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Laws/ordinances

Pursuant to Article 70 of the German constitution (Grundgesetz – GG, the Basic Law), the Länder are responsible for mounting an immediate emergency response through disaster control. The Länder have therefore adopted legislation as the basis for these emergency response measures. Due to differing organisational structures in the Länder, there are differences in their respective laws. This means that there are also differences in the allocation of responsibilities regarding disaster control.