14. Federal Law on a Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Federal Republic (Geodata Infrastructure Act-GeoDIG)

The National Council has decided:

Section 1

General provisions

Target

§ 1. The aim of this law is to establish a framework for the establishment and extension of the framework for the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community (INSPIRE), OJ L 327, 22.4.2007, p. No. 1 ('the INSPIRE-Directive '), the Federal Government's required spatial information infrastructure for the purposes of environmental policy and other policies or activities which have a direct or indirect impact on the environment. can be.

Scope

§ 2. (1) This Act shall apply to spatial data sets which shall:

1.		are related to the Austrian territory,
2.		be in electronic form,
3.		to
a)			of a public geodata centre under whose public contract they fall; or
b)			a third party granted access to the network pursuant to Article 7 (2) of the Network;
		or are held in place for such a geo-data centre or such third party,
4.		one or more of the geodata subjects listed in Annex I, II or III, and
5.		are in use.
This law must also be applied to geodata services relating to the data of the spatial data sets referred to in the first sentence.

(2) If there are identical copies of a spatial data set in accordance with paragraph 1, this law shall apply only to the reference version from which the copies are derived.

(3) If the intellectual property rights of third parties are related to spatial data sets or services, then measures under this law may only be taken for these spatial data sets and services if the third party agrees to the third party.

(4) In the case of a public geodata centre according to § 3 (1) Z 9 lit. (a) to (c) and (e) shall be an institution of the lowest administrative level, and shall be applied to spatial data sets and services which are present at such a place or are held for such a body to apply this law only if the The collection or dissemination of these spatial data sets or services is legally required.

(5) This Act shall, in particular:

1.		the Environmental Information Law (UIG), BGBl. No 495/1993, and the Information Dissemination Act (IWG), BGBl. I No 135/2005, and
2.		the rights of intellectual property
a)			of the public geodata centres, or
b)			the bodies based on national law within the meaning of Article 3 (9) of the INSPIRE Directive; or
c)			of the bodies referred to in Article 3 (9) of the INSPIRE Directive of another Member State of the European Community or of the same State
unaffected.

(6) This law does not prescribe the creation or collection of new geodata.

Definitions

§ 3. (1) The following definitions shall apply to this Federal Act:

1.		Geodata infrastructure: metadata, spatial data sets and services, network services and technologies, agreements on use, access and use, as well as coordination and monitoring mechanisms, processes and procedures, which are defined in accordance with this law be created, applied or made available;
2.		Geodata: all data with direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographical area;
3.		Geodata set: an identifiable collection of geodata;
4.		Geodata services: forms of processing the geodata contained in spatial data sets or the associated metadata with the help of a computer application.
5.		Geoobject: the abstract representation of a phenomenon of the real world in relation to a particular location or a geographical area;
6.		Metadata: information describing geo-data sets and services and enabling them to be identified, recorded and used in directories;
7.		Interoperability: in the case of spatial data sets, their possible combination and, in the case of spatial data services, their possible interaction without repeated manual intervention, and in such a way that the result is coherent and the added value of the geodata sets and services shall be increased;
8.		Geo-Portal INSPIRE: a website created and operated by the Commission of the European Communities at the level of the European Community, or a comparable organisational structure, access to the information referred to in Article 6 (2) network services, to provide appropriate services in accordance with the laws of the countries, other Member States of the European Community and of the States treated as such by the INSPIRE Directive;
9.		Public geodata centers:
a)			Administrative authorities of the Federal Government and other administrative bodies under their supervision to carry out the tasks of the public administration conferred by law or international law which is directly effective in international law, and to the public administration. available legally established advisory bodies;
b)			Federal institutions, the tasks of the private administration of the Federal Government;
c)			Legal persons under public law established by federal law or established on the basis of a federal law and the tasks conferred by law or by an international act directly effective within the framework of the law of the public administration, including certain obligations, activities or services relating to the environment;
d)			natural or legal persons under private law, under the control of
da)				one of the bodies referred to in (a), (b) or (c);
db)				a body based on national law in the sense of Art. 3 Z 9 lit. a or b of the INSPIRE Directive
			-carry out public tasks or provide public services in relation to the environment;
e)			In order to fulfil the obligations pursuant to § 4 (3), § 8 and § 10 (2), the in lit. (d) and insofar as the spatial data sets or services belong to matters which are in the federal state of law:
ea)				administrative authorities and other administrative bodies under their objective supervision, the functions of the public administration carried over by law or by an international act directly acting in an act of international law, and the public administration available legally established advisory bodies;
eb)				Bodies of local authorities to the extent that they carry out tasks of the Federal Government's private administration;
ec)				Legal persons under public law, provided that they carry out tasks of public administration, including certain obligations, activities or services, conferred by law or international law which is directly effective in international law in connection with the environment.
10.		Third parties: any natural, legal person or registered private company which does not
a)			public geodata center after Z 9 or
b)			a body based on national law within the meaning of Article 3 (9) of the Inspire Directive; or
c)			Body within the meaning of Article 3 Z 9 of the INSPIRE Directive of another Member State of the European Community or of the same State
		is.

