Organization

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Matters dealt with in the General register (GR)
since 1999

  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total number of entries 7.750 8.060 8.536 8.650 7.783 7.945 9.014 8.536 8.450 8.547 9.187
of them                     
1. inquiries (§ 60.1a GOBVerfG) 2.133 1.861 1.513 1.487 1.486 1.319 1.334 1.296 1.139 1.208 1.198
2. general letters/expressions of opinion   2.195 3.0591 3.2631 1.9821 1.898 2.173 1.877 1.678 2.077 2.435
3. anonymous letters (§ 60.1b GOBVerfG) 31 32 19 17 17 17 15 29 23 21 17
4. submissions and constitutional complaints
(§ 60.2a and 60.2b GOBVerfG)		 5.586 3.972 3.945 3.883 4.298 4.711 5.4922 5.3342 5.6102 5.241 5.537
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 1.065 955 900
Second Senate   394 462 487 621 533 503 575 591 574 685
Sum   977 1.165 1.325 1.635 1.372 1.382 1.661 1.656 1.529 1.585
Percentage:     30% 34% 38% 29% 25% 31% 30% 29% 29%
b) transferred to the register of proceedings
(§ 61.2 GOBVerfG)
without previous instruction4		                    
First Senate   165 214 94 102 264 410 521 659 544 487
Second Senate   113 144 46 49 156 190 277 305 262 373
Sum   278 358 140 151 420 600 798 964 806 860
Total: 1.216 1.255 1.523 1.465 1.786 1.792 1.982 2.459 2.620 2.335 2.445
c)after instruction by the General Register (GR)
terminated:		 4.370 2.717 3.7983 3.6483 2.6303 2.8883 3.1553 3.3323 3.1643 2.9453 3.555³
  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