Organisation Chart (Information correct as of 24 September 2014 Correspondence address: 11015 Berlin Visitors' address: Mohrenstraße 37, 10117 Berlin Telephone: (030) 18 580-0 Fax: (030) 18 580-95 25 Internet: http://www.bmjv.de e-mail: [email protected] Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Policy Planning Unit Policy Communication Unit Publicity; Internet Press Minister's Office Speeches Office for cabinet & parliamentary affairs; International legal cooperation; legislative programme; Protocol planning and coordination Minister Bonn Office Correspondence address: Visitors' address: Telephone: Fax: Private Secretary Office for EU justice policy Division for justice policy at the Permanent Representation in Brussels German liaison officer at the French Ministry of Justice Coordination of cooperation in the EU for the Ministry State Secretary Justice; legal policy; administration Directorates General Z, R, II and IV as well as Directorates General I and III, to the extent that the latter are not responsible for consumer protection Fundamental issues of EU justice policy and strategic planning Parliamentary State Secretary Parliamentary State Secretary Justice; legal policy; administration Directorates General Z, R, II and IV as well as Directorates General I and III, to the extent that the latter are not responsible for consumer protection Consumer protection, consumer protection policy Directorate General V as well as Directorates I B and III B, to the extent that the latter are responsible for consumer protection Directorate General Z Directorate General R Directorate General I Directorate General II Directorate General III Administration Judicial system Civil law Criminal law Commercial and economic law Project group: Directorate Z A Directorate Z B Consumer policy Head of the Bonn Office Ministry coordinator for IT Directorate R A Directorate R B Directorate I A Directorate I B Directorate II B Directorate II A Directorate III A State Secretary Consumer protection, consumer protection policy Directorate General V as well as Directorates I B and III B, to the extent that the latter are responsible for consumer protection Directorate General IV Directorate General V Constitutional and administrative law; international and European law Directorate III B Directorate IV A Directorate IV B Postfach 20 40, 53010 Bonn Adenauerallee 99 - 103, 53113 Bonn (0228) 99 5 80-0 (0228) 99 580-83 25 Consumer policy Directorate IV C Representative for Matters Relating to Human Rights Directorate V A Directorate V B ZA1 ZB1 RA1 RB1 IA1 IB1 II A 1 II B 1 III A 1 III B 1 IV A 1 IV B 1 IV C 1 VA1 VB1 Personnel (senior civil servants) Budget Courts constitution; law relating to "Rechtspfleger" (Senior Judicial Officers) Law relating to lawyers, patent agents and notaries Family law; law of succession Civil Code (General Part) Criminal Code (General Part) Law relating to crimes against the state (individual cases); crimes against international law European company law; company law relating to groups; law on restructuring Cartel law; telecommunications law; media law; law on foreign trade Basic rights Constitutional jurisdiction; constitutional law as it relates to the judiciary and to the rights of individuals Human rights Strategy and coordination in Directorate-General V; international consumer affairs Consumer law; coordination and cooperation in the enforcement of consumer protection IV C 2 General issues and legal questions relating to the EU ZA2 ZB2 RA2 RB2 IA2 IB2 II A 2 II B 2 III A 2 III B 2 IV A 2 IV B 2 Organisation Legal matters; promulgation Special assignment: Protection of classified information Civil procedure; labour procedure Criminal procedure (court proceedings) Law on parent and child matters Law of obligations I Criminal Code (Special Part) Law governing the prison service; probation service Company law; industrial regulations within enterprises; corporate governance Bioethics; law relating to education, research, new technologies and cultural affairs; law on commerce and skilled trades; energy law Constitutional law as it relates to organs of the state; law of finance Law relating to foreigners and refugees VA2 VB2 Consumer policy in the information society Consumer policy in the social and health care sectors Procedural law of the EU ZA3 ZB3 RA3 RB3 IA3 IB3 II A 3 II B 3 III A 3 III B 3 IV A 3 IV B 3 VA3 VB3 Information and Communications Technology within the Ministry Administrative, finance and social courts; law governing contest of debtor’s transactions in insolvency proceedings; remuneration of insolvency administrators Criminal