Article One: The definition, territorial jurisdiction and enforcement of the Rheinland laws
§1.1. The supremacy of Rheinland laws is absolute in Rheinland space.
§1.2. Rheinland space shall be defined as: The systems of New Berlin (Capital), Frankfurt, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Thuringia.
§1.3. Rheinland law-enforcement authorities are represented by the Rheinland Armed Forces. Rulings by the Rheinland Government always supersede decisions made by law enforcement authorities.
§1.4. Rheinland has signed a number of treaties and agreements which are publicly accessible in this database. In case of conflict, ratified agreements supersede local House law.
Article Two: The Rheinland criminal code
§2.1. Rheinland Criminal Code is fundamental and the only source of penal law in Rheinland. It describes activities subject to punishment by law-enforcement authorities and regulates responsibility for the perpetration of them.
§2.2. Possession of, intent to distribute, and/or intent to acquire Contraband is illegal in Rheinland. Contraband will be defined as:
Abductees and other human captives
Alien Organisms and derivatives
Artifacts and derivatives
Black Market items
Cardamine and derivatives (e.g. Shigeakiki)
Counterfeit Computerware
Criminals
Hessian Tears
Hybrid Equipment
Hypnotainment Bands
Kemwer Technologies
Nox
Propaganda
Slog
Volgograd Ordinance
Wildcat Gold
Xeno Relics
Exceptions are as follows:
§2.2.1. Rheinland law-enforcement authorities are allowed to transport confiscated contraband to relevant stations or planets for further investigation, storage or destruction.
§2.2.2. DHC and Kruger bear license to haul all listed items, with the exception of narcotics and alien materials. Additional licenses can be obtained by Rheinland corporations and other entities via the Cargo Licensing Registry.
§2.2.3. Other regulations or temporary changes to current regulations regarding the shipping of certain goods may be implemented after official publication by the Ministry of the Interior.
§2.2.4. The following regulations are implemented in case of contraband possession:
§2.2.4.1. All contraband must be always confiscated and handed over to a relevant station or in case of non-human contraband destroyed on site.
§2.2.4.2. Violator is obliged to pay 10 SC fine for every cargo unit of contraband, however, the minimum sum is 2,500 credits regardless of the amount of contraband.
§2.2.4.3. In the case of 5 cargo units of contraband or less, law enforcers may waive from issuing fines and use only formal warning, if they see fit.
§2.3. Possession of following illegal equipment:
§2.3.1. Restricted equipment specified in Rheinland restricted technology registry such as Firekiss, Hornviper or Stealthblade weapons, combat vessels (e.g. Spectre, Banshee, Valkyrie, Disir, Revenant, Oder-class gunboat and capital ships) and other equipment. Special authorization can be obtained by submitting a request in the registry.
§2.3.2. Nomad equipment or equipment constructed on basis of it, except experimental technology used by the Rheinland Armed Forces.
§2.3.3. Equipment and ships that belong to or are manufactured by hostile organizations, terrorist groups and criminal organizations as defined in Article Five, §1.
§2.3.4. Cloaking devices mounted on ships that do not belong to the Rheinland Armed Forces, Rheinland corporations or permitted individuals which are registered in the extraordinary equipment registry.
§2.3.5. The following regulations are implemented in case of illegal equipment possession: Unmounted equipment is to be confiscated in space. Ships with mounted equipment are to be banned from Rheinland until the equipment is unmounted or they are cleared to re-enter. Law enforcers are also allowed to issue fines from 5.000 to 100.000 SC according to the severity of the committed crime. Illegally possessed ships may be destroyed.
§2.3.6. Requests to operate technology mentioned in §5.1 and §5.4 are to be submitted at the Special Authorization Registry. Special authorization requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are at the discretion of official law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the government.
§2.3.7. Usage of Jump Drives, Beacons/Matrix's and Survey Modules within the borders of Rheinland require prior notice to the government. Failure to notify the government will result in a fine of no less then 100.000 SC or the destruction of the vessel.
§2.4. Piracy and Terrorism:
§2.4.1. Piracy is defined as the attempt and/or intent to unlawfully stop the lawful transit of any goods or the performance of legal services for gain, or to facilitate in the aforementioned actions as accessories to acts of piracy. Terrorism is defined as all forms of accomplished, attempted, or intended unlawful assault on life and the unlawful damage or destruction of property not covered under piracy.
§2.4.2. The penalty for accomplishing, attempting, and/or intending to commit, Piracy and Terrorism is immediate detention with lethal force authorized when arrest is resisted.
