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Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the European country of Austria.

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How long are schools allowed to confiscate items from students?

According to this question and the corresponding answer, schools are legally allowed to confiscate items from students. This is not considered theft, as the intent is not to permanently take the item away from the student. My question now is, how…
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Contract issue (Austria/EU Law) backdating start date of work

I would appreciate some advice with respect to my situation. I was offered a job in Austria (I'm from the UK) back in the summer of 2019. The job was conditional on finishing my Masters Degree in the UK, which I was set to do in September 2019. I…
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Rent contract say that pets are not allowed. Possible repercussions if bringing the pet anyway?

We are two living in an apartment in Tirol where the contract says that there are no pets allowed. Now, for an unrelated reason, I need to have my cat with me. My roommate is ok with having him here. I asked my landlord if he could allow me to have…
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Is it illegal to sell duck eggs in Austria?

When I lived in Toronto I would often buy fresh duck and turkey eggs from the city's markets. Yesterday I tried doing the same thing at a market in Vienna and was told by the stall operator that it's illegal to sell duck (and turkey) eggs. She…
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Is it legal to climb on public bridges when there are no prohibition signs?

I like to climb around on the steel structures below public road bridges. I do it for no other reason than having fun. I do it only at night because I don't want to attract attention, but I'm wondering if I'm actually doing something illegal. Say…
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Can a person be vaccinated against their will in Austria or Germany?

Is it legal for someone to be vaccinated against their will in Germany and Austria? Are there reasonable circumstances, under which this would be legal (e. g. if the government declares martial law and civil law is suspended)? My question is…
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Is it necessary to explicitly disclaim warranties on "private" sales?

When people in Germany and Austria sell their own second-hand goods (used clothing, toys, bicycles, etc.) via online classified ads or auctions, they almost always include a statement explicitly marking the sale as "private" and disclaiming any…
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Is it legal in Austria to send threats of legal action in court if money is not paid and not follow through?

I have received a cease and desist letter from a lawyer in Austria demanding I remove a number of facebook posts that ask critical questions about the (non) functioning of their product. After this letter had been delivered the client continued to…
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Does the owner of a foreign company need to pay taxes in the country of residence, if he does not receive any money from the company?

Imagine someone in Austria, let's call him Franz, registers a company in another, non-EU country. He sells some services in the name of the company. The company gets paid by its customers (the money goes to the bank account of that company). Franz…
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Found exploit at my hosting provider

I have a paid shared server and figured out that a php reverse shell is possible. I moved up a few directories from my home directory and have seen some folders named like domain-names. At this time I stopped. I want to tell my hosting company, but…
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Is a firearm magazine a regulated part in Austria?

I've looked at the "Weapons Law of 1996" (in german), specifically §2 (2), which states that regulations of firearms also extend to the barrel, the drum and the breech. I am uncertain if this also extends to magazines, given that I can simply go…
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Is it illegal to claim a patent when you don't have one in the EU?

This company is claiming they are using "patented technology" https://marx-shoes.com/pages/technologie sourced from a company call "powerinsole". The only patent associated with this so called technology that I could find is A…
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Using copyrighted content as a profile image in the European Union

In online communities such as the StackExchange network, many people use images of their favorite movie or comic characters as profile images/avatars. In the US, this is apparently legal due to the "fair use policy" (cf. Is it legal to use movie…
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Is it legal to divulge information about a company (kindergarten) online in Austria?

The situation is the following: We have made a very bad experience with a kindergarten in Vienna and would like to divulge (make public) the experience we made with this kindergarten. This would involve a website where we share our personal…
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Austrian Law about requesting documents not originally required

Are the Authorities in Austria, allowed to ask for additional documents that they did not previously specify, when one applies for a visa? For example, when applying for the post-Brexit EUV 50 card (i.e. "The residency card that all British citizens…
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