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Art. 5 Grundgesetz came into effect on May 23, 1949 - get to know this law...

Informationsfreiheitsgesetz Bund (IFG) came into effect on Jan. 1, 2006 - get to know this law...

Verbraucherinformationsgesetz (VIG) came into effect on May 1, 2008 - get to know this law...

Umweltinformationsgesetz Bund (UIG) came into effect on July 16, 1994 - get to know this law...

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