§2.5. Subversive conduct
§2.5.1. Subversion is to be defined as an umbrella term encompassing all felony tier offenses that are contrary to orders issued by lawful Rheinland authorities. Such offenses include but are not limited to: Inciting violence, unprotected speech deemed inflammatory against the formerly Imperialist and Federalist factions of the civil war, failure to comply with Rheinland Cargo interdiction and inspection checkpoints, failure to render assistance when deputized by a lawful representative in the event of an emergency, violating Rheinland construction and zoning code.
§2.5.2.The tampering or disabling of Rheinland Infrastructure, such as trade lanes or jump gates.
§2.5.3. Subversive conduct will be punished with warning and fines at the discretion of the officer on duty. Further non-compliance will result in detention, and the exercise of lethal force if arrest is resisted.
§2.6. Disorderly conduct
§2.6.1. Public swearing or threatening, impersonation of Rheinland Nobility or law enforcement, insult of the Emperor or House of Rheinland and its representatives. Acting as ships as captain or pilot while being under influence of alcohol or other drugs which affect the ability to control the ship or communicate properly with law enforcement authorities.
§2.6.2. Disorderly conduct will be punished with warning and fines at the discretion of the officer on duty. Further non-compliance will result in detention, and the exercise of lethal force if arrest is resisted.
§2.7. Corporate violations:
§2.7.1. Any of the aforementioned crimes if performed by employees of a corporation, company or any organized group marked by the same identification tag, are a subject for multiplied fines or sanctions against the whole organization, as well as the offending employee.
§2.7.2. Any of aforementioned crimes if performed by the administration of a corporation, company or any organized group marked by same identification tag, may be a subject to an arrest of all vessels of that organization present in Rheinland space for the time of the investigation as well as a subject for multiplied fines or sanctions against the whole organization.
Article Three: Trade regulations
§3.1. Cargo classified as restricted:
§3.1.1. Following cargo can be transported only by ships of the Rheinland law-enforcement authorities, Rheinland corporations, and organizations listed next to the respective cargo type:
Azurite Gas - Core and their affiliates
Energy Field Equipment
Exotic Systems
Gaian Wildlife - Cryer and their affiliates
Gate/Lane Parts - Ageira, DSE, US, EFL, GMS, IDF and their affiliates
Light Arms - EFL and their affiliates
Military Salvage - Bristol and their affiliates
Military Surplus
Munitions - EFL and their affiliates
Nagel-Oster Crystals
Stabiline - Cryer and their affiliates
Weapons (e.g. Daumann Side Arms) - EFL and their affiliates
MOX (see section §3.3)
Toxic Waste (see section §3.3)
Uranium (see section §3.3)
§3.1.1.1. Following organizations are considered as Rheinland corporations: Daumann Heavy Construction, Kruger Minerals, Rheinland Shipping, ALG Waste Disposal and their affiliates.
§3.1.2. A small amount of weapons and ammunition may be transported for the purpose of a crew and passenger defense. A general use of ten (10) units is allowed.
§3.1.3. Restricted cargo transported without a license is declared as contraband and will be treated accordingly. Violator is obliged to pay 10 SC fine for every cargo unit of contraband, however, the minimum sum is 2.500 credits regardless of the amount of contraband.
§3.1.4. Human trafficking of any kind is forbidden within Rheinland. Transportation of legal passengers is limited to suitable vessels (Liners, Yachts, Freighters & Armored "Pelican" Transport). Illegal passengers include, but are not limited to, the following: Prisoners, Criminals, Slaves, Kidnapped VIPs.
§3.1.5. Captured or rescued pilots are to be delivered to the nearest law enforcement station or handed over to authorities. The same applies to passengers aboard unsuitable ships and illegal passengers in general.
§3.1.6 Failure to adhere to §3.1.4 and §3.1.5 will be punished by a 50.000 SC fine, further non-compliance will be met with necessary force to prevent continuous maltreatment or apprehend fugitives.
§3.2. The supremacy of Rheinland corporations in Rheinland space and measures to maintain it:
§3.2.1. Administration of mining fields: The Rheinland Ministry of the Interior maintain the right to modify, trade, lend, gift, and sell the rights to their respective mining fields to any party.
§3.2.2. In the Frankfurt system, all mining fields are administered by the Daumann Heavy Construction.
§3.2.3. In the Omega-7 system, all currently-known mining fields are divided between Daumann Heavy Construction and Kruger Minerals.
§3.2.4. Only vessels belonging to the company that administers the area, in addition to Rheinland law enforcement vessels, can patrol and/or mine in said areas. This holds true unless an agreement has been reached between the visiting vessel and the area's administrator.
