IV. Excerpt from the Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag
(1) The President shall represent the Bundestag and conduct its business...
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(4) All the civil servants of the Bundestag shall be subject to the supreme authority of the President. They shall be appointed and engaged by him in accordance with the statutory and general administrative provisions, and be placed by him on the retired list. Public employees of the Bundestag other than civil servants shall likewise be engaged and dismissed by the President. Measures under sentences (2) and (3) shall be taken by the President, in the case of officials of the higher service or of salaried public employees of an equivalent grade in consultation with the Vice-Presidents and, where senior civil servants (A 16 and above) or salaried public employees of an equivalent grade are engaged, promoted or upgraded, with the consent of the Presidium.
(5) Paragraph (4) shall also apply to the staff assigned to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces. Measures under paragraph (4), fourth sentence shall be taken in consultation with the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces. The nomination, appointment, transfer, reassignment and superannuation of the Chief Administrator and Deputy of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces shall be carried out in agreement with the Parliamentary Commissioner. The Parliamentary Commissioner shall be entitled to make proposals concerning all decisions pursuant to paragraph (4).
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Competence of the Petitions Committee
(1) The Petitions Committee to be set up by the Bundestag in accordance with Article 45c of the Basic Law shall deal with requests and complaints addressed to it pursuant to Article 17 of the Basic Law. The functions and powers of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces shall remain unaffected.
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Election of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces shall be elected by secret ballot (Rule 49).
Reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces
(1) The President shall refer the reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces to the Defence Committee unless a parliamentary group or five per cent of the Members of the Bundestag demand that they be placed on the agenda.
(2) The Defence Committee shall report to the Bundestag.
Debates on reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces
(1) The President shall grant leave to speak to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces in the debate on reports submitted by him if a parliamentary group or five per cent of the Members of the Bundestag present so demand.
(2) A parliamentary group or five per cent of the Members of the Bundestag present may demand that the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces be summoned to sittings of the Bundestag; paragraph (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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