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=S=> GG 73. 1 The Federation shall have exclusive legislative power with respect to : 1. foreign affairs and defence , including protection of the civilian population ; 2. citizenship in the Federation ; 3. freedom of movement , passports , residency registration and identity cards , immigration , emigration and extradition ; 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 ; 5a. safeguarding German cultural assets against removal from the country ; 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 ; 8. the legal relations of persons employed by the Federation and by federal corporations under public law ; 9. industrial property rights , copyrights and publishing ; 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 Lands police authorities cannot be perceived , or when the supreme authority of an individual Land requests the assumption of federal responsibility ; 10. cooperation between the Federation and the Länder concerning a)criminal police work , b)protection of the free democratic basic order , existence and security of the Federation or of a Land ( protection of the constitution ) , and c)protection against activities within the federal territory which , by the use of force or preparations for the use of force , endanger the external interests of the Federal Republic of Germany , as well as the establishment of a Federal Criminal Police Office and international action to combat crime ; 11. statistics for federal purposes ; 12. the law on weapons and explosives ; 13. benefits for persons disabled by war and for dependents of deceased war victims as well as assistance to former prisoners of war ; 14. the production and utilisation of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes , the construction and operation of facilities serving such purposes , protection against hazards arising from the release of nuclear energy or from ionising radiation , and the disposal of radioactive substances .
=S=> GG 73. 2 Laws enacted pursuant to clause 9a of paragraph ( 1 ) require the consent of the Bundesrat .
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