Federal and Land functions – an overview
The federal and Land authorities perform different functions, reflecting their specific powers, responsibilities and obligations:
| Function | Federation | Länder |
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| Regulations | - Further development of legislation and regulatory instruments
| - Participation on the basis of consolidated findings and needs in connection with implementation
- Supplementary administrative procedures of the Länder, if required
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| Licensing | - Supervision of legality and expediency of action by Länder authorities
- Checking of consolidated findings with regard to their relevance to standard national requirements
| - Checking of applications and notifications
- Granting of licences and approvals
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| System of regulatory inspection and assessment of nuclear installations | - Supervision of legality and expediency of action by Länder authorities
- Checking of consolidated findings with regard to their relevance to standard national requirements
| - Controls and inspections in the nuclear facilities, checking and assessment with regard to relevance to the safety of the installation and to protection and prevention measures
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| Enforcement | - Supervision of legality and expediency of action by Länder authorities
- Checking of consolidated findings with regard to their relevance to uniform national requirements
| - Implementation of necessary measures to avert hazards and to make necessary improvements to safety and to protection and prevention measures
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| Safety research | - Investigation of safety issues for standard requirements
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| Monitoring of events, operating experience and implementation | - Examination and assessment of events in Germany and abroad with regard to generic relevance to the safety of the installations and to protection and prevention measures
- National organisation of experienced-based feedback
| - Examination and assessment of events with regard to relevance to the safety of the installations and to protection and prevention measures
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| Radiation protection, environmental monitoring | - Monitoring of the radiation exposure of the general public and the federal territory
| - Plant-specific monitoring of emissions and immissions (radiation exposure of workers and the environment)
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| Emergency preparedness | - Preparation and planning of general requirements
- Cross-national emergency preparedness Participation in international reporting systems
| - Participation in the preparation and planning of general requirements
- Plant-specific emergency protection
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| International cooperation | - Participation in international activities to determine the state of the art in science and technology and in nuclear regulations, and provision of this knowledge for national purposes
- Fulfilment of international obligations
- Assertion of German safety interests
| - Consideration of the internationally documented state of the art in science and technology
- Participation in the cooperation with neighbouring countries in the case of installations close to the border, mainly on the basis of bilateral agreements
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