A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Austria guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
Austria — civil law and civil procedure
Official explanation of ABGB private law and ZPO, non-contentious and enforcement procedures.
Open the legal source ↗Austria — criminal and administrative penal law
Distinguishes judicial criminal proceedings from administrative penalties and appeals.
Open the legal source ↗Austria — estate administration
Official information on Austrian deceased-estate proceedings.
Open the legal source ↗Austria — FMA company database
Official explanation of checking licensed financial firms.
Open the legal source ↗Austrian Patent Office — searches
Searches for trade marks and other rights with effect in Austria.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Law Mediation Act
Registered mediator framework and associated civil mediation effects.
Open the legal source ↗Council of the EU — sanctions
Current EU restrictive measures and policy collection.
Open the legal source ↗Data Protection Authority — legal sources
GDPR and supplementary Austrian Data Protection Act sources.
Open the legal source ↗Economic ministry — investment control
Austrian screening of relevant acquisitions by third-country investors.
Open the legal source ↗Federal Competition Authority — mergers
Official Austrian merger case register and status information.
Open the legal source ↗Federal energy portal — E-Control
Identifies Austria's electricity and gas regulator.
Open the legal source ↗Insolvency Code (IO)
Austrian insolvency procedures; select the current date for a live matter.
Open the legal source ↗Interior Ministry — Red-White-Red Card
Official skilled-worker immigration route and application resources.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Finance — taxes
Official Austrian taxation and administration source collection.
Open the legal source ↗RIS — Austrian legal information system
Official federal and Land legislation and case-law collection.
Open the legal source ↗RIS — Tyrol land-transfer legislation
Example of Land-specific property-transfer controls; other Länder require their own legislation.
Open the legal source ↗RTR — AI Act timetable
Official Austrian information on phased EU AI requirements.
Open the legal source ↗Tenancy Act (MRG)
Austrian tenancy framework with full, partial and excluded application categories.
Open the legal source ↗USP — commercial register
Firmenbuch entries and corporate documents for Austrian business forms.
Open the legal source ↗USP — employment relationships
Employment status, contracts and collective agreement context.
Open the legal source ↗USP — procurement procedures
Official information on Austrian public procurement and tender searches.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
Identify the legal issue and relevant date, then check the current primary material and any procedural guidance. Record the version consulted and distinguish official text from translations or commentary.
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