English Translation

- 2 II. In the examination of whether administrative tasks or work carried out at the initiative of public services are to be carried out, whether war-related or not, the strictest yardstick must be applied; if the work is subsequently found to be non-war-related, its implementation must be terminated. This applies particularly to construction work of all kinds and preparations and plans for future peace tasks. In so far as administrative tasks are based on law or regulation or orders of supreme Reich authorities, they shall decide, within their competence, on the cessation of work in these fields and on the total or partial closure of departments, organisations or bodies. If the tasks are based on orders from the Prussian or Bavarian Supreme State Authority, the decision shall lie with them or with the Supreme Reich Authorities. Duties whose execution is suspended in an administration shall not be re-established by any other administration - not even in another direction. e III. Organisational measures affecting the administrative structure as such, even if provided for only for a temporary period, are reserved for the Supreme Reich authorities. In so far as such measures concern the state or communal administration office, they must be notified before their execution to the Reich Minister and head of the Reich Chancellery, accompanied by the opinion of the 0607 General Plenipotentiary for the Reich Administration and the Head of the Party Chancelleries. Should such an establishment become necessary from imperative needs of war, it shall in any case require the approval of the committee set up in Section IV of the Führer's Decree of 13 January 1943. The approval is not required if measures are to be taken to implement the decree on the Reichsdefense Commissars and the unification of the economic administration of 16 November 1942.