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Fee Ordinance

Special Fee Ordinance of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Special Fee Ordinance BKM - BKMBGebV) of 31. August 2021 (BGBl. I p. 4066)

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§ 1 Charging of fees and expenses

(1) Within the remit of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, fees and expenses shall be charged for individually attributable public services provided on the basis of the following provisions:

  1. Federal Archives Act (BArchG),
  2. Stasi Records Act (StUG),
  3. Act on the Protection of Cultural Property (KGSG),
  4. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119 of 4.5.2016, p. 1; L 314 of 22.11.2016, p. 72; L 127 of 23.5.2018, p. 2; L 74 of 4.3.2021, p. 35), as amended.

(2) Decisions regarding the authorisation of payments as well as any processing measures and controls required in this context shall not be subject to any fees or expenses.

§ 2 Amount of fees and expenses

(1) The amount of the fees and expenses shall be governed by the Schedule of Fees and Expenses in the Annex. In addition, the Schedule of Fees and Expenses shall regulate the circumstances under which exemptions from fees and expenses may be granted.

(2) The fees and expenses to be charged in accordance with the Schedule of Fees and Expenses shall also include the costs for imposing the fees and expenses.

(3) Expenses not listed in the Schedule of Fees and Expenses shall be covered by the fee.

(4) Expenses shall also be charged, without prejudice to section 1 (2), if

  1. the individually attributable public service is free of charge or
  2. no fee is to be charged. In these cases, expenses shall only be charged from an amount of 3 euros.

§ 3 Time-based fee

Time-based fee unless otherwise provided for in the Schedule of Fees and Expenses, the general flat hourly rates for administrative employees in the Federal Administration as specified in Annex 1, Part A, of the General Ordinance – in the version applicable on 18 February 2021 – shall apply to the time expended.

§ 4 Entry into force

This Ordinance shall enter into force on 1 October 2021.

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