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=S=> GG 93. 1 The Federal Constitutional Court shall rule : 1. on the interpretation of this Basic Law in the event of disputes concerning the extent of the rights and duties of a supreme federal body or of other parties vested with rights of their own by this Basic Law or by the rules of procedure of a supreme federal body ; 2. in the event of disagreements or doubts concerning the formal or substantive compatibility of federal law or Land law with this Basic Law , or the compatibility of Land law with other federal law , on application of the Federal Government , of a Land government , or of one fourth of the Members of the Bundestag ; 2a. in the event of disagreements whether a law meets the requirements of paragraph ( 2 ) of Article 72 , on application of the Bundesrat or of the government or legislature of a Land ; 3. in the event of disagreements concerning the rights and duties of the Federation and the Länder , especially in the execution of federal law by the Länder and in the exercise of federal oversight ; 4. on other disputes involving public law between the Federation and the Länder , between different Länder , or within a Land , unless there is recourse to another court ; 4a. on constitutional complaints , which may be filed by any person alleging that one of his basic rights or one of his rights under paragraph ( 4 ) of Article 20 or under Article 33 , 38 , 101 , 103 or 104 has been infringed by public authority ; 4b. on constitutional complaints filed by municipalities or associations of municipalities on the ground that their right to self-government under Article 28 has been infringed by a law ; in the case of infringement by a Land law , however , only if the law cannot be challenged in the constitutional court of the Land ; 5. in the other instances provided for in this Basic Law .
=S=> GG 93. 2 At the request of the Bundesrat , a Land government or the parliamentary assembly of a Land , the Federal Constitutional Court shall also rule whether in cases falling under paragraph ( 4 ) of Article 72 the need for a regulation by federal law does not exist any longer or whether in the cases referred to in clause 1 of paragraph ( 2 ) of Article 125a federal law could not be enacted any longer . The Courts determination that the need has ceased to exist or that federal law could no longer be enacted substitutes a federal law according to paragraph ( 4 ) of Article 72 or clause 2 of paragraph ( 2 ) of Article 125a. A request under the first sentence is admissible only if a bill falling under paragraph ( 4 ) of Article 72 or the second sentence of paragraph ( 2 ) of Article 125a has been rejected by the German Bundestag or if it has not been considered and determined upon within one year , or if a similar bill has been rejected by the Bundesrat .
=S=> GG 93. 3 The Federal Constitutional Court shall also rule on such other matters as shall be assigned to it by a federal law .
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