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2.
Until 31 December 2013, the payments pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
distributed among the Länder in the form of:
 
1.
fixed annual payments the amounts of which shall be determined according
to the average share of each Land during the period 2000 to 2003;
 
2.
payments earmarked for the functional area of the former joint financing.
3.
Until the end of 2013, the Federation and the Länder shall review the extent to
which the financing allotted to individual Länder pursuant to paragraph (1) is
still appropriate and necessary for the discharge of their tasks. Beginning with 1
January 2014, the earmarking pursuant to clause 2 of paragraph (2) of the
financial means allotted under paragraph (1) shall cease; the earmarking for the
volume of the means for investment purposes shall remain unchanged.
Agreements resulting from Solidarity Pact II shall remain unaffected.
4.
Details shall be regulated by a federal law which shall require the consent of the
Bundesrat.
Article 143d: [Transitional provisions relating to
consolidation assistance]
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Balanced budget
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Budget bills
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Emergency provisions
1.
Articles 109 and 115 in the version in force until 31 July 2009 shall apply for the
last time to the 2010 budget. Articles 109 and 115 in the version in force as from
1 August 2009 shall apply for the first time to the 2011 budget; debit
authorisations existing on 31 December 2010 for special trusts already
established shall remain untouched. In the period from 1 January 2011 to 31
December 2019, the Länder may, in accordance with their applicable legal
regulations, deviate from the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 109. The
budgets of the Länder are to be planned in such a way that the 2020 budget
fullfils the requirements of the fifth sentence of paragraph (3) of Article 109. In
the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015, the Federation may
deviate from the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) of Article
115. The reduction of the existing deficits should begin with the 2011 budget.
The annual budgets are to be planned in such a way that the 2016 budget
satisfies the requirement of the second sentence of paragraph (2) of Article 115;
details shall be regulated by federal law.

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