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Table 1:Legislation relating to bans on lead ammunition in German regions and legislature
Entity Rifle non-lead only Shotgun non-lead only
Federal Hunting Act in progress *
Baden-Württemberg State Forests since 2014, state-wide by 2016 In line with AEWA
Bavaria no provisions In line with AEWA
Berlin State Forests since 2013 In line with AEWA
Brandenburg State Forests since 2013 In line with AEWA + State Forests
Bremen no provisions no provisions
Hamburg no provisions no provisions
Hesse State Forests by 2015 In line with AEWA
Lower Saxony State Forests since 2013 In line with AEWA
Mecklenburg-Vorpommem State Forests since 2014 In line with AEWA
North Rhine- Westphalia State Forests since 2013 In line with AEWA
Rhineland-Palatinate State Forests since 2013 In line with AEWA
Saarland State Forests since 2011, state-wide since 2014 † In line with AEWA
Saxony provisions in place, not executed All game species
Saxony-Anhalt no provisions In line with AEWA
Schleswig-Holstein State Forests since 2013, state-wide by 2015 In line with AEWA
Thuringia no provisions In line with AEWA
Federal Forest Service Since 2013
German Federal Environmental
Foundation
Since 2012
City of Greifswald Since 2011
Zity of Rostock Since 2008
City of Furstenwalde Since 2013††
* Legislative action by Federal Government to change the Federal Hunting Act
† With a grace-period until 2017 excluding state forests
†† With exclusion of game drives
Carl Gremse & Siegfried Rieger