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pension or related benefi ts. Until the pertinent federal law
takes effect, no legal claims may be made, unless Land law
otherwise provides.
Article 132
[Retirement of civil servants]
(1) Civil servants and judges who enjoy life tenure when this
Basic Law takes effect may, within six months after the
Bundestag fi rst convenes, be retired, suspended, or transferred
to lower-salaried positions if they lack the personal
or professional aptitude for their present positions. This
provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to salaried public
employees, other than civil servants or judges, whose employment
cannot be terminated at will. In the case of salaried
employees whose employment may be terminated at
will, notice periods longer than those set by collective bargaining
agreements may be rescinded within the same period.
(2) The preceding provision shall not apply to members of the
public service who are unaffected by the provisions regarding
“Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism” or
who are recognised victims of National Socialism, absent
important personal grounds.
(3) Persons affected may have recourse to the courts in accordance
with paragraph (4) of Article 19.
(4) Details shall be specifi ed by a statutory instrument issued
by the Federal Government with the consent of the Bundesrat.
Article 133
[Succession to the Administration of the Combined
Economic Area]
The Federation shall succeed to the rights and duties of the
Administration of the Combined Economic Area.
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