| There is the German Bundesrat, which represents each of the assemblies of German Landers, or provinces. |
| Bavaria is represented in the Bundesrat by six votes and sends forty-eight deputies to the imperial diet. |
| During the 1990s, neither the Bundesrat nor the Bundestag judged necessary the harmonization of takeover bid legislation. |
| They maintain permanent contact with the Bundestag, Bundesrat and parliamentary groups, and represent the Minister in these bodies. |
| Lippe has one vote in the German Reichstag, and also one vote in the Bundesrat, or federal council. |
| Instead their position is that a number of constitutional steps have to be cleared, in particular the approval of the Bundesrat. |