procedure (investigation proceedings; compulsory measures) Law of pension rights adjustment following divorce IV C 3 Personnel (other than senior civil servants) Law of obligations II Criminal law and law relating to regulatory offences in supplementary statutes; law of pardon; compensation for prosecution Central Federal Criminal Register; Central Trade and Industry Register Corporate accounting; disclosure of results; law governing audit of annual accounts Copyright and publishing law Scrutiny of legal provisions; advice on linguistic matters; general administrative law Labour and social law International law; law of international organisations; international jurisdiction Consumer policy in the energy and transport sectors Consumer information ZA4 ZB4 RA4 RB4 IA4 IB4 II B 4 III A 4 III B 4 IV A 4 Internal service Coercive execution; compulsory auction Law relating to the judiciary; remuneration of judges; training International civil procedure law; law of maintenance; arbitration II A 4 Salaries; Freedom of Information Act; travel arrangements office Law of compensation; aviation law Criminal law suppression of economic crime, computer crime, corruption-related crime and environmental crime International criminal law; European and multilateral criminal law cooperation Law of commercial transactions; transport law Patent law; law governing the rights of inventors; law regulating fees in the field of industrial property protection Law of state liability; law governing public service; law on military service and its alternatives ZA5 ZB5 RA5 RB5 IA5 IB5 II A 5 II B 5 III A 5 Legal information; Reducing bureaucracy Family court proceedings and proceedings in noncontentious matters Law governing costs and fees Private international law Property law; land register law; unresolved property issues in the new Länder Juvenile criminal law; victim-offender mediation International suppression of terrorism; law relating to crimes against the state Law on registered traders; commercial register; business register; law relating to cooperatives; law on securities ZA6 ZB6 RA6 IA6 IB6 Information Technology in the Ministry’s remit Insolvency law Law governing guardianship of persons of full age; women’s affairs policy Law of obligations, general part; law on equal treatment; landlord and tenant law IV C 4 International treaty law II A 6 II B 6 Regulatory Offences Act; criminal law relating to narcotics and traffic offences; international crime prevention European Public Prosecutor's Offices; Basic issues pertaining to European criminal law policy EU patent and Unified Patent Court IV A 5 IV B 5 VA5 VB5 Police law; law governing the intelligence services; law relating to identification documents and registration of residence Consumer organisations Research; sustainability; demographics; globalisation III A 6 IV B 6 Insurance law; UNCITRAL Unit for Legal Drafting Support Environmental law; building law; law on nuclear energy III B 5 Trade mark law; design law; law against unfair competition; measures to combat product piracy III B 6 Public law relating to agriculture, forestry and food; traffic law ZA7 RA7 Project group: II A 7 III A 7 IV B 7 Mediation; conciliation; international conflicts in parent and child cases Art stolen by the Nazis Criminology; crime prevention Law governing the financial markets; tax law Crisis management; law governing weapons and explosives; law on administrative costs; law relating to land use planning Gender Equality Representative Ministry Staff Council Project group: Project group: Project group: Reappraisal of the role of the judiciary and the judicial administration during the Nazi period Separation of prisoners and preventive detainees EU Data Protection Directive Central Staff Council for the Ministry and its Remit Representation of Disabled Staff Members at the Ministry (including Contact Person for Confidential Matters) VB4 Consumer research; consumer awareness Data protection law; law regarding federal statistics Language services Functions performed in Bonn VA4 Consumer policy in the financial services sector Project group: Library Administrative affairs of the GPTMO, the FPC and the EPO; international personnel IV B 4 Rehabilitation; (injustice committed by the GDR regime); health law; law relating to health insurance and longterm nursing care insurance Central Representative of Disabled Staff Members at the Ministry and in its Remit (including Contact Person for Confidential Matters) Representative for Young Persons and Trainees at the Ministry Central Representative for Young Persons and Trainees at the Ministry and in its Remit