Organization

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Matters dealt with in the General Register (GR)
since 1998

  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total number of entries 7.090 7.750 8.060 8.536 8.650 7.783 7.945 9.014 8.536 8.450 8.547
of them                       
1. inquiries (§ 60.1a GOBVerfG) 1.856 2.133 1.861 1.513 1.487 1.486 1.319 1.334 1.296 1.139 1.208
2. general letters / expressions of opinion     2.195 3.0591 3.2631 1.9821 1.898 2.173 1.877 1.678 2.077
3. anonymous letters (§ 60.1b GOBVerfG) 42 31 32 19 17 17 17 15 29 23 21
4. submissions and constitutional complaints
(§ 60.2a and 60.2b GOBVerfG)		 5.192 5.586 3.972 3.945 3.883 4.298 4.711 5.4922 5.3342 5.6102 5.241
of them                       
a) transferred to the register of proceedings
(§ 61.2 GOBVerfG)
after previous instruction of the complainant		                      
First Senate     583 703 838 1.014 839 879 1.086 1.065 955
Second Senate     394 462 487 621 533 503 575 591 574
Sum     977 1.165 1.325 1.635 1.372 1.382 1.661 1.656 1.529
Percentage:       30% 34% 38% 29% 25% 31% 30% 29%
b) transferred to the register of proceedings
(§ 61.2 GOBVerfG)
without previous instruction4		                      
First Senate     165 214 94 102 264 410 521 659 544
Second Senate     113 144 46 49 156 190 277 305 262
Sum     278 358 140 151 420 600 798 964 806
Total: 1.397 1.216 1.255 1.523 1.465 1.786 1.792 1.982 2.459 2.620 2.335
c) after instruction by the General Register (GR)
terminated:		 3.795 4.370 2.717 3.7983 3.6483 2.6303 2.8883 3.1553 3.3323 3.1643 2.9453
  73% 78%                  

1 of them in 2001: 238; 2002: 780 concerning the same proceedings (permit for ritual slaughter for Muslim butchers)

2 of them in 2005: 183; 2007: 102 constitutional complaints concerning the same proceedings (EU Constitution)

3 also matters from previous years

4 e.g. because the complainant requested the matter to be entered into the GR or because further legal remedies were pending