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Article 126: [Determination about continued applicability
of law as federal law]
Disagreements concerning the continued applicability of law as federal law shall be
resolved by the Federal Constitutional Court.
Article 127: [Extension of law to the French zone and to
Berlin]
Within one year after promulgation of this Basic Law the Federal Government, with
the consent of the governments of the Länder concerned, may extend to the Länder
of Baden, Greater Berlin, Rhineland-Palatinate and Württemberg-Hohenzollern any
law of the Administration of the Combined Economic Area, insofar as it remains in
force as federal law under Article 124 or 125.
Article 128: [Continued authority to issue instructions]
Insofar as law that remains in force grants authority to issue instructions within the
meaning of paragraph (5) of Article 84, this authority shall remain in existence until a
law otherwise provides.

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Article 129: [Continued authority to issue legal acts]
1.
Insofar as legal provisions that remain in force as federal law grant authority to
issue statutory instruments or general administrative rules or to make
administrative decisions in individual cases, such powers shall pass to the
authorities that henceforth have competence over the subject matter. In cases
of doubt the Federal Government shall decide in agreement with the Bundesrat;
such decisions shall be published.
2.
Insofar as legal provisions that remain in force as Land law grant such authority,
it shall be exercised by the authorities competent under Land law.
3.
Insofar as legal provisions within the meaning of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Article grant authority to amend or supplement the provisions themselves or to
issue legal provisions that have the force of laws, such authority shall be deemed
to have expired.
4.
The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall apply mutatis
mutandis to legal provisions that refer to provisions no longer in force or to
institutions no longer in existence.