(2) Control within the meaning of paragraph 1 Z 9 lit. d is available if:

1.		the natural or legal person is subject to the supervision of the controlling bodies referred to in this provision in the exercise of public duties or in the case of the provision of public services; or
2.		one or more of the controlling bodies referred to in this provision exercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence on the basis of ownership, financial participation or the rules applicable to the legal person can.

(3) The exercise of a dominant influence within the meaning of paragraph 2 (2) (2) shall be given if one or more of those in paragraph 1 (1) (9) (9). (d) the control bodies referred to in

1.		the majority of the subscribed capital has, or
2.		has a majority of the voting rights attaching to the shares, or
3.		can order more than half of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body.

Section 2

Requirements for metadata as well as spatial data sets and services

Metadata

§ 4. (1) The public geodata authorities shall provide metadata for the spatial data sets or services available to them or held for them in the quality sufficient to fulfil the purpose referred to in § 3 (1) (6) (6), and shall be based on the current state of the art. Stand to hold. For this purpose, they can serve a service provider or other suitable places.

(2) The metadata at least required in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 on the implementation of Directive 2007 /2/EC as regards metadata, OJ L 327, 30.4.2008, p. No. OJ L 326, 4 December 2008, p. 12.

(3) The metadata referred to in paragraph 2 shall also include information concerning restrictions on access to the public pursuant to § 8 and the reasons for such restrictions.

(4) The metadata shall be for the spatial data sets or services of the geodata subjects

1.		Annex I and II to 3 December 2010, and
2.		of Annex III to 3 December 2013
to create.

Interoperability of spatial data sets and services

§ 5. (1) The public geodata centres shall have the spatial data sets or services available to them or held for them in accordance with the implementing rules to be implemented, if necessary, in accordance with Article 7 (1) of this Regulation. of the INSPIRE Directive by adaptation or transformation services in accordance with Article 6 (2) (4) (4) of the Treaty. For this purpose, they can serve a service provider or other suitable places.

(2) The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to the

1.		after the application of the implementing rules referred to in paragraph 1, newly collected or largely restructured spatial data sets or the corresponding spatial data services within two years and
2.		Still in use geodata or corresponding geodata services within seven years
after the implementation of the implementing rules referred to in paragraph 1.

(3) The public geodata offices, bodies based on national law provisions within the meaning of Art. 3 Z 9 of the INSPIRE directive and third parties within the meaning of § 2 para. 1 Z 3 lit. (b) for the purpose of fulfilling the implementing rules referred to in paragraph 1, have the necessary information, including data, codes and technical classifications, to be made available without restriction.

(4) In order to ensure the coherence of geographical data on geographical objects, which also extend to the territories of other Member States of the European Community or States of equivalent status, the competent public authorities shall: Geodata points or third parties within the meaning of § 2 para. 1 Z 3 lit. (b) to determine by common accord the representation and position of these objects with the respective competent authorities or persons of the other Member States.

