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Decree Issued by the President of the National Council concerning the Handling of Classified and Non-Public Information in the National Council and the Federal Council (Information Decree)

Federal Law Gazette (BGBl.) II No. 58/2015 as amended by BGBl. II No. 248/2017

Be it decreed, in conjunction with the chairperson of the Federal Council, on the basis of Art. 30 (6) Federal Constitutional Law (B-VG), Federal Law Gazette No. 1/1930 as last amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 102/2014, and of § 26 Information Rules Act, Federal Law Gazette I No. 102/2014, that

§ 1
Scope of Application
§ 2
Security Briefing
§ 3
List of Authorised Persons
§ 4
Marking
§ 5
Secured Areas
§ 6
Storage and Handling
§ 7
Distribution and Carriage
§ 8
Oral Communication
§ 9
Electronic Processing
§ 10
Registration
§ 11
Copies and Translations 
§ 12
Destruction
§ 13
Service Regulations

 

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This webpage contains a selection of laws that are important for the Austrian Parliament’s work. Although the translations of the authentic German texts have been prepared with great care linguistic compromises had to be made. All translations are unofficial. Some provisions of these laws will remain unclear without a certain background knowledge about the Austrian legal and political system. Please note that these laws may be amended in the future.