ولايات ألمانيا
The Conference of Federal State Prime Ministers is a committee formed by the sixteen States of Germany ("Bundesländer") to coordinate policy in areas that fall within the sole jurisdiction of the Länder, e.g. broadcasting. The conference is not a constitutional body, therefore formal agreements between the federal states are fixed in a "Staatsvertrag", e.g. "Rundfunkstaatsvertrag" and have to be .