Competences (legislative and non-legislative), legal bases and policy areas where the regional parliament is active  

Legislative: TThe legislative competences of the Federation and the Regions (Länder) are regulated in detail by the Basic Law (Grundgesetz). Articles 70-74 govern the distribution of legislative powers between the Länder and the Federation.

• n the fields subject to the exclusive legislative power of the Federation (Article 73 Basic Law), the Länder shall have power to legislate only when and to the extent that they are expressly authorised to do so by a federal law. The Federation holds exclusive legislative competence inter alia in the following fields: all foreign policy issues, defense, civil protection, citizenship, currency and monetary system, customs duties and foreign trade, and cooperation between the Federation and the Länder concerning criminal police work.
• In fields subject to concurrent legislative powers (Articles 72 and 74 Basic Law), the Länder shall have power to legislate so long as and to the extent that the Federation has not exercised its legislative power by enacting a law (Article 72 (1) Basic Law). Yet, a difference has to be made between areas concerned by the necessity clause (Erforderlichkeitsklausel) or not. Indeed, Article 72 (2) Basic Law states that '[t]he Federation shall have the right to legislate on matters falling within clauses 4, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19a, 20, 22, 25 and 26 of paragraph (1) of Article 74, if and to the extent that the establishment of equivalent living conditions throughout the federal territory or the maintenance of legal or economic unity renders federal regulation necessary in the national interest.' These matters requiring necessity include inter alia the public welfare, the promotion of research and the transfer of land. Those that are not concerned by this necessity clause include inter alia civil law, criminal law, registration of birth, death and marriages, law of association, land distribution and labour law. Finally, Article 72 (3) Basic Law indicates that Länder may enact laws at variance with federal legislation for matters listed in this provision. Hunting, protection of nature and management of water resources are all among these fields.
• The Länder shall have the right to legislate insofar as the Basic Law does not confer legislative powers on the Federation (Article 70 Basic Law). Therefore the State Parliament holds the sole right of legislation in the areas not addressed in Articles 70-74 of the Basic Law. These matters include inter alia culture, schools and education, local authorities, police, right of assembly, public service law, nursing home law, hotel and catering law, press, broadcasting and new media.
• Furthermore, the State Parliament is responsible for adopting the regional budget.

Non-legislative: These competences include the election of the Members of the Senate (State Government) and the political control of the Senate. For further information, see here (DE).

List of committees/sub-committees or working groups in the regional parliament
The Parliament includes Standing Committees inter alia on:

• Constitutional Affairs and Rules of Procedure;
• Budget and Finances;
• Legal Affairs;
• Integration, Federal and European Affairs, International Contacts and Development Cooperation;
• Science, Media, Data Protection and Freedom of Information;
• Citizen Participation, Civic Engagement and Advice.

For further information, see here (DE).

Committees in charge of scrutinising subsidiarity   
The Committee on Integration, Federal and European Affairs, International Contacts and Development Cooperation.

Staff in charge of subsidiarity scrutiny  
There is no staff specifically dedicated to subsidiarity scrutiny.

Subsidiarity check  
Nature (selective/systematic): Systematic.
Procedure: An agreement has been concluded by the representatives of the Parliament at the Federal State and at European level, the chancellery of the Parliament and the chancellery of the Senate (State Government) to organise the subsidiarity check. There is no prior filtering procedure for selecting EU draft legislation with regard to its material or regional relevance. The Senate examines EU draft legislation and transmits it to the chancellery of the Parliament together with a technical assessment of its conformity with the subsidiarity principle. This procedure is based on Article 79 paras. 2-3 of the Constitution of Bremen, available here (DE). The Committee on Integration, Federal and European Affairs, International Contacts and Development Cooperation - established on 6 July 2011 - is in charge of conducting the subsidiarity check within the Parliament. It is entitled to take a final decision on the conformity of EU draft legislation with subsidiarity if a prompt decision is required to respect the strict deadline of the Early Warning System.
Cooperation/coordination at the regional level  
See the answer to the previous point.
Cooperation/coordination at the central level 
There is no direct link between the Bremen City Parliament and the German Bundestag or the Bundesrat (Federal Council). Yet, there is a direct link between the City Parliament and the City Government, which is part of the Federal Council.
In Germany, the 16 State Governments participate through the Federal Council in the legislation and administration of the Federation. The Federal Council submits the European draft legislation to the State Governments, which transfer it to their respective State Parliament.
The position of the Bremen City Parliament is transferred to the City Government, which considers it in its voting in the Federal Council.

• a network between the Chairmen of the Committees on European Affairs of all 16 state parliaments in Germany and
• a network between the legal officers of all 16 state parliaments in Germany and representatives of the administration of the nine Austrian regional parliaments (to exchange information and experiences, notably on subsidiarity issues).