§3.2.5. Area administrator has the right to forbid entrance completely to the said zones to any entity, group, company, corporation or individual except members of the Rheinland law enforcement and ships of Rheinland corporations and their affiliates. This must be announced by the Ministry of the Interior. In specific situations, temporary on-spot entrance denials may be issued by the owner party vessels without the formal announcement.
§3.2.6. In case of violation by a ship which is not allowed to enter the area, the violator will be ordered to leave the area once, then reasonable force may be used. Repetitive violators may be also fined up to 500.000 SC.
§3.2.7. If ore theft is revealed, the stealing party is obligated to pay equal to stolen ore's worth compensation to the field administrator which will calculate exact value according to market prices.
§3.3. The following restrictions apply to the transportation of dangerous or restricted goods within Rheinland Space.
§3.3.1. Toxic Waste may only be transported using the following vessel classes due to risk of spillage, crew safety and contamination:
ALG Golem Heavy Mover
Junker Salvager Frigate
Transports with less then 900 cargo capacity.
§3.3.2. Radioactive materials, such as but not limited to; MOX, Thorium MOX, Uranium, Plutonium and Nuclear Devices May not be carried in quantities over 500 units without a permit.
The following organizations are permitted unrestricted loads:
Rheinland Corporations
Rheinland Law Enforcement
Article Four: Directives for foreign capital ships and law enforcement vessels
§4.1. All Battleship, Carrier and Cruiser class vessels that do not belong to the Rheinland law enforcement are banned from Rheinland space unless they are permitted by a High Command member of the official Rheinland's Law Enforcement, by the Ministry of Defense, or listed in the exceptions below.
§4.1.1. Rheinland corporations and their affiliates are allowed to use the "Bustard" Civilian Light Carrier.
§4.1.2. The "Corvo" Civilian Deep Space Explorer and the "Hegemon" Civilian Asteroid Miner are not considered to be capital ships.
§4.1.3. The “Bustard” Civilian Carrier and Samura "Amaterasu" Liner is considered as a capital ship.
§4.2. Violators of §4.1 may be fined up to 150.000 SC fine for Cruiser class vessels and up to 300.000 SC fine for Carrier and Battleship class vessels and are to be escorted out of Rheinland space by the shortest way. Ships that won't comply may be destroyed.
§4.3. Any vessel that doesn’t belong to law-enforcement authorities may be ordered to move away from planetary orbit.
§4.4. All foreign police, military and intelligence agency spacecraft of any size are banned from Rheinland space unless permission to enter is given by a High Command member of the official Rheinland's Law Enforcement, Rheinland Ministry of Defense or the Office of the Executor.
§4.4.1. Following organizations are considered as foreign police, military and intelligence agency:
Bretonia Armed Forces, except BAF|MN-
Bretonia Intelligence Service
Bretonia Police Authority
Crayter Republic
Gallic Navy & Intelligence
Liberty Navy
Liberty Police
Liberty Security Force
Kusari Navy
Kusari Police
Kusari Office of Intelligence
Technocracy of Auxesia
§4.4.2. Violators may be fined up to 250.000 SC fine and are to be escorted out of the Rheinland space by the shortest way. Ships which will not comply or commit violation repeatedly may be destroyed.
§4.4.3. Following organizations are permitted to enter Rheinland space for the purpose of trading with freighters, liners and transports, which may be accompanied by an escort of the same affiliation:
Gallic Navy vessels marked [GN]T- and [GN]GT- .
Bretonia Armed Forces vessels marked BAF|MN-.
Article Five: Enemies of the state and undesirable entities
§5.1. A number of organizations and or movements are declared extremely dangerous and all the members of those organizations are to be arrested or eliminated:
Coalition for repeated acts of terror.
Corsairs for repeated acts of piracy.
Das Wilde for treason.
Landwirtrechtbewegung and Farmers Alliance for repeated acts of piracy and terror.
Red Hessians for repeated acts of piracy and terror.
The Unioners for repeated acts of piracy and terror.
The Order for cooperation with terrorist organizations.
Xeno Alliance for repeated acts of piracy and terror.
Bundschuh for repeated acts of piracy and terror.
Independent pirates for the repeated acts of piracy.
§5.2. Any aliens identified as Nomads as well as any other alien life forms or sentient beings are to be treated with caution and to be destroyed on sight.
§5.3. Providing any help to any member of the above-mentioned organizations or otherwise supporting unlawful elements is punishable by fines up to 500.000 SC, imprisonment or death sentence according to circumstances and severity of the crime.
