Federal bureau in Frankfurt/Main

Federal Agency and Federal bureau are institutions at the German federal level. Also known as federal authorities, federal agencies and federal bureaus are under federal ministries. Most federal offices are in Bonn. Federal Institutions are institutions under public law. This means that they take care of public tasks by statute or law. Federal Ministries are supervisory authorities for the Federal Institutions. For example, the Federal Ministry of Finance is the supervisory authority for the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.

The Federal Institutions in Germany are responsible for the following tasks: eg financial Services Supervision, Materials Research and Materials Testing, Roads, Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Assessment and Real Estate Tasks. Special Federal Institutions are u. a. the German Weather Service, the Paul Ehrlich Institute and the German National Library.

The federal bureaus include General Customs Directorate, Federal Railway Authority, Federal Aviation Office, Federal Central Tax Office and the Federal Center for Health Education.