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OGH: No Water-Rights Permit, No Usucaption?

Administrative Law 

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified: A lacking water-rights permit pursuant to Article 10(2) of the Austrian Water Act 1959 (Wasserrechtsgesetz 1959, hereinafter WRG) does not prevent usucaption of a water...

VwGH: Re-granting Water-Use Rights in Line with EU

Public Law 

Under Section21(3) of the 1959 Austrian Water Rights Act (Wasserrechtsgesetz, hereinafter WRG 1959) it is only possible to re-grant water-use rights to previous holders of this right. The Austrian Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof, hereina...

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