(1) Administrative authorities within the meaning of Section 36(1) no 1 of the German Administrative Offences Act shall be
1. the Bundesnetzagentur as the market transparency unit for electricity and gas for administrative offences under Section 81(2) no 2c and d, no 5a and no 6 to the extent that a violation of Section 47d(1) sentence 1 in conjunction with Section 59(2) or (4) exists, and Section 81(2) no 8 to the extent that a violation of Section 47d(1) sentence 1 in conjunction with Section 59a(2) exists,
2. the Bundeskartellamt as the market transparency unit for fuels for administrative offences under Section 81(2) no 5b and no 6 to the extent that a violation of Section 47k(7) in conjunction with Section 59(2) or (4) exists, and no 8 to the extent that a violation of Section 47k(7) in conjunction with Section 59a(2) exists, and
3. in all other cases referred to in Section 81(1), (2) and (3), the Bundeskartellamt and the supreme Land authority competent under the applicable laws of the respective Land, each for their own area of competence.
(2) The competition authority shall be exclusively competent in proceedings concerning the imposition of an administrative fine against a legal person or association of persons pursuant to Section 30 of the German Administrative Offences Act in cases arising from
1. a criminal offence which also fulfils the elements of Section 81(1), (2) no 1 and Section 81(3), or
2. an intentional or negligent administrative offence pursuant to Section 130 of the German Administrative Offences Act, where a punishable breach of duty also fulfils the elements of Section 81(1), (2) no 1 and Section 81(3).
This shall not apply if the proceedings relating to Section 30 of the German Administrative Offences Act are referred to the public prosecutor by the authority. In the cases under sentence 1, the public prosecutor and the competition authority shall inform each other at an early stage of any planned investigative steps with external effects, particularly of searches.