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 (7) The procedure regarding any other change in the existing territory of the Laender shall be regulated by a federal law, which shall require the approval of the Bundesrat and of the majority of the members of the Bundestag.

The exercise of the powers of the state and the performance of state functions shall be the concern of the Laender, insofar as this Basic Law does not otherwise prescribe or permit.

Federal law shall supersede Land law.

(1) The maintenance of relations with foreign states shall be the affair of the Federation.

(2) Before the conclusion of a treaty affecting the special conditions of a Land, the Land must be consulted sufficiently early.

(3) Insofar as the Laender are competent to legislate, they may, with the approval of the Federal Government, conclude treaties with foreign states.

(1) Every German shall have in each Land the same civil (staatsbürgerliche) rights and duties.

(2) Every German shall have equal access to any public office in accordance with his suitability, ability and professional achievements.

(3) Enjoyment of municipal and national civil (bürgerliche und staatsbürgerliche) rights, access to public offices, as well as the rights acquired in the public service, shall be independent of religious confession. No one may be prejudiced on account of his Rh