diff --git a/source/pythontest/_config_test.py b/source/pythontest/_config_test.py
index 359add1e15bb9500352cb7e829a29b0eadb55f18..630608f1ff547dd2b7afa73c37a4386026a79acb 100644
--- a/source/pythontest/_config_test.py
+++ b/source/pythontest/_config_test.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import _config
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DIRECTORY NAMES
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-TEST_DIR = 'test'
+TEST_DIR = 'test/Unit'
 TESTFILES_DIR = 'Testfiles'
 TESTINSTALL_DIR = 'InstallTar'
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/test/Regression/test_cmp_mars_requests.py b/test/Regression/test_cmp_mars_requests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c30bda46898f87e2f1a71b71945c654dc799df53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Regression/test_cmp_mars_requests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+# function read_mars_request
+# function get_mars_request_neu
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    # compare 2 pandas dataframes from 7.1 and 7.0.3 mars request files
+    # 1. entscheiden wo die mars_requests stehen sollen.
+    # 2. für v7.1 müssten sie erzeugt werden
+    # 3. für 7.0.3. müssen sie bereits vorhanden sein
+    # 4. für 7.0.3 mars requests anzahl sollte variabel sein
+    # 5. brauche die entsprechenden control files dafür (spezifikationen nur dadurch)
+    # 6.
diff --git a/test/InstallTar/mk_install_tar.sh b/test/Unit/InstallTar/mk_install_tar.sh
similarity index 94%
rename from test/InstallTar/mk_install_tar.sh
rename to test/Unit/InstallTar/mk_install_tar.sh
index b2771ae9a08b7a87d09f7e30d3b342923fbb93bf..dd714fe6742300a649edd64255fc894a0ce5f731 100755
--- a/test/InstallTar/mk_install_tar.sh
+++ b/test/Unit/InstallTar/mk_install_tar.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ path=../../
 
 tarname='flex_extract_v7.1_local.tar'
 
-tar -cvf ../../test/InstallTar/$tarname \
+tar -cvf ../../test/Unit/InstallTar/$tarname \
         ${path}source/python/classes/*py \
         ${path}source/python/mods/*py \
         ${path}source/python/*py \
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tar -cvf ../../test/InstallTar/$tarname \
                   
 tarname='flex_extract_v7.1_ecgate.tar'
 
-tar -cvf ../../test/InstallTar/$tarname \
+tar -cvf ../../test/Unit/InstallTar/$tarname \
         ${path}source/python/classes/*py \
         ${path}source/python/mods/*py \
         ${path}source/python/*py \
diff --git a/test/InstallTar/un_install_tar.sh b/test/Unit/InstallTar/un_install_tar.sh
similarity index 74%
rename from test/InstallTar/un_install_tar.sh
rename to test/Unit/InstallTar/un_install_tar.sh
index ac34be7cb7b19261c473512da0be7ebac68ab4ab..8788e93ba2e2d4490639e0b423eb6fb6913f2f0f 100755
--- a/test/InstallTar/un_install_tar.sh
+++ b/test/Unit/InstallTar/un_install_tar.sh
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
 
 tarname='flex_extract_v7.1_local.tar'
 dirname='flex_extract_v7.1_local'
-path=../../test/InstallTar/
+path=../../test/Unit/InstallTar/
 mkdir $path$dirname
 cd $path$dirname
 tar xvf ../$tarname 
-cd ../../../source/pythontest
+cd ../../../../source/pythontest
 
 tarname='flex_extract_v7.1_ecgate.tar'
 dirname='flex_extract_v7.1_ecgate'
-path=../../test/InstallTar/
+path=../../test/Unit/InstallTar/
 mkdir $path$dirname
 cd $path$dirname
 tar xvf ../$tarname 
-cd ../../../source/pythontest
\ No newline at end of file
+cd ../../../../source/pythontest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Testfiles/ECMWF_ENV.test b/test/Unit/Testfiles/ECMWF_ENV.test
similarity index 100%
rename from test/Testfiles/ECMWF_ENV.test
rename to test/Unit/Testfiles/ECMWF_ENV.test
diff --git a/test/Testfiles/compilejob.test b/test/Unit/Testfiles/compilejob.test
similarity index 100%
rename from test/Testfiles/compilejob.test
rename to test/Unit/Testfiles/compilejob.test
diff --git a/test/Testfiles/convert.nl.test b/test/Unit/Testfiles/convert.nl.test
similarity index 100%
rename from test/Testfiles/convert.nl.test
rename to test/Unit/Testfiles/convert.nl.test
diff --git a/test/Testfiles/job.temp.test b/test/Unit/Testfiles/job.temp.test
similarity index 100%
rename from test/Testfiles/job.temp.test
rename to test/Unit/Testfiles/job.temp.test
diff --git a/test/Testfiles/test_put_to_ecserver.txt b/test/Unit/Testfiles/test_put_to_ecserver.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from test/Testfiles/test_put_to_ecserver.txt
rename to test/Unit/Testfiles/test_put_to_ecserver.txt