euros
annually. The respective amounts are 300 million euros for Bremen, 260 million
euros for Saarland, and 80 million euros each for Berlin, Saxony-Anhalt, and
Schleswig-Holstein. The assistance payments shall be allocated on the basis of
an administrative agreement under the terms of a federal law requiring the
consent of the Bundesrat. These grants require a complete reduction of financial
deficits by the end of 2020. The details, especially the annual steps to be taken
to reduce financial deficits, the supervision of the reduction of financial deficits
by the Stability Council, along with the consequences entailed in case of failure
to carry out the step-by-step reduction, shall be regulated by a federal law
requiring the consent of the Bundesrat and by an administrative agreement.
There shall be no simultaneous granting of consolidation assistance and
redevelopment assistance on the grounds of an extreme budgetary emergency.
3.
The financial burden resulting from the granting of the consolidation assistance
shall be borne equally by the Federation and the Länder, to be financed from
their share of the value-added tax. Details shall be regulated by a federal law
requiring the consent of the Bundesrat.
Article 144: [Ratification of the Basic Law - Berlin]
1.
This Basic Law shall require ratification by the parliaments of two thirds of the
German Länder in which it is initially to apply.
2.
Insofar as the application of this Basic Law is subject to restrictions in any Land
listed in Article 23 or in any part thereof, such Land or part thereof shall have
the right to send representatives to the Bundestag in accordance with Article 38
and to the Bundesrat in accordance with Article 50.