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ORF TV Licence: Austrian VfGH Declares Regulation Constitutional

Constitutional Law 

On 24 June 2025, the Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof, hereinafter VfGH) issued a ruling determining that the existing television licence scheme for Austria’s national public broadcaster, ORF, does not violate constitutional prov...

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VfGH: Interest-free Debt Moratorium Is Constitutional

Constitutional Law 

The Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof, hereinafter VfGH) has rejected the request by 403 banks to review the law on the interest-free debt moratorium during the pandemic. Section 2 of Austrian Zweites COVID-19-Justiz-Begleitgesetz...

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VfGH: Mandatory Pre-trial Detention Lifted Also for Serious Crimes

Criminal Law 

The Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof; VfGH) has overturned Section 173 (6) of the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure (Strafprozessordnung; StPO) as unconstitutional. Even in the case of serious crimes, reasons for detention must...

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VfGH: OPEC Headquarters Agreement in Part Unconstitutional

Constitutional Law 

For the first time, the Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof, VfGH) has found sections of an international treaty to be unconstitutional. Two provisions of the Agreement between the Republic of Austria and OPEC (Organisation of Petro...

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BVwG has legal provision in HGG examined by the VfGH

Public Law 

The Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVwG) considers Section 31 para 2 no 2 of the Army Fees Act (Heeresgebührengesetz, HGG 2001), which regulates eligibility for housing subsidies, to violate the principle of equality. The BVw...

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VfGH: Pharmacy proviso is not unconstitutional

Constitutional Law 

The Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof, VfGH) has ruled in a procedure at the request of a drugstore chain that the ban on the purchase and sale of non-prescription medicines (Apothekenvorbehalt) pursuant to Sec. 57 (1) of the Medi...

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