Austria: templates and forms
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Complaint to an electricity or gas supplier or network operator (Austria)
A complaint letter to your electricity or gas supplier, or to the network operator, in Austria — about a wrong annual bill, instalments set too high, a meter reading, a switch of supplier or a threatened disconnection. With your customer number, metering point number and supply address, the problem, the remedy you want and a deadline for the answer. Complaining to the company first is what opens the free conciliation at E-Control, Austria's energy regulator (§ 26 E-ControlG). Under Austria's new Electricity Act (ElWG) and Gas Act (GWG 2011). In German.
Notice of faults on a package holiday, handed in on the spot (Austria)
The written notice of faults you hand to the tour organiser's rep or contact point while still on holiday: it lists the lack of conformity with dates, asks for a remedy by a deadline, and reserves price reduction, damages and compensation for lost holiday enjoyment. Under § 11 Abs 2 of the Austrian Package Travel Act (PRG) you must inform the organiser without undue delay; failing to do so can count against you as contributory fault. At the foot the rep confirms receipt with date and time. In German.
Withdrawal from a distance or off-premises contract (Austria)
The withdrawal notice for an online purchase, an order by phone or catalogue, or a contract made away from the trader's premises in Austria: you withdraw within 14 days without giving reasons under § 11 of the Austrian Distance and Off-Premises Contracts Act (FAGG) and ask for your money back. The model withdrawal form in the FAGG's annex is free and works just as well; no form is prescribed, and sending in time is enough. For contracts made online from 1 October 2026 the shop must also offer a withdrawal function (§ 13a FAGG). In German, ready to sign and send.
Notice of a defect: demand for repair or replacement (Austria)
The notice to the seller when goods you bought are defective, in Austria: you rely on the statutory warranty (Gewährleistung), ask at your choice for repair or replacement, and set a dated deadline. Under the Austrian Consumer Warranty Act (VGG) for purchases from 2022 and §§ 922 ff of the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB), with the first-year presumption (§ 11 VGG). Note: the rights must be taken to court no later than three months after the warranty period ends; the letter alone does not stop that clock. In German, ready to sign and send by registered post or e-mail.
Notice cancelling motor liability insurance (Austria)
The letter cancelling your motor liability insurance in Austria in the four most common cases: at the end of the insurance year (§ 14 Abs 2 of the Austrian Motor Liability Insurance Act, KHVG) — the anniversary of the policy's start, not necessarily 31 December, with the notice arriving a month before — after a premium increase (§ 14a KHVG), after a claim (§ 158 VersVG), and after buying a used car whose insurance passed with it (§§ 69 ff VersVG). With the policy number and plate. In German, ready to print, sign and send by registered post.
Agreement to lend a car, with permission to drive it (Austria)
The agreement by which you let another person drive your car — family, friends or acquaintances — including trips abroad: period, purpose, countries allowed, the licence check under § 103 Abs 1 Z 3 of the Austrian Motor Vehicles Act (KFG), insurance and any restricted driver group, costs, fines and damage, handover and return. Until the car comes back, you name the user in reply to a driver enquiry under § 103 Abs 2 KFG. At the end, a separate permission to drive with a short English summary, to carry in the car. In German, ready to print and sign by both.
Application to set aside a tax assessment under § 299 BAO (Austria)
The application to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, to set aside a tax assessment whose ruling is wrong, under § 299 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO) — the route once the one-month deadline for a complaint has passed. It must be lodged within one year of notification of the assessment (§ 302 BAO), names the assessment and says why it is wrong; a new assessment is issued together with the setting aside. Whether to set it aside is at the tax office's discretion. Through FinanzOnline, by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
GesbR partnership agreement (Austria)
The partnership agreement for an Austrian civil-law partnership (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts, GesbR) of two or three people running a project, a practice or a small business together, under §§ 1175 ff of the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB) in force since 1 January 2015: name and seat, purpose, contributions and shares, management and representation, resolutions, profit and loss, liability (§ 1199 ABGB), notice for the end of a financial year, six months ahead (§ 1209 ABGB), leaving, death and settlement. A GesbR needs no form and is not entered in the company register (Firmenbuch). In German.
