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The '''Berlin/Bonn Act''' (((lang-de|Berlin/Bonn-Gesetz))) regulated the move of the [[Bundestag]] and parts of the [[Politics of Germany|government of Germany]] from [[Bonn]] to [[Berlin]]. It also regulated the move of certain [[Federal agency (Germany)|Federal agencies]] and other German federal facilities to Bonn. The act was a consequence of the ''[[Decision on the Capital of Germany|Hauptstadtbeschluss]]'' (((lang-en|Enactment regarding the capital))) of 20 June 1991, which made Berlin the [[seat of government]]. Berlin had already been the capital of the united Germany since the [[Unification Treaty (1990)|Unification Treaty]] of 3 October 1990. The Berlin/Bonn Act was enacted on 26 April 1994. The act's full official title is ''Act for the implementation of the enactment of the German Bundestag of 20 June 1991 for the completion of the German unity'' (((lang-de|Gesetz zur Umsetzung des Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages vom 20. Juni 1991 zur Vollendung der Einheit Deutschlands))).

The Berlin/Bonn act determined which [[Cabinet of Germany|federal ministries]] moved to the capital and gave the city certain commitments regarding the preservation of Bonn as a location of politics. In addition, it awarded the city the unique title of the [[Federal City]].

The act was implemented incrementally. The most important year was 1999, when the Bundestag moved to the [[Reichstag building]] in Berlin. At the same time, the [[Bundesrechnungshof|Federal Court of Auditors]] and the [[Federal Cartel Office]] moved from Berlin and the [[Frankfurt/Rhine-Main|Rhine-Main area]] to Bonn.

== Federal agencies that moved ==
The following are examples of federal facilities that moved to Bonn (in total: 22):

* Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung from [[Frankfurt am Main]] (established in 1995 by merging the Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung and the Bundesamt für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft)
* [[Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices]] from Berlin
* [[Federal Cartel Office (Germany)|Federal Cartel Office]] from Berlin
* [[Bundesrechnungshof|Federal Audit Office]] from Frankfurt am Main
* Bundesaufsichtsamt für das Kreditwesen and Bundesaufsichtsamt für das Versicherungswesen from Berlin
* Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung
* [[Bundesgesundheitsamt]] from Berlin (disbanded)
* Central Agency [[Deutsche Postbank|Postbank]] (disbanded when the [[Deutsche Bundespost|Federal Post Office]] was privatized)
* Zentrale Auslands- und Fachvermittlung from Frankfurt am Main

These facilities were established in Bonn:
* Central office of the [[Federal Railway Authority]]
* Headquarters of the [[Bundeseisenbahnvermögen]] (In a broad sense the successor of the headquarters of the [[Deutsche Bundesbahn|Bundesbahn]], Frankfurt/Main)

The facilities were partially relocated:
* Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumordnung and Bundesbaudirektion (merged in 2002 forming the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung which is exclusively seated in Bonn)
* [[Statistisches Bundesamt]] (central office [[Wiesbaden]], subsidiary Berlin)
* [[Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe]] (central office [[Hannover]], subsidiary Berlin)
* [[Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz]] (central office [[Salzgitter]], subsidiary Berlin).

== Compensation agreement ==
Also, the Berlin/Bonn act is the foundation of the "Agreement regarding the compensation measures for the Bonn region" ((lang-de|Vereinbarung über die Ausgleichsmaßnahmen für die Region Bonn)) of 29 June 1994 providing for 1.437 billion Euros to be used between 1995 and 2004. This money was used to fund various compensation measures and concrete action plans like the foundation of the [[Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences]].

== Recent developments ==
According to the government, around 37 percent of federal government positions were based in Bonn by the end of 2015. Some see this as a breach of the Berlin-Bonn Act because it was agreed that the majority of ministerial employees should work in Bonn rather than in Berlin. According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, this division of government offices costs taxpayers at least 8.6 million euros each year, for example in flight fares for officials' business trips.<ref>Nette Nöstlinger (August 17, 2020), [https://www.politico.eu/article/german-minister-corona-shows-no-need-to-move-ministries-from-bonn-to-berlin/ German minister: Corona shows no need to move ministries from Bonn to Berlin] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref> By July 2019, most political parties of Germany, including the Left Party, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Christian Democrats, were starting to agree to move all governmental institutions remaining in Bonn to Berlin, because ministers and civil servants were flying between the two cities about 230,000 times a year, which was considered too impractical, expensive and environmentally damaging. The distance of 500 kilometres between Bonn and Berlin was only travelable by train in 5.5 hours, so either the train connections had to be considerably upgraded, or Bonn abolished as the secondary capital.<ref>((Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/23/calls-end-bonns-status-germanys-second-city-greens-seek-ban/ |title=Calls to end Bonn's status as Germany's second city as Greens seek to ban all domestic flights |author=Jorg Luyken |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 July 2019 |accessdate=23 October 2020))</ref><ref>((Cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-employees-increased-air-travel-in-2019/a-54406097 |title=German government employees increased air travel in 2019 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=2 August 2020 |accessdate=23 October 2020))</ref>

At the same time in 2019, Bonn, together with neighbouring [[Rhein-Sieg-Kreis]] and [[Ahrweiler (district)|Landkreis Ahrweiler]] and supported by the governments of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], presented its proposals for a new Bonn Agreement. This agreement between the Bonn region and the German [[Cabinet of Germany|Federal Government]] seeks to further strengthen the position of Bonn as Germany's second seat of government, as a seat of the United Nations and as a centre for international cooperation and sustainable development.<ref>((Cite web|title=Bonn-Vertrag: Profil der Region sichern|url=https://www.bonn.de/pressemitteilungen/2019/juni/Bonn-Vertrag-Profil-der-Region-als-Kompetenzzentrum-sichern.php|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Bundesstadt Bonn|language=de))</ref> However, talks between Bonn and the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community|Federal Ministry of the Interior]], which is responsible for the compensations measures for the Bonn region, are stalling - also partly because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020.

==See also==
*[[Bonn#20th century and the "Bonn Republic"]]
*[[Decision on the Capital of Germany]]
*[[History of Berlin]]
*[[Parliament of the United Kingdom relocation]]

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/berlin_bonng/index.html Berlin/Bonn Act at bundesrecht.juris.de (German)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091229134235/http://www.bonn.de/imperia/md/content/ratundverwaltunbuergerdiensteonline/anlage_bilanz.pdf Overview of the aided compensation projects at bonn.de] (PDF file; 212&nbsp;kB) (German)

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