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Parliamentarism Explained
Legal Basis and Laws
Rules of Procedure of the Austrian Federal Council
Rules of Procedure of the Austrian Federal Council
Promulgations: BGBl. [Federal Law Gazette] No. 361/1988 as amended by BGBl. No. 191/1989, BGBl. No. 837/1993, BGBl. No. 50/1996, BGBl. I No. 65/1997, BGBl. I No. 84/1999, BGBl. I No. 192/1999, BGBl. I No. 154/2009, BGBl. I No. 27/2010, BGBl. I No. 41/2010, BGBl. I No. 141/2011 and BGBl. I No. 53/2015
I. General Provisions regarding Members of the Federal Council
- § 1
- Membership and Right of Vote
- § 2
- Swearing-in of Members
- § 3
- Expiry of Term of Office, Resignation or Loss of Seat
- § 4
- Attendance Requirements
- § 5
- Immunity of Members
II. General Provisions concerning the Organs, Groups and Administration of the Federal Council
- § 6
- Presidency
- § 7
- President
- § 8
- Vice-Presidents
- § 9
- Chairpersons ad interim
- § 10
- President's Conference
- § 11
- Secretaries
- § 12
- Whips
- § 13
- Committees
- §13a
- Commitee on EU Affairs
- §13b
- Committee on EU Affairs
- § 14
- Parliamentary Groups
- § 15
- Administration
III. General Provisions concerning the Federal Council
- § 16
- Items of Business of the Federal Council
- § 17
- Immunity from Being Called to Account for Publishing True Accounts of Public Proceedings
- § 18
- Copying and Distribution of Documents
- § 19
- Referral of Items of Business to Committees
- § 20
- Bills (Decisions) Adopted by the National Council
- § 21
- Private Members' Motions
- § 21a
- Private Members' Motions to bring Action on grounds of Infringement of the Subsidiarity Principle
- § 22
- Modification or Withdrawl of Submissions of the Federal Government or its Members
- § 23
- Committee Motions
- § 24
- Right of Interpellation and Resolution
- § 25
- Petitions to the Federal Council
- § 26
- Referendum on and Plea of Unconstitutionality of a Federal Law
- § 27
- Official Language
IV. Committee Sittings
- § 28
- Constituent Meeting and Organs of Committees
- § 29
- Participation of Members of the Federal Government in Committee Proceedings
- § 29a
- Participation of the Members of the Ombudsman Board in Committee Deliberations on their Activity Report
- § 30
- Participation of Non-members in Committee Deliberations
- § 31
- Confidentiality and Secrecy of Committee Deliberations
- § 32
- Consideration of Business in the Committees
- § 33
- Investigations and Summonses of Experts or other Witnesses
- § 34
- Official Records and Summary Records of Committees
V. Sittings of the Federal Council
- § 35
- Venue
- § 36
- Public Deliberations of the Federal Council and Deliberations in camera
- § 37
- Participation of Members of the Federal Government in Deliberations of the Federal Council
- § 37a
- Participation of the Members of the Ombudsman Board in Deliberations in the Federal Council on their Activity Report
- § 38
- Participation of Provincial Govenors in the Deliberations of the Federal Council
- § 38a
- Participation of Personalities of European and International Political Life in the Deliberations of the Federal Council
- § 38b
- Participation of Members of the European Parliament elected in Austria in the Deliberations of the Federal Council and Its Committees
- § 39
- Convocation of the Federal Council and Drafting of its Agenda
- § 40
- Immediate Convocation of the Federal Council
- § 41
- Opening of the Sitting and Modification of the Agenda
- § 42
- Question Time and Debate on Matters of Topical Interest
- § 43
- Motions on or relating to Items of Business
- § 43a
- Motions on a Project under Art. 23e B-VG
- § 44
- Deliberations on Items of Business
- § 45
- Reporting
- § 46
- Organisation of the Debate
- § 47
- Debate, Order in which Speakers are Given the Floor
- § 48
- Factual Correction
- § 49
- Procedural Motions and Requests for the Floor on Procedural Matters
- § 50
- Motion to Close Debate
- § 51
- Motion to Postpone Decision on an Item of Business
- § 52
- Where Members Speak From
- § 53
- Exercising the Right to Vote
- § 54
- Voting
- § 55
- Voting Procedure
- § 56
- Elections
- § 57
- Election Procedure
- § 58
- Quorum
- § 59
- Written Questions
- § 59a
- Questions regarding Documents
- § 60
- Debate on a Written Answer to a Question
- § 61
- Urgent Questions
- § 62
- Oral Questions
- § 63
- Answering Questions during Question Time
- § 64
- Official Records
- § 65
- Stenographic Records and Publications
VI. Parliamentary Hearings
- § 66
- Decision to Hold a Parliamentary Hearing
- § 67
- Procedural Provisions regarding Parliamentary Hearings
VII. Order in the House
- § 68
- Interruption of Speakers by the President
- § 69
- Call to Speak to the Point
- § 70
- Call to Order
- § 71
- Request for a Call to Speak to the Point or a Call to Order
VIII. Concluding Provisions
- § 72
- Entry into Force and Expiry of Earlier Provisions
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