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Austria

Status

The accompanying implementing legislation, called the "DSA-Begleitgesetz" (DSA Accompanying Act) was adopted in the national legislative process at the end of 2023 and published in the Federal Law Gazette on 30 December 2023. It comes came into force on 17 February 2024. With the DSA-Begleitgesetz, the new "Koordinator-für-digitale-Dienste-Gesetz" (Coordinator for Digital Services Act) is was enacted and the KommAustria Act, the E-Commerce Act, the General Civil Code, the Copyright Act, the Court Fees Act, the Media Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure 1975, the Public Prosecution Act, the Federal Act on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters with the Member States of the European Union, the Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Act and the Telecommunications Act 2021 are were amended.

Document reflecting Austria's status can be found here. 

What entity has been or will be appointed the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) for the purposes of the Digital Services Act?

Name (in national language):
Kommunikationsbehörde Austria (KommAustria)

Name (in English): 
Communications Authority Austria

Website of Digital Services Coordinator
National statutory basis of the appointment of the DSC

What entities have been appointed as trusted flaggers in this jurisdiction?

Have any trusted flaggers been appointed?
No.

Name of trusted flagger Date of Appointment  Website of trusted flagger  Area of Focus if trusted flagger Link to latest Article 22 Report of trusted flagger
Der Schutzverband gegen unlauteren Wettbewerb  23/05/2024  https://www.schutzverband.at/ Industrial property rights. This trusted flagger has expertise in the field of  unfair competition law. He is experienced, inter alia, in reviewing and prosecuting misleading online-advertisement, manipulative advertising techniques, insulting or defamatory messages or reviews, aggressive or harassing business.  N/A

 

 

 

 

 

Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies

Have any out-of-court dispute settlement bodies been appointed in this jurisdiction? 
Yes

What are the names of the out-of-court dispute settlement bodies that have been appointed? 
Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR-GmbH)

Further information about these out-of-court dispute settlement bodies

Name of out-of-court dispute settlement body

Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR-GmbH)

Date of Appointment

Sec 2 para 4 of the Austrian Coordinator for Digital Services Act (Koordinator-für-digitale-Dienste-Gesetz) appoints the RTR-GmbH as an out-of-court dispute resolution body. The Date of Appointment is therefore the date on which the act came into force (17 February 2024).

Website of out-of-court dispute settlement body

rtr.at