Light-verb construction 'zur Anwendung bringen' (to apply)

zur Anwendung bringen is a light-verb construction of officialese meaning to apply / put into practice. The content sits in the noun Anwendung, while bringen serves as the bleached carrier verb. The thing applied stands in the accusative:

• Die Behörde bringt das neue Verfahren zur Anwendung. - The authority applies the new procedure.
• Hier bringt man die strengsten Maßstäbe zur Anwendung. - Here the strictest standards are applied.
• Die Verordnung wurde rückwirkend zur Anwendung gebracht. - The regulation was applied retroactively.

It is interchangeable in meaning with the plain verb anwenden but belongs to the formal, bureaucratic register. Note the related passive-flavoured variant zur Anwendung gelangen / kommen (= to be applied).

Common mistakes:

• Mixing the verbs: zur Anwendung bringen* (active) vs. zur Anwendung kommen/gelangen* (intransitive/passive sense) - do not swap them.
• Adding an article to Anwendung (it is zur = zu der, already contracted).
• Using it in everyday speech where anwenden is clearer and less stilted.

'zur Anwendung bringen' = to apply / put into practice (officialese).

Officialese 'to apply/put into practice'; a fixed combination.

'zur Anwendung bringen' = anwenden (Amtssprache).