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6a. the operation of railways wholly or predominantly
owned by the Federation (federal railways), the
con struc tion, maintenance and operation of railroad
lines belonging to federal railways, and the levying
of charges for the use of these lines;
7. postal and telecommunications services;
8. the legal relations of persons employed by the Federation
and by federal corporations under public law;
9. industrial property rights, copyrights and publishing;
9a. protection by the Federal Criminal Police Offi ce against
the dangers of international terrorism when a threat
transcends the boundary of one Land, when the jurisdic
tion of a Land’s police authorities cannot be perceived,
or when the highest authority of an individual
Land requests the assumption of federal responsibility;
10. cooperation between the Federation and the Länder
concerning
a) criminal police work,
b) protection of the free democratic basic order,
existence and security of the Federation or of a Land
(protection of the constitution), and
c) protection against activities within the federal
territory which, by the use of force or preparations
for the use of force, endanger the external interests
of the Federal Republic of Germany,
as well as the establishment of a Federal Criminal
Police Offi ce and international action to combat crime;
11. statistics for federal purposes;
12. the law on weapons and explosives;
13. benefi ts for persons disabled by war and for dependents
of deceased war victims as well as assistance to former
prisoners of war;
14. the production and utilisation of nuclear energy for peaceful
purposes, the construction and operation of facilities
serving such purposes, protection against hazards arising
from the release of nuclear energy or from ionising radiation,
and the disposal of radioactive substances.
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