The competent supervisory authority for the enforcement of this Act is:
- the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority for
a) credit institutions with the exception of the Deutsche Bundesbank,
b) financial services institutions and payment institutions under section 1 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 of the Payment Services Supervision Act and electronic money institutions under section 1 (2) sentence 1 no. 1 of the Payment Services Supervision Act,
c) domestic branches and branch offices of credit institutions whose registered office is situated outside Germany, financial services institutions whose registered office is situated outside Germany and payment institutions whose registered office is situated outside Germany,
d) asset management companies within the meaning of section 17 (1) of the Investment Code,
e) domestic branch offices of EU management companies within the meaning of section 1 (17) of the Investment Code and of foreign AIF management companies as defined in section 1 (18) of the Investment Code,
f) foreign AIF management companies for which the Federal Republic of Germany is the member state of reference and which are subject to supervision by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority under section 57 (1) sentence 3 of the Investment Code,
g) payment institutions and electronic money institutions whose registered office is in another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, agents and electronic money agents under section 2 (1) no. 4,
h) companies and persons under section 2 (1) no. 5 and
i) the KfW Banking Group (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau), - for insurance undertakings under section 2 (1) no. 7, the respective competent supervisory authority for the insurance sector,
- for lawyers and legal advisors who are members of a bar association under section 2 (1) no. 10, the competent local chamber of lawyers (sections 60, 61 and 163 (4) of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung)),
- for patent attorneys under section 2 (1) no. 10, the Chamber of Patent Attorneys (section 53 of the Patent Attorneys Act (Patentanwaltsordnung)),
- for notaries under section 2 (1) no. 10, the respective President of the Regional Court in whose jurisdiction the notary is domiciled (section 92 no. 1 of the Federal Notaries’ Act (Bundesnotarordnung)),
- for public auditors and sworn auditors under section 2 (1) no. 12, the Chamber of Public Accountants (section 57 (2) no. 17 of the Public Accountants Act (Wirtschaftsprüferordnung))
- for tax advisors and authorised tax agents under section 2 (1) no. 12, the competent local chamber of tax advisors (section 76 of the Tax Advisory Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz)),
7a. for associations under section 4 no. 11 of the Tax Advisory Act, the authority responsible for supervision under section 27 of the Tax Advisory Act, - for organisers and brokers of games of chance under section 2 (1) no. 15, the authority responsible for gambling supervision, unless provided otherwise under Land law and
- for all others: the authority responsible under Federal or Land law.