Dismissal of concrete norm control challenge to § 184b StGB following applicant court's withdrawal of reference

The Federal Constitutional Court ordered the proceedings to be discontinued, resulting in no substantive ruling on the merits, after the submitting court withdrew its application. The dispute involved a concrete norm control procedure initiated by a court challenging the constitutionality of § 184b of the Criminal Code (StGB), which criminalizes certain acts involving the sexual exploitation of minors and children in virtual environments or via media. The decisive legal basis for the discontinuation is the procedural rule that a concrete norm control case is terminated upon the applicant court's withdrawal of its reference application, thereby precluding the Court from examining the constitutionality of the challenged statute.