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Another Additional To National Space Legislation: The Austrian Outer Space Act, Adopted 6 December 2011, Frans G. Von Der Dunk
Another Additional To National Space Legislation: The Austrian Outer Space Act, Adopted 6 December 2011, Frans G. Von Der Dunk
Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications
On December 6, 2011, the Austrian Parliament unanimously adopted the Bundesgesetz über die Genehmigung von Weltraumaktivitäten und die Einrichtung eines Weltraumregisters (Weltraumgesetz), or Austrian Space Act. Thus, Austria became the sixth EU member state and one of more than a dozen states globally adopting a comprehensive national act focusing on national activities related to or in outer space, and more specifically the prospect of fundamental private participation therein. Following the same analytical approach as with regard to the Swedish, UK, South African, Russian, Australian, Ukrainian, Norwegian, Brazilian, and Dutch national space acts, the present paper will analyze this most …