Under existing German law, all foreigners who say they have been persecuted at home for political reasons may ask for asylum here.
Amnesty International called the decision "out of step with the spirit of existing international law".
An Act of Parliament creates a new law or changes an existing law.
They did so in violation of existing German laws.
But journalists here say the government abuses the existing law.
The reason for this is unclear, because the new local law merely duplicates the existing national law against being drunk and disorderly.
Set against that, there are already provisions in international law, and advice from the Commission will have to be consistent with existing international law.
According to the proposal on electronic commerce the country of origin principle does not apply to intellectual and industrial property in accordance with existing international law.
In these areas, entrepreneurial activity would be encouraged, foreign investment facilitated, infrastructure improved and most existing Communist laws lifted.
This law must be recognized by the existing international law, which should seek to co-exist with it in order to avoid friction.