§5.4. Following entities are not welcome due to their dubious reputation:
Gaians
Blood Dragons
Gallic Brigands
Golden Chrysanthemums
Liberty Insurgency
Lane Hackers
Liberty Rogues
Mollys
Outcasts
Gas Miners Guild
§5.4.1. If ships or equipment of mentioned entities are found in Rheinland territory. Their cargo may be confiscated if contraband and are to be escorted out. Ships that will not comply or repeatedly return may be destroyed without escorting.
Article Six: Restricted areas and security zones
§6.1. Following areas are considered restricted space. Only Rheinland law enforcement is permitted within, Rheinland corporations may receive temporary access for the duration of valid contracts with law enforcement agencies.
Contracts are limited to a duration of 6 months until a new one has to be agreed upon.
§6.1.1. Hamburg - Sector G3
§6.1.2. Frankfurt - The entirety of the Westerwald
§6.1.3. Frankfurt - The entirety of Sector-9
§6.1.4. Thuringia System
§6.2. Unauthorized entry to restricted areas or revealing any information related to them is considered as a serious crime that is punishable by immediate execution. Groups who's members are found trespassing will be fined 1 million credits in punitive damages, failure to pay will result in being labeled a hostile foreign intelligence agency under section §4.4.1.
Article Seven: Modular bases
§7.1. All modular bases within Rheinland have to be registered in the Modular bases registry before the construction begins. The registration fee is 500.000 SC. Each modular base is required to pay a quarterly fee 500.000 to maintain its license. The first installment of the license fee is to be paid 3 months after the date of modular base approval in the registry. This fee may be waived by the Government of Rheinland.
§7.1.1. Every organization or individual, which wants to construct a station in Rheinland, has to answer the following points truthfully:
§7.1.1.1. Name of the base §7.1.1.2. Name of the station administrator §7.1.1.3. Affiliation §7.1.1.4. The purpose of the station §7.1.1.5. Existing trade agreements §7.1.1.6. Location of the base
§7.2. All modular bases have to be built at a distance of at least 10K from existing installations and other solars.
§7.2.1. Exemptions to §7.2 can be made if there is a compelling or historical reason to do so. Exemptions will require thorough documentation.
§7.3. Any deviation in the information provided by paragraph §7.1.1 and its subsections are subject to an official investigation and may be sanctioned.
§7.4. Affiliation rules:
§7.4.1. The affiliation of the station administrator has to be at least neutral to the law-enforcement authorities.
§7.4.2. The affiliation of the station administrator has to be hostile to the Rheinland unlawful groups.
§7.4.3. Paragraphs §4.1. and §4.2. apply also to the station security members.
§7.4.4. Conditions mentioned in paragraphs §4.1. and §4.2. have to be proven if the station is owned by the non-Rheinland entity or upon request of the law-enforcement authority.
§7.5. The law-enforcement authority has the right to restrict the trade to any station if it's necessary to interrupt the violating of Rheinland laws. Any contraband found available to be sold on the station is a reason for the start of official investigations and may be sanctioned.
§7.6. A violation of the Rheinland laws may result in suspending or revoking permission.
§7.7. Trade agreements with restricted goods have to be approved by the Rheinland Ministry of Economic Development.
§7.8. Criminal database:
§7.8.1. If an entry in the criminal database declares a member of the security of the station as criminal, the fine for amnesty is to be paid either from the violator or the station administrator.
Failing to do so may result in a revoking of the permission and/or the removal of the violator from Rheinland space.
§7.8.2. In case the arrest warrant is issued, the station administrator has to replace the member of the security of the station.
§7.9. Responsibilities of the station owner and administrators:
§7.9.1. The station administrators have to ensure that the official law-enforcement authorities have docking rights at all times.
§7.9.2. The station administrators have to ensure that trading on the base is not in any violation of the Rheinland Laws including not supporting any illegal, criminal or terrorist groups or individuals.
§7.9.3. Construction of weapon platforms must be approved by at least one of the official law-enforcement authorities or the Ministry of the Interior before construction begins.
§7.9.4. Construction of manufacturing facilities that produce cloaking devices, hyperspace jump drives or hyperspace survey modules is only permitted to Rheinland Corporations
§7.9.5. Base owners must make their accessible for a two (2) hour safety and wellness inspection between the hours of 5pm UTC and 10pm UTC.
(//Vulnerability window of modular installations within Rheinland space must be set between the hours of 5pm UTC and 10pm UTC)
§7.10.Base construction or operation without proper registration or valid permit as well as any other law violation related to modular bases is punishable by either a fine, or immediate deconstruction.
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