The legal basis for the Bremen Cancer Registry is the Law on Cancer Registry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Cancer Registry Act – BremKRG) from
February 24, 2015.

Further laws on the basis of which the Bremen Cancer Registry operates:

• Law on the consolidation of cancer registry data
  
• Federal Cancer Registry Act
  
• Cancer screening guideline
  

Ordinances for the implementation of the Bremen Cancer Registry Act:

• Transfer of tasks from the trust center of the Bremen Cancer Registry
  
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Bremen Cancer Registry
  
• Reporting to the Bremen Cancer Registry
  
• Payment of the reporting fee according to the Cancer Registry Act