1. The Bundesrat consists of members of the Laender governments which appoint and recall them. Other members of such governments may act as substitutes.
2. Each Land has at least three votes; Laender with more than two million inhabitants have four, Laender with more than seven million inhabitants, six votes (amended Unification Treaty of 31 August 1990).
3. Each Land may delegate as many members as it has votes. The votes of each Land may be cast only as a block vote and only by members present or their substitutes.
