In 1918, when the
Weimar Republic had been established, matters of aviation were provisionally assigned to the
Reichsamt des Inneren (Imperial Ministry of the Interior). In 1918 the
Reichsluftamt (Imperial Agency of Aviation) was established. After
World War II, matters of aviation were initially handled by the administration of the Allied occupation powers. Some matters of aviation were transferred to the '"Vorläufige Bundesstelle für Luftfahrtgerät und Flugunfalluntersuchung'" (Provisional Federal Office for Avionic Devices and Investigation of Aviation Accidents) established on 15 September 1953 in
Bonn. Eventually, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt was established by the
Gesetz über das Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (Act on the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt) of 30 November 1954 (BGBl. I 354) and commenced operation on 1 February 1955. On 28 September 2003, substantial competences were formally transferred to the
European Aviation Safety Agency established by
Regulation (EC) 1592/2002. ==References==