Article 35 (1) of the Basic Law – administrative assistance

Article 35 (1) of the Basic Law governs the obligation of federal and state authorities to render, upon request, administrative assistance to one another in the performance of their public law tasks (official acts). This also applies to the Bundeswehr. However, this does not result in additional sovereign powers of intervention for the Bundeswehr. The assistance is defined only as technical support. These support services include firefighting and flood relief as well as search activities for missing persons, refugee relief and drone surveillance in the airspace during major events.