Πρωταρχικός σκοπός της είναι, η φύλαξη των συνόρων, το θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον, η ασφάλεια στην θάλασσα, η αλιεία, και τελωνειακή αστυνόμευση. Δεν είναι στρατιωτικό σώμα.
Δεν κάνουν τον τροχονόμο, ούτε μαζεύουν σουρωμένους από τις παραλίες.
Παρόμοια δομή έχει και η ακτοφυλακή της Ολλανδίας, η οποία βαφτίστηκε μόλις το 2000.
Εμείς 100 χρόνια Λ.Σ οσονούπω, και ακόμα δεν ξέρουμε που πάμε...
The German Federal Coast Guard (German: Küstenwache des Bundes) is a civilian law enforcement organisation whose primary missions are border protection, maritime environmental protection, shipping safety, fishery protection and customs enforcement. The Küstenwache is an association of several federal agencies, not a single entity like the United States Coast Guard.
The agencies that make up the Küstenwache have a common plan of action and direct their operations from two Coast Guard Centers (German:Küstenwachzentren), Neustadt (Holstein) for the Baltic Sea and Cuxhaven for theNorth Sea.
[edit]Structure and responsibilities
- Bundespolizei (Federal Police), Ministry of the Interior
- Waterways and Shipping Offices, Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), Federal Ministry for Transport, Construction and Urban Development
- Wasserzoll (Maritime Customs Service), Federal Customs Administration,Federal Ministry of Finance
- Federal Agency for Agriculture and Nutrition (BLE), Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture
Coast guard personnel
The personnel serving with the Küstenwache include both police officers (in the case of the Bundespolizei and Wasserzoll) and civilians from the Waterways and Shipping Office and other agencies. Küstenwache personnel do not have combatantstatus as it is not a military unit as other coast guards are. In contrast, the United States Coast Guard is both a military service and a law enforcement organisation and its commissioned officers have both police and military powers. However, police officers serving with the Küstenwache retain their usual police powers, adjusted to the maritime nature of their job.
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