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Federal Climate Change Act
(Bundes-Klimaschutzgesetz)

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Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderung(en) des Gesetzes durch Artikel 1 des Gesetzes vom 18. August 2021 (BGBl. I S. 3905)
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Part 1
General provisions
Section 1Purpose of the Act
Section 2Definitions
Part 2
Climate targets and annual emission budgets
Section 3National climate targets
Section 3aContribution of the land use, land-use change and forestry sector
Section 4Permissible annual emission budgets and annual mitigation targets, authority to enact statutory instruments
Section 5Emissions data, authority to enact statutory instruments
Section 6Provisions governing fines
Section 7Provisions implementing the European Effort Sharing Regulation
Section 8Immediate action programme in the event of annual emission budgets being exceeded
Part 3
Climate action planning
Section 9Climate action programmes
Section 10Reporting
Part 4
Council of Experts on Climate Change
Section 11Independent Council of Experts on Climate Change, authority to enact statutory instruments
Section 12Tasks of the Council of Experts on Climate Change
Part 5
Role model function of public authorities
Section 13Consideration requirement
Section 14Federation-Länder cooperation
Section 15Climate-neutral federal administration
Annex 1Sectors (ad sections 4 and 5)
Annex 2Permissible annual emission budgets for the years 2020 to 2030 (ad section 4)
Annex 3Annual mitigation targets for the years 2031 to 2040 (ad section 4)