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=S=> GG 87. 1 The foreign service , the federal financial administration , and , in accordance with the provisions of Article 89 , the administration of federal waterways and shipping shall be conducted by federal administrative authorities with their own administrative substructures . A federal law may establish Federal Border Police authorities and central offices for police information and communications , for the criminal police , and for the compilation of data for purposes of protection of the constitution and of protection against activities within the federal territory which , through the use of force or acts preparatory to the use of force , endanger the external interests of the Federal Republic of Germany .
=S=> GG 87. 2 Social insurance institutions whose jurisdiction extends beyond the territory of a single Land shall be administered as federal corporations under public law . Social insurance institutions whose jurisdiction extends beyond the territory of a single Land but not beyond that of three Länder shall , notwithstanding the first sentence of this paragraph , be administered as Land corporations under public law , if the Länder concerned have specified which Land shall exercise supervisory authority .
=S=> GG 87. 3 In addition , autonomous federal higher authorities as well as new federal corporations and institutions under public law may be established by a federal law for matters on which the Federation has legislative power . When the Federation is confronted with new responsibilities with respect to matters on which it has legislative power , federal authorities at intermediate and lower levels may be established , with the consent of the Bundesrat and of a majority of the Members of the Bundestag , in cases of urgent need .
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