Ban on nuclear transports via Bremen ports unconstitutional
In 2012, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen banned the handling of nuclear fuel via the ports. Three companies affected by the ban had filed a complaint with the Bremen Administrative Court, which then turned on the Federal Constitutional Court. This has now decided that the state of Bremen lacks the legislative competence to issue such a transshipment ban. According to Article 73 of the Basic Law, the federal government alone has the power to legislate for the peaceful use of nuclear power. The relevant paragraph of Bremen’s Port Operations Act primarily relates to the peaceful use of nuclear power, meaning that the state is not called upon to legislate.
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