Everyday life
Bundesministerium für Umwelt
Federal Ministry for the Environment
Writes environmental law and supervises the federal environment agencies. Enforcement — permits, inspections, penalties — belongs to the states, so the ministry cannot act on a local complaint.
What it does
- Supervising the offices that execute the law
- Drafting law and setting policy in a field
No counterpart recorded for France yet
We hold this body, but nothing has been verified as its equivalent in the other country. Ask for it and an editor will look.