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On the basis of legal provisions or the relevant statutes, the Bundestag sends or appoints members to a number of government steering and supervisory bodies. In some cases they are Members of the Bundestag, in others they come from other areas of public life. The Bundestag appoints:

• 9 of the 18 members of the Regulatory Council of the Federal Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications as well as 9 substitutes;

• 3 of the 10 members of the Stamp Plan Advisory Council of the Deutsche Bundespost and 3 substitutes;

• 2 of the 14 members of the Advisory Committee for Artistic Design of the Deutsche Bundespost; they need not be Members of the Bundestag;

• 3 of the 29 members of the administrative board of the German Federal Film Board and 3 substitutes; they need not be Members of the Bundestag;

• 11 of the 23 members of the control committee of the Federal Equalization of Burdens Office as well as 11 substitute members; they need not be Members of the Bundestag either;

• 5 of the 23 members of the administrative board of the Federal Equalization of Burdens Office, who need not be Members of the Bundestag;

• 2 of the 17 members of the Council of the Deutsche Welle broadcasting corporation; they need not be Members of the Bundestag;

• 1 member of the administrative board of the Deutsche Welle broadcasting corporation;

• 8 Members of the German Bundestag to serve on the 32-member board of trustees of the foundation "Museum of Contemporary History of the Federal Republic of Germany";

• 5 of the 20 members of the board of trustees of the foundation "Archives of the Parties and Mass Organizations of the GDR";

• 2 of the 6 members of the parliamentary advisory council of the "Foundation for the Sorbian People".

• 7 of the 16 members of the Advisory Board to the Federal Authority for Documents of the State Security Service of the Former GDR ("Gauk Office").

These members appointed to executive bodies by the Bundestag mostly serve alongside representatives of other organizations and social groups. The participatory rights listed above make clear the many different ways and fields in which the Bundestag brings its influence to bear.