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Austria
| | | |  | Austrian Federal Financing Agency - Information about the Federal Financing Agency.
|  | Austrian Parliament - Contains details of parliamentary structure and history and articles from parliamentarians celebrating 2005 anniversary.
|  | Austrian State Presidency - Official site with information about the current incumbent, the position, the related powers and duties and the presidential offices.
|  | CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Austria - - List of government officials and their titles, updated weekly. Also includes the head of the central bank, ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the UN, New York.
|  | Data Protection Commission - Provides details of the Data Processing Register, a history of legislation with translations, and relevant current country and EU laws.
|  | Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria - Information about the Federal Government and the plans of the ruling parties.
|  | Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture - Contains details of minister and staff, educational structure in Austria, and information about museums, scientific research and European projects.
|  | Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Provides news on foreign policy, international cultural policy and development cooperation, current travel information and travel warnings, Austrian representations abroad and a staff search.
|  | Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management - Provides details of statutes and responsiblities, news releases, photos and publications.
|  | Help Service - English content for foreigners seeking information on government services. Contains articles and news on social and commercial subjects.
|  | ICL - Austria Index - - Complete copies and links to the country's Constitution, along with related background, history and events, provided by International Constitutional Law.
|  | Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria - Contains links to English translations of certain laws, regulations and acts in downloadable pdf files.
|  | Statistik Austria - Selection of articles and information from the official government body.
|  | US Law Library of Congress - Austria - - Annotated compendium of online sources providing access to primary documents, legal commentary and general government information about specific jurisdictions and topics.
|  | Wikipedia - Heinz Fischer - - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the federal President of Austria.
|  | World Legal Information Institute - Austria - - Catalog and search facilities for over 500 databases from 55 countries including case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials.
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| Austria failed to implement EU race anti-discrimination law
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled that Austria had
breached EU law by failing to transpose fully a European Directive prohibiting
discrimination on the grounds of race or ethnic origin (Directive 2000/43/EC).
The deadline for EU Member States to transpose this Directive was 19 July 2003
- except for the 10 new Member States, who had to ensure that their
legislation complied with the Directives by their accession to the EU on 1 May
2004.
Commenting on the ECJ ruling, European Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities Commissioner, Vladimir Špidla, said: "This Directive was
agreed unanimously by the Member States and adopted in 2000, and the deadline
for implementing it was in 2003. Member States have now had five years to put
this EU law into their national legislation. I urge Austria to move quickly to
meet their all obligations in this area, which is vital for the protection of
fundamental rights in the EU".
The 'Racial Equality Directive' prohibits direct and indirect discrimination
in a wide range of areas including employment, vocational training, education,
social security and healthcare, access to goods and services and housing. It
also requires Member States to designate a body to promote equal treatment and
provide practical and independent support to victims of racial
discrimination.
By: European Commission, Brussels, 4 May 2005.
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