Section 3

Network services and their public availability

Network Services

§ 6. (1) The public geodata centres shall, in accordance with the spatial data sets or services available to them or prepared for them, for which metadata are to be drawn up in accordance with this Law, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be kept in place, if necessary, in the national context. Implementing rules to be implemented in accordance with Article 16 of the INSPIRE Directive, such as Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 implementing Directive 2007 /2/EC as regards network services, OJ L 145, 31.5.2009, p. No. OJ L 274 of 20. 9, network services to be created and operated. For this purpose, they can serve a service provider or other suitable places. The public geodata centres may also provide their network services to other public geodata centres for the replacement of any additional costs incurred.

(2) Network services as referred to in paragraph 1 are

1.		search services that enable the search for spatial data sets and services based on the content of corresponding metadata and to indicate the content of the metadata;
2.		Presentation services, at least enabling them to display, navigate, zoom in and out, move, move, transfer data, and information from legends and other relevant content of to display metadata,
3.		Download services that allow the downloading of and, where feasible, direct access to copies of complete geodata sets or parts of such data sets,
4.		Transformation services for the transformation of spatial data sets in order to achieve interoperability
5.		Services to retrieve geodata services.

(3) These services must take into account relevant user requirements, be publicly available in accordance with the provisions of § § 8 and 9, be easy to use and be accessible via the Internet or other suitable telecommunication means.

(4) At least the following metadata shall be guaranteed for the search services as a combinable search criteria:

1.		Keywords;
2.		Classification of geodata and geodata services;
3.		the quality and validity of the spatial data sets;
4.		Degree of conformity of the spatial data sets with the implementing rules laid down in Article 7 (1) of the INSPIRE-Directive;
5.		geographical location;
6.		conditions for access to and use of spatial data sets and services;
7.		the public geodata centre responsible for the creation, management, maintenance and dissemination of the spatial data sets or services.

(5) Transformation services shall be combined with the other services within the meaning of paragraph 2 in such a way that they can be operated in accordance with the implementing rules laid down in Article 7 (1) of the INSPIRE Directive.

Network

§ 7. (1) The public geodata centres shall link their network services in accordance with § 6 via an electronic network and shall allow access to these network services via the Geo-Portal INSPIRE. You can also provide this access via your own access points. For this purpose, they can serve a service provider or other suitable places. The public geodata authorities may also make available their linking and accessibility of the network services in the sense of the first sentence to other public geodata centres against compensation for any additional costs which may be incurred.

(2) Third parties may link their spatial data sets or services to the network referred to in paragraph 1 if they undertake to ensure that, for the duration of the period, they shall be bound by that public geo-data centre via whose network services the link is to take place. the link

1.		the metadata, spatial data sets or services and network services, the latter being required in accordance with the implementing rules of Article 16 of the INSPIRE Directive, as appropriate, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 976/2009, if necessary, the provisions of this law,
2.		the technical and legal requirements for the linkage and the provision of the data given,
3.		the costs associated with the link, including any agreed pay, shall be borne by itself.

(3) The public geodata centre referred to in paragraph 2 shall conclude a contract with the third party in the presence of the conditions set out in this provision, in which case it shall in any event declare the agreement to be linked.

Restrictions on public access to geodata

§ 8. (1) Public access to spatial data sets or services beyond the services referred to in Article 6 (2) (1) (1) shall be limited if such access would have an adverse effect on:

1.		public security;
2.		the comprehensive national defence;
3.		international relations.

