AustriaDemokratie 74 · Democracy and the Republic's core principles

What is true about the relationship between EU law and Austrian law?

In the exam (German)

Was trifft auf das Verhältnis zwischen EU-Recht und österreichischem Recht zu?

  1. aEU law only applies in Austria once a referendum has accepted every single rule.EU-Recht gilt in Österreich erst, wenn eine Volksabstimmung jede einzelne Regel angenommen hat.
  2. bAn Austrian court can ask the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg how an EU rule is to be understood.Ein österreichisches Gericht kann den Gerichtshof der EU in Luxemburg fragen, wie eine EU-Vorschrift zu verstehen ist.Correct answer
  3. cIf an Austrian law contradicts a valid EU rule, the EU rule is applied in the individual case.Widerspricht ein österreichisches Gesetz einer geltenden EU-Regel, wird im Einzelfall die EU-Regel angewendet.Correct answer
  4. dThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg decides how EU law is to be interpreted.Über die Auslegung von EU-Recht entscheidet der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte in Straßburg.

Why?

EU law takes precedence when it is applied: if it contradicts an Austrian law, the EU rule is applied. So that EU law is understood the same way everywhere, national courts can put questions about it to the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg.

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