FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT - 1 BvL 10/12 - 1 BvL 12/12 - 1 BvR 1691/13 - IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE In the proceedings I. on the constitutional review as to whether 1. § 19 section 1 sentences 1 and 3, and section 3 sentence 1, § 20 sections 1, 4 and 5 of the Second Book of the Code of Social Law (SGB II) in the version of Article 2 of the Act on Determining Standard Needs and Amending the Second and Twelfth Book of the Code of Social Law (Gesetz zur Ermittlung von Regelbedarfen und zur Änderung des Zweiten und Zwölften Buches Sozialgesetzbuch) of 24 March 2011 (Federal Law Gazette (BGBl) I p. 453) in conjunction with § 28a of the Twelfth Book of the Code of Social Law (SGB XII) in the version of Article 3 of the Law of 24 March 2011 (BGBl I p. 453) and § 8 section 1 number 2 of the Act on Determining Standard Needs in Accordance with § 28 of the Twelfth Book of the Code of Social Law (Gesetz zur Ermittlung der Regelbedarfe nach § 28 des Zwölften Buches Sozialgesetzbuch – RBEG), promulgated as Article 1 of the Act on Determining Standard Needs and Amending the Second and Twelfth Book of the Code of Social Law of 24 March 2011 <BGBl I p. 453>) are compatible with Article 1 section 1 in conjunction with Article 20 section 1 GG – welfare state – and the fundamental right derived therefrom of the guarantee of a dignified minimum existence insofar as they set the standard needs relevant for calculating the amount of benefit necessary to ensure a minimum existence for adults eligible for benefits, who are in need of assistance and who are living together as married couples, at an amount of EUR 328 for the 2011 calendar year and for the 2012 calendar year, under the Regulation on Updating the Standard Needs Levels in Accordance with § 138 number 2 of the Twelfth Book of the Code of Social Law for the Year 2012 (Verordnung zur Fortschreibung der Regelbedarfsstufen nach § 138 Nr. 2 des Zwölften Buches Sozialgesetzbuch für das Jahr 2012 – RBSFV 2012) of 17 October 2011, at an amount of EUR 337, 2/29