(1) By 15 February 2017 and thereafter upon request, the supreme federal authorities and the Länder shall make a written report in their respective area of responsibility to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy concerning the application of the provisions of this Part and the statutory instruments issued based on Section 113.
(2) The Federal Statistical Office shall prepare procurement statistics on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. For this purpose, contracting authorities within the meaning of Section 98 shall transmit to the Federal Statistical Office data on public contracts within the meaning of Section 103(1) irrespective of their estimated contract value and on concessions within the meaning of Section 105. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is authorised to define by way of a statutory instrument, in agreement with the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and with the consent of the Bundesrat, the specifics regarding the procurement statistics and the data transmission by the reporting authority, including the technical procedure, the extent of the data to be transmitted, the thresholds for the collection and the date of entry into force, and the application of the corresponding obligations.