Germany
Who's Who Top
Government
Governmental actors with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. This is not a guide to overall governmental structure. Some departments listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Office of the Chancellor
Comment: COMING SOON
Department / Ministry / Agency:
Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture
Comment: COMING SOON
Division(s) within the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Defence
Comment: The Federal Ministry of Defence is responsible for the defence policy and activities in Germany. Through the Bundeswehr Medical Service, the Defence Ministry is equipped to preserve detect biological agents and restore the health of soldiers who are in danger of or have experienced exposure to biological agents.
Division(s) within the Federal Ministry of Defence with a role or interest in biosecurity:
- Bundeswehr Medical Service
Education and Research
Comment: COMING SOON
Foreign Office
Comment: COMING SOON
Division(s) within the Foreign Office with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Health and Social Security
Comment: COMING SOON
Interior
Comment: COMING SOON
Division(s) within the Interior Ministry with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Specialized Institutes / Centers:
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut
Comment: COMING SOON
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) [Federal Institute for Risk Assessment]
Comment: COMING SOON
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut [Federal Research Institute for Animal Health]
Comment: COMING SOON
Comment: COMING SOON
Robert Koch Institut
Comment: COMING SOON
Comment: COMING SOON
National Academies & Academia
Academic actors and national academies with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. Some groups listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
National Academy:
Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities (UGASH)
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 8161 7154 - 42
Division(s) within UGASH with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Academia:
Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 (0) 641 99-38009
The Institute for Peace Research and Security University of Hamburg
Comment: The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy is an independent research institution at the University of Hamburg. The Institute's Interdisciplinary Research Group on Disarmament, Arms Control, and Risk Technologies (IFARª) applies the expertise the institute has gathered in the area of arms-control policy to new security-policy challenges arising from technology.
Contact: +49 (0) 4086 6077-0
Institut für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 (0) 711 / 459-0
Marburg University Medical Center and our Medical Faculty
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 49 (0) 6421 2860
Max von Pettenkofer-Institut
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 (0) 172 - 8412626
Technical University of Munich Department of Microbiology
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 8161 7154 - 42
Industry
This list of companies', with significant life sciences interests, illustrates the breadth of impact on industry that any changes in regulations governing the availability of life sciences information would have. This may include limitations on publication openness, control or review of experiments and research, or various other factors arising from the sensitive, dual-use nature of some life sciences work. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Industry Association of Synthetic Biology (IASB)
Comment: IASB is a consortium of biotech companies that are concerned with bioethical and biosecurity questions raised by synthetic biology, as well as with the scientific and economic prospects of synthetic biology.
Contact: Contact form on website
Qiagen
Comment: Coming Soon
Contact: + 49 2103 29 - 11710
Research Institutes & Non-Profits
Institutes and organisations with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. Some groups listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Events Top
This is a list of events relevant to biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
2008
Biosecurity in Synthetic Biology
Date: April 3, 2008
Location: Munich, Germany
Participant(s): Industry Association of Synthetic Biology
Description: The workshop focused on planning of appropriate risk management measures. These include systematic cataloguing and adequate user information via a dedicated internet portal as well as close monitoring of customer orders.
2005
6th European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) / European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Conference on Science and Society
Date: 28 – 29 October, 2005
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Participant(s): EMBO/EMBL and guests
Description: This conference is to promote mutual interest, understanding, and dialogue between biologists and a variety of other sectors of society that are concerned with the impact of modern biology.
2003
4th Meeting of the Global Health Security Action Group
Date: November 2003
Location: Berlin, Germany
Participant(s): Ministers/Secretaries/Commissioner of Health and senior health officials from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Mexico, the European Union and the World Health Organization.
Description: This annual meeting is held to coordinate public health activities throughout the world.
Legislation Top
Below is a select list of laws in Germany. As biosecurity is a relatively new and rapidly developing field, many countries have yet to devise or implement laws specific to biosecurity. Since biosecurity has much in common with national security, biosafety, bioterrorism, biological weapons, import / export of dual-use materials, and biodiversity, some countries may develop biosecurity legislation by adapting existing laws within these other areas. Therefore, biosecurity legislation and other laws that could potentially be used as background for biosecurity legislation are included here.
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Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance
- Date: 28 December, 1986
- Comment: Sets requirements for the export of dual-use equipment and in its annex entitled, "The Export List," it details the biological materials and system components requiring export licenses. This act has been revised numerous times since its inception.
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Infectious Disease Act
- Date: 1979
- Comment: This act establishes a permitting system for certain microorganisms in risk group 2 or higher.
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Foreign Trade and Payments Act
- Date: 28 April, 1961
- Comment: Sets requirements for the export of dual-use equipment. This act has been revised numerous times since its inception.
- War Weapons Control Act
- Date: 1961
- Comment: This act made the German Federal Government responsible for control of the manufacturing, transporting or marketing weapons designed or warfare.
Biosecurity Code Examples Top
Below are codes of conduct for life scientists that have been proposed, are in use, or are under development in Belgium. If there are any other codes that should be included on this site, please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
INES: Appeal to Engineers and Scientists and Associated Pledge