Request to extend the deadline for a tax complaint (Austria)
The request to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, to extend the one-month deadline for a complaint against a tax assessment (§ 245 Abs 3 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code, BAO) — when documents are missing or there is not enough time for the grounds. It must be lodged, with reasons, before the deadline ends, and may be repeated; it halts the deadline until it is decided, but never beyond the day requested (§ 245 Abs 4 BAO). With the assessment, the date of service, the current end of the deadline and the day sought. Through FinanzOnline, by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Notice to the motor liability insurer of the sale of a car (Austria)
The letter telling your motor liability insurer in Austria that you have sold your car, as § 71 of the Austrian Insurance Contract Act (VersVG) requires: with the policy number, plate, chassis number, date and hour of handover, the buyer's name and address and the day of deregistration. It asks for the premium to be settled and prepaid premium refunded to your account, or for the policy to move to a replacement car, and for a confirmation of your claims record. Austria has no notice of sale to an authority. In German, ready to print, sign and send by registered post.
Handover record for the sale of a car (Austria)
The record that seller and buyer fill in together when a sold car changes hands in Austria: date and exact hour, mileage, fuel or charge level, visible damage, whether the car is roadworthy, papers handed over — Typenschein or data extract, Zulassungsschein, the latest roadworthiness report under § 57a KFG (the Pickerl) — and keys, and whether the car is handed over deregistered or still registered. The hour matters: until deregistration the seller remains the registered keeper and receives every driver enquiry. Goes with the sale contract. In German, ready to print and sign by both.
Power of attorney to deregister or register a motor vehicle (Austria)
The written power of attorney that lets another person — the buyer of your car, for instance — act for you at an Austrian registration office run by a motor insurer: to deregister the car and hand back the Zulassungsschein and plates, with or without reserving the number, to register it in your name, or to deposit papers and plates under § 52 of the Austrian Motor Vehicles Act (KFG). With both people's details, the vehicle's chassis number and plate, and a period of validity. The same in every Land. Deregistration itself is free. In German, ready to print and sign by hand.
Complaint against a penalty decision to the Land administrative court (Austria)
A complaint against an Austrian penalty decision (Straferkenntnis), for instance after a traffic offence, to the Land administrative court – in Vienna the Verwaltungsgericht Wien – lodged with the authority that issued the decision: with everything § 9 of the Austrian Administrative Court Procedure Act (VwGVG) requires (decision, authority, grounds, request, timeliness), evidence offered and a request for an oral hearing. Deadline: four weeks from service (§ 7 Abs 4 VwGVG). The penalty cannot be raised (§ 42 VwGVG); if the complaint fails, 20 % of the penalty is added in costs, at least € 10 (§ 52 VwGVG). In German.
Reply naming the driver – Lenkerauskunft (Austria)
The registered keeper's reply when an Austrian authority asks who drove or parked a vehicle (§ 103 Abs 2 of the Austrian Motor Vehicles Act, KFG 1967): with the file number, plate, the time and place given in the request, and the name and address of the person who drove or parked it – or of the person who can say. Answering is compulsory, within two weeks of service, even about a relative; a false, incomplete or late answer can cost up to € 5,000. If the request comes with a reply sheet or the authority offers an online reply, you can use that for free. In German.
Shareholders' resolution appointing or removing a GmbH managing director (Austria)
The shareholders' resolution of an Austrian GmbH or FlexCo appointing, removing or replacing a managing director (Geschäftsführer), passed at a general meeting or as a written circular resolution that every shareholder signs (§ 34 of the Austrian Limited Liability Companies Act, GmbHG), with the new director's acceptance. For the Austrian company register (Firmenbuch) the signatures are certified by a district court or a notary (§ 17 GmbHG): sign there, not at home; there is room for the certification note. In German.
Used car purchase agreement between private individuals (Austria)
The contract for a private sale of a used car in Austria: the vehicle with its chassis number, Typenschein or data extract and next roadworthiness test under § 57a KFG (the Pickerl), price and payment, the seller's statements on mileage, accidents and known defects, the exclusion of warranty with its limits under Austria's Civil Code (ABGB), and an express choice on roadworthiness. With the date and hour of handover, deregistration under the Austrian Motor Vehicles Act (§ 43 Abs 4 KFG) and who answers a driver enquiry until then. Not for a dealer sale. In German, ready to print twice and sign.
