Effect of voluntary withdrawal on termination of abstract norm control proceedings

The Federal Constitutional Court ordered the dismissal of two abstract judicial review proceedings following the applicants' withdrawal of their petitions. The dispute involved two separate applications for abstract norm control initiated under the relevant federal constitutional jurisdiction, wherein the applicants subsequently withdrew their requests via written declarations on April 26, 2018, and October 26, 2018, respectively. The decision rests on the procedural doctrine that the voluntary withdrawal of the initiating application necessitates the termination and dismissal of the proceedings, as the basis for the court’s jurisdictional mandate ceased to exist.