(2) Public access to spatial data sets or services beyond the services referred to in Article 6 (2) (2) to (5) shall be restricted where such access would have adverse effects on:

1.		the aspects referred to in paragraph 1;
2.		the confidentiality of the procedures of public geodata bodies, provided that such confidentiality is provided for by law;
3.		ongoing legal proceedings, the possibility of a person to obtain a fair trial, or the ability of an authority to conduct investigations of a criminal or disciplinary nature;
4.		Business or trade secrets, provided that they are protected by national law or Community law, with a view to legitimate economic interests, including the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of statistical data. data and tax secrecy;
5.		intellectual property rights;
6.		the confidentiality of personal data, provided that there is a legitimate interest in the secrecy within the meaning of the 2000 Data Protection Act (DSG 2000), BGBl. I No 165/1999;
7.		the protection of environmental areas to which the information relates.

(3) The public access to the services of electronic commerce referred to in Article 9 (4) shall be restricted for the reasons set out in paragraph 2.

(4) The restrictions imposed on paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be interpreted strictly, taking into account in individual cases the public interest in access. In each individual case, the public interest in access to the interest shall be weighed against the interest in the restriction.

(5) Restrictions on access because of the reasons set out in paragraph 2 (2), (2), (4), (6) and (7) shall be inadmissible if geodata sets or services are affected by emissions into the environment.

Charges and other conditions for the public availability of the geodata

§ 9. (1) Search services and presentation services (§ 6 (2) (1) and (2)) shall be made available to the public free of charge.

(2) By way of derogation from paragraph 1, and unless other legislation provides for free or lower charges, charges for the maintenance of the spatial data sets or of the corresponding spatial data services may be used for presentation services; are required. This is particularly true for cases where large amounts of data are frequently updated. If data are made available through these services, this may be done in forms that preclude further use for commercial purposes. On request, the calculation basis for the charges shall be indicated.

(3) For the download services or the services for the retrieval of spatial data services (§ 6 para. 2 Z 3 or 5), charges may be required, unless other legislation provides for the free or lower charges. The total revenue from these charges shall not exceed the cost of the collection, production, reproduction and dissemination of the spatial data sets or the corresponding geodata services, plus a reasonable profit margin. The charges must be based on the costs of the corresponding accounting period and must be calculated on the basis of the accounting principles applicable to the public geodata points. The last sentence of Section 9 (2) shall apply mutatily.

(4) If charges are required for the presentation services, download services or the services for the retrieval of spatial data services (§ 6 para. 2 Z 2, 3 or 5), services of electronic commerce must be available for the purpose of processing them. For these services, liability exclusions, electronic licence agreements or, if necessary, licences may be provided in any other form.

Section 4

Use of geodata by public geodata offices and other persons or bodies

Use of geodata by domestic public geodata points

§ 10. (1) The public geodata points according to § 3 paragraph 1 Z 9 lit. (a) to (c) shall, by means of appropriate measures, enable the spatial data sets or services available to them or held for them to be provided for such other bodies or bodies based on national law in the sense of Article 3 (c) 9 lit. (a) or (b) of the INSPIRE Directive shall be accessible and usable, provided that this is necessary for the performance of its public tasks, which may have a direct or indirect impact on the environment.

(2) The accessibility and use referred to in paragraph 1 shall be excluded,

1.		where this
a)			ongoing legal proceedings, the possibility of a person to receive a fair trial, or the ability of an authority to conduct investigations of a criminal nature, or
b)			public security or
c)			the comprehensive national defence, or
d)			International relations
		would be endangered or
2.		if this would violate the confidentiality of personal data, provided that there is a legitimate interest in their secrecy within the meaning of the 2000 Data Protection Act.

(3) The accessibility and use referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be limited in such a way as to create practical obstacles at the time of the use of spatial data sets or services by other public geodata points within the meaning of paragraph 1 could.

(4) The public geodata centres within the meaning of paragraph 1 may grant licences or fees for the use of their spatial data sets or services, unless otherwise specified in other legislation. Such measures must be compatible with the objective of the ease of use of spatial data sets and services. Where charges are required, they shall not exceed the minimum necessary to ensure the necessary quality and supply of spatial data sets and services, plus a reasonable profit margin, where appropriate The self-financing requirements of the public geodata centre providing the spatial data sets or services must be taken into account.