Objection to a penalty order (Austria)
A letter objecting to an Austrian penalty order (Strafverfügung) from a district authority, a city's Magistrat or the Land police directorate, for instance for a traffic offence: with the file number, the date and the day of service, against the whole order or expressly only against the amount (§ 49 of the Austrian Administrative Penal Act, VStG). Deadline: two weeks from service; no reasons are needed, e-mail is accepted, and posting on the last day is enough. If the case ends in a penalty decision, 10 % costs are added, at least € 10 (§ 64 VStG). On-the-spot fines and anonymous orders cannot be objected to. In German.
Managing director's service contract for a GmbH (Austria)
The contract between an Austrian GmbH or FlexCo and its managing director, separate from the appointment by the shareholders: duties and standard of care (§ 25 of the Austrian Limited Liability Companies Act, GmbHG), scope of the work, gross monthly salary paid 14 or 12 times a year, variable pay, leave, competition and confidentiality, term and notice. Whether the director is insured under the ASVG or the GSVG depends not on the contract's label but on the shareholding and actual influence (§ 539a ASVG); the contract records the shareholding. Removal ends the office, not the contract (§ 16 GmbHG). In German.
Minutes of the general meeting or circular resolution: annual accounts of a GmbH (Austria)
Minutes of the general meeting of an Austrian GmbH or FlexCo — or the circular resolution every shareholder signs — adopting the annual accounts, deciding on the balance-sheet profit and discharging the managing directors, with a vote result for each item. The resolutions are due within the first eight months of the financial year (§ 35 Abs 1 Z 1 of the Austrian Limited Liability Companies Act, GmbHG); a vote in text form exists only in a FlexCo whose articles provide for it. With a note on filing with the company register (Firmenbuch) within nine months. In German.
Request to refer a tax complaint to the Federal Fiscal Court (Austria)
The request (Vorlageantrag) to have your complaint decided by Austria's Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzgericht) when the tax office's preliminary decision on it (Beschwerdevorentscheidung) does not settle the matter, under § 264 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO): within one month of service, lodged with the tax office. It names the preliminary decision, can add grounds, and is the last chance to ask for an oral hearing and a panel (§§ 272, 274 BAO); a fresh application to suspend collection is optional. Through FinanzOnline, by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Claim to the other driver's motor liability insurer (Austria)
A letter for claiming accident damage directly from the motor liability insurer of the vehicle that caused it, as Austria's Motor Liability Insurance Act allows (§ 26 KHVG): date, place, the other vehicle's plate and policy number, how it happened, the damage, the amount so far, your IBAN and a date for a reply. The insurer must make an offer or give written reasons within three months (§ 29a KHVG), and the claim suspends limitation until it rejects it in writing. The same in every Land. In German, ready to print, sign and send with the accident statement and photos.
Application to defer or pay an administrative fine in instalments (Austria)
An application to the district authority, the city's Magistrat or the Land police directorate to pay a fine from an Austrian penalty order or penalty decision later or in instalments (§ 54b Abs 3 of the Austrian Administrative Penal Act, VStG): with the file number, the amount, your payment proposal, your financial circumstances and why the difficulty is temporary. If paying at once is unreasonable for economic reasons, the authority must grant a suitable deferral or instalments. In German, ready to print, sign and send with proof of income and outgoings.
Claim report to your own motor insurer (Austria)
A letter reporting an accident or damage to your own motor insurer in Austria: under the liability cover where someone else may claim against you, or under partial or comprehensive Kasko cover for damage to your own vehicle. With the policy number, plate, date and place, who was driving, others involved, police, witnesses, what happened and the damage. Austrian policy conditions (AKHB) ask for prompt notice; your policy states the period. The letter records facts and admits no fault. In German, ready to print and sign.
Preparation sheet for a lasting power of attorney (Austria)
Not a model lasting power (Vorsorgevollmacht), but the preparation for the appointment: since Austria’s Second Adult Protection Act, a Vorsorgevollmacht can only be made in person before a notary, a lawyer or an adult-protection association and is registered in the central register (ÖZVV) (§§ 260–263 ABGB, the Austrian Civil Code). The sheet records what will be discussed: whom you want to appoint, for which matters, your wishes, whether several act together or alone, and whether they may delegate. It has no legal effect — page 1 says so. In German.
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