The subject of a paper are regulations, which open the legal order for the international law and the processes of integration in the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. Two names have the dominant position in the german literature: “European Article” (German: Europa-Artikel) and „integrated leverage” (German Integrationshebel). The sovereign rights of the Federal Republic of Germany, which are transferred by the regulations to international organizations and the European Union, are relatively different (in comparison to other EU countries) regulation. Profiles of Articles 23.1 and 24.1 of the Basic Law explain the essence of these regulations. Although in fact the regulations are similar, they concern different subjects – the addr...