Chapter I General Provisions. European Union
A. General Provisions
Art. 9. (1) The generally recognized rules of international law are regarded as integral parts of Federal law.
(2) By Law or state treaty having been approved according to Art. 50 para 1 may transferred specific
Federal competences to other states or intergovernmental organizations. The same way the activity of agents of foreign states or intergovernmental organizations inside Austria and the
activity of Austrian agents abroad may be regulated as well as the transfer of single Federal competences of other states or intergovernmental organizations to Austrian agents be provided for. Within this frame it may be provided for that Austrian agents shall be subject to the authority of agents of other states or intergovernmental organizations or such be subject to the authority of Austrian agents.
Art. 9a. (1) Austria subscribes to comprehensive national defence. Its task is to preserve the Federal
territory's outside independence as well as its inviolability and its unity, especially as regards the maintenance and defence of permanent neutrality. In this connection, too, the constitutional establishments and their capacity to function as well as the democratic freedoms of residents are to be safeguarded and defended against acts of aimed attack from outside.
Customary international law
Priority of Rome Statute over national law
Applicable law
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