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Entities performing functions of the Länder or municipalities, the Federation shall not be obliged to finance them even after that date. The Federation shall be responsible for subsidies towards meeting the costs of social security, including unemployment insurance and public assistance to the unemployed. The distribution of war burdens between the Federation and the Länder prescribed by this paragraph shall not be construed to affect any law regarding claims for compensation for consequences of the war.(2) Revenue shall pass to the Federation at the time it assumes responsibility for the expenditures referred to in this Article.table of contentsArticle 120a[Equalisation of burdens](1) Laws implementing the equalisation of burdens may, with the consent of the Bundesrat, provide that, with respect to equalisation payments, they shall be executed partly by the Federation and partly by the Länder acting on federal commission and that the relevant powers vested in the Federal Government and the competent highest federal authorities by virtue of Article 85 shall be wholly or partly delegated to the Federal Equalisation of Burdens Office. In exercising these powers, the Federal Equalisation of Burdens Office shall not require the consent of the Bundesrat; except in urgent cases, its instructions shall be given to the highest Land authorities (Land Equalisation of Burdens Offices).(2) The second sentence of paragraph (3) of Article 87 shall not be affected by this provision.table of contentsArticle 121[Definition of “majority of the members”]Within the meaning of this Basic Law, a majority of the Members of the Bundestag and a majority
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