This recorded commission speaking turn concerns § 2 of proposed coal legislation and its relationship to trade rules and external obligations. Lederer interprets the requirement to take account of general import and export provisions as preserving ordinary legislative authority over the Deutsche Kohlengemeinschaft:
Es soll bedeuten, daß beispielsweise eine Zollgesetzgebung, welche die Kohle einbezieht oder herausläßt, durch dieses Gesetz nicht gehindert wird, daß die Deutsche Kohlengemeinschaft kein Privileg gegenüber der Gesetzgebung hat.
English translation: It is meant to signify that, for example, customs legislation that includes or excludes coal is not impeded by this law, and that the German Coal Community has no privilege vis-à-vis legislation.
He distinguishes general trade policy from the particular obligations imposed by the Spa agreement. Although that agreement is not a general import or export provision, this does not exempt the coal organization from its application. Its temporary character instead explains why it need not be incorporated expressly:
Ich kann doch nicht in einem Gesetz eine Bestimmung, welche transitorischen Charakter hat, einbeziehen, nachdem selbstverständlich ist, daß jedes Wirtschaftssubjekt dieser Bestimmung unterliegt.
English translation: Surely I cannot incorporate into a law a provision that is transitory in character, given that it is self-evident that every economic entity is subject to this provision.
Lederer closes with an agricultural analogy: a customs law could prohibit cattle exports or impose an export charge while the peace treaty still required delivery of one hundred thousand cows. His assertion that the narrower law overrides the broader makes the specific obligation decisive. The contribution’s significance lies in separating statutory wording from binding obligations: omission from the coal law does not create immunity, and an exceptional delivery requirement need not prevent enactment of general trade legislation.
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