(1) The Federation shall establish the necessary number of public procurement tribunals at the Bundeskartellamt. The establishment and composition of the public procurement tribunals as well as the allocation of duties shall be determined by the President of the Bundeskartellamt. Honorary associate members and their substitute members shall be appointed by the President upon a proposal by the central organisations of the chambers under public law. Having obtained approval from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the President of the Bundeskartellamt shall issue rules of procedure and publish these in the Federal Gazette.
(2) The establishment, organisation and composition of the entities (reviewing authorities) of the Länder mentioned in this Division shall be determined by the authorities competent under the laws of the Länder or, in the absence of any such determination, by the Land government, which may delegate this power. The Länder may establish joint reviewing authorities.