Germany’s preparation for a CCS law started in late 2008. The Ministries in charge - the Ministry
of Environment and the Ministry of Economics - worked in close cooperation. The first draft was
approved by the Federal Cabinet in April 2009 (draft law: Bundestags-Drucksache 16/12782,
see: http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/16/127/1612782.pdf). The draft law integrated all
stages of CCS technologies, capture, transport, exploration of storage sites, injection and
decommissioning.