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 and communications, for the compilation of data for purposes concerning the protection of the constitution and for the criminal police may be established by federal legislation.

(2) Public law corporations directly supervised by the Federation shall be those carriers of social insurance whose sphere of competence extends beyond the territory of a Land.

(3) In addition, independent central federal authorities and new public law corporations and institutions directly supervised by the Federation may be established by federal legislation for matters on which the Federation has the power to legislate. Should the Federation acquire new functions in matters for which it has legislative competence, federal authorities at middle and lower levels may in case of urgent need be established with the approval of the Bundesrat and of the majority of the Bundestag.

The Federation shall establish a bank of currency and issue as federal bank.

(1) The Federation shall be the owner of the former Reich waterways.

(2) The Federation shall administer the federal waterways through its own authorities. It shall exercise those state functions relating to inland shipping extending beyond the territory of a Land and the functions of ocean-going shipping which are conferred on it by legislation. The Federation may delegate the administration of federal waterways, insofar as they lie within the territory of a Land, to this Land, upon request, to act on its behalf (Auftragsverwaltung). Should a waterway touch the territories of several Laender, the Federation may delegate the administration to the Land agreed upon by the Laender concerned.

(1) The Federation shall be the owner of the former Reich Autobahnen and Reich highways. Rh