GERMANY¹

REPORTING HISTORY

¹ On 3 October 1990 the Federal Republic of Germany notified the Secretary-General that through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany, with effect from 3 October 1990, the two German states had united to form one sovereign state, to act in the United Nations under the designation “Germany”.

² At its 4^th session, from 15 January to 2 February 1990, the Committee adopted a new reporting schedule, as approved by ECOSOC in its Resolution 1988/4 of 24 May 1988, to take effect from 30 June 1990. The new reporting schedule had the result of consolidating the procedure of reporting so that three reports for three different sets of articles in the Convention was no longer required. In the case of those states which had submitted initial or periodic reports on only one or two of the three distinct sets of articles, consolidation of the reporting procedure did not eliminate responsibility to submit a further initial or periodic report which would cover the articles missing in previous reports. Hence, the post 1990 reporting schedule might require a further "initial" or similar numbered periodic report.

³ This report was submitted to and considered by the Economic and Social Council prior to the creation of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which began to consider reports in 1987. Further information is unavailable.

⁴ The date of submission is not available.

⁵ In its concluding observations adopted on 31 August 2001, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights requested that the fifth periodic report be submitted by 30 June 2006.

⁶ In its concluding observations adopted on 20 May 2011, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights requested that the sixth periodic report be submitted by 30 June 2016.