APPENDIX VI DECREE RESPECTING THE PROVISIONAL ECONOMIC On the basis of the law respecting a simplified form of legislation for the purpose of the Transition Economy of April 17, 1919 (R.G.Bl., p. 394), the following is ordained by the Commonwealth Government with the assent of the Reichsrat and the Committee chosen by the Constituent German National Assembly. ARTICLE I The Federal Government shall convene a Federal Economic Council within two months of the entry into force of this Decree. The provisional Federal Economic Council sits in Berlin. ARTICLE 2 The provisional Federal Economic Council consists of 326 members. These are to be appointed as follows: I. 68 REPRESENTATIVES OF AGRICULTURE AND (1) Agriculture: FORESTRY 22 Representatives of employers in Agriculture, including agricultural allied trades, to be appointed thus: 1 R.G.Bl., Nr. 99, p. 858. II by the German Agricultural Council with equal 22 Representatives of workers in agriculture, including agricultural allied trades, to be appointed thus: 13 by the German Agricultural Labourers' Associations. 5 by the Central Association of Forest, Agricultural and Vineyard Workers of Germany. 3 jointly by the Imperial Association of Agricul- I by the Imperial Union of Academically Trained 14 Representatives of agricultural small holdings (holdings where normally only the labour of people belonging to the family is employed and which form an independent cultivation), to be thus appointed by the members of this particular group: 7 jointly by the Imperial Association of the German I by the Societies of the Central Association of 3 by the Central Association of Forestry, Agriculture and Vineyard Workers of Germany. 4 Representatives of Agricultural Societies, to be nominated jointly by the Imperial Association of German Agricultural Societies and the General Association of German Raiffeisen Societies. (2) Forestry: 3 Representatives of employers, to be nominated by the German Imperial Forestry Council upon the proposition of the employers' group, with due regard to local and professional differences in forestry. 3 Representatives of the workers, to be nominated by the German Imperial Forestry Council, and in particular: 2 on the proposition of the forest and labourers' group. I on the proposition of all the employees and officials associated in the German Federal Forestry Council. In the selection of representatives of the various groups appropriate regard is to be had to the different parts of the Commonwealth. II. 6 REPRESENTATIVES OF HORTICULTURE AND (1) Horticulture: FISHERY I employers' representative, to be appointed by the Association of German Horticultural Associations in Berlin and the Imperial Association for German Horticulture in Berlin. I workers' representative, to be appointed by the Association of Horticulturists and Horticultural Workers in Berlin, the German (National) Horticultural Association in Berlin, and the Association of German Private Horticulturists in Cologne-on-the-Rhine. (2) Fishery: 2 employers' representatives, to be thus nominated: I jointly by the Economic Association of German High Sea Fisheries, the German Sea Fishing Union and the Imperial Association of German I by the German Fishery Associations. 2 workers' representatives, to be appointed thus: 1 by the German Transport Workers' Association, Seamen's Division. I by the German Professional Lake and River III. 68 REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRY A. Grouped according to Vocations. (1) 21 employers' representatives, and 21 workers' representatives, to be appointed by the Central Industrial Alliance of the Industrial and Trading Employers and Workers of Germany, regard being had here to their vocational groups. No representatives are to be appointed from the vocational group of Coal and Potash Mining. Of the workers' representatives, at least two must be representatives of the technical employees. (2) 2 employers' representatives, and 2 workers' representatives, to be nominated by the Federal Coal Council. (3) I employers' representative, and I workers' representative, to be nominated by the Federal Potash Council. B. Grouped Territorially. 10 representatives of employers, to be nominated by the German Diet of Industry and Commerce from the official representative bodies of Industry and Commerce, with proper regard to the parts of the country not sufficiently allowed for in the vocational grouping. 10 representatives of workers, to be appointed by the workers' side of the Central Industrial Alliance of Industrial and Trade Employers and Employed of Germany. At least two of these must be representatives of the technical employees. IV. 44 REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMERCE, BANKING AND INSURANCE A. Grouped according to Vocations. (1) Commerce: IO representatives of employers, and 10 representatives of workers, to be appointed by an Industrial Alliance comprising small commerce, high commerce, export trade, and the great Purchasers' Society of German Consumers societies in Hamburg. (2) Banking: 2 representatives of employers, to be appointed by the Central Association of German Banking and Bankers. 2 representatives of workers, to be appointed by the workers' side of the Industrial Alliance named in (1). I representative of the German Societies' Banks, to be appointed by the German Credit Societies' Association. I representative of the workers (employees) of the Credit Societies, to be appointed by the workers' side of the Industrial Alliance named in (1). (3) Insurance: I representative of employers, to be nominated by the Imperial Association of private Insurance Companies. I representative of the workers, to be nominated by the workers' side of the Industrial Alliance named in (1). B. Grouped Territorially. 8 representatives of employers, to be nominated by the German Diet of Industry and Commerce from the official representative bodies of Industry and Commerce, with appropriate regard to parts of the country not sufficiently allowed for in the vocational grouping; of |