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At this year's meeting in Hamelin, the delegates of the 112th Congress of Representatives of the German Naval Association called on the Bundestag and the Federal Government to initiate a Maritime Security Act to clearly regulate responsibilities at sea. "Modern societies," said Heinz Maurus, President of the German Naval Association, "are dependent on critical infrastructure, including in the maritime environment. Among other things, it is used for energy supply, data traffic and maritime trade. Under water, it can only be monitored and protected with considerable effort. In view of the acts of sabotage that have already occurred, Nord Stream 2 and on a gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable between Estonia and Finland, as well as the generally conspicuous threats to critical infrastructure on...