(5) The charges and other conditions for the use of the spatial data sets or services shall be defined in advance by the public geodata centre and shall be published in an appropriate manner-as far as possible and useful on the Internet-. On request, the calculation basis for the charges shall be indicated.

Use of geodata by foreign public authorities

§ 11. (1) The provisions of Section 10 (1) to (4) shall apply mutatily to the use of the spatial data sets or services.

1.		the institutions or bodies of the European Community,
2.		Places within the meaning of Art. 3 Z 9 lit. (a) and (b) of the INSPIRE Directive of other Member States of the European Community or of such equivalent States, and
3.		bodies set up by international agreements and with which the European Community and its Member States are Contracting Parties,
provided that this is necessary for the performance of their public tasks, which may have a direct or indirect impact on the environment. Section 10 (5) shall apply mutatily to the bodies referred to in Z 2 and 3.

(2) For spatial data sets and services which are made available to the institutions or bodies of the European Community in the fulfilment of reporting obligations of the Community environmental law, no charges may be required for those data sets and services.

(3) Use may be subject to conditions. These shall be designed in accordance with the implementing provisions of Article 17 (8) of the INSPIRE Directive, which are still to be implemented if necessary, in relation to the institutions and bodies of the European Community. The use by the entities referred to in paragraph 1 Z 3 requires reciprocity and equivalence.

Section 5

Coordination, National Contact Point, Monitoring and Reports

Coordination

§ 12. (1) The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management shall set up a Federal Office for Coordination and lead both these and the national focal point as set out in paragraph 5.

(2) The task of the coordinating body of the Federal Government is to:

1.		Contributions from public geodata centres or third parties pursuant to § 2 para. 1 Z 3 lit. b, users of the spatial data infrastructure as well as other entities or persons interested in these data
a)			for the description of the spatial data sets or services relevant under this Act and of the user needs,
b)			on existing procedures and
c)			to report back on the implementation of this law
		to coordinate,
2.		To assist the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management in the performance of the tasks in accordance with § § 13 to 15 and
3.		to make recommendations, if necessary, on the establishment of the spatial information infrastructure to the bodies or persons referred to in Z 1.

(3) The coordinating body of the federal government shall each belong to a representative of the federal ministries in whose sphere of action the spatial data sets or services fall within the scope of section 2 (1) to (4).

(4) The presence of more than half of its members is required for the consultation and decision-making of the coordinating body. Decisions can only be taken unanimously. Abstention is inadmissible. The coordinating body shall have its own rules of procedure.

(5) The coordinating body of the Federal Government, after a timely granting of the opportunity to participate in each country, the town-centre and the town council, as the national coordinating body, has the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 above. to be aware of the geographical data infrastructure of Austria, which is created, applied or made available on the basis of the laws implementing the INSPIRE directive. Paragraph 4 shall apply mutatily.

National correspondent

§ 13. The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management is responsible for communication with the Commission of the European Communities in connection with the INSPIRE directive.

Monitoring

§ 14. (1) The public geodata offices and third parties within the meaning of § 2 para. 1 Z 3 lit. b have the creation and use of their spatial data infrastructures in accordance with Decision 2009 /442/EC implementing Directive 2007 /2/EC as regards surveillance and reporting, OJ L 206, 22.7.2007, p. No. 18., and to provide this information to the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management for the fulfilment of the obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article in a timely and permanent manner.

(2) The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management has, on the basis of the information referred to in paragraph 1 as well as corresponding information in accordance with national law, the required information pursuant to the Decision 2009 /442/EC. Information on the Austrian Spatial Data Infrastructure to be made available to the Commission of the European Communities and to the public in the long term.

Reports to the Commission of the European Communities

§ 15. (1) The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management has, in accordance with Decision 2009 /442/EC, on the basis of the information referred to in paragraph 2 and corresponding information in accordance with national law, until 15 May 2010 and thereafter every three years to the Commission of the European Communities to provide reports on the Austrian spatial data infrastructure with the summary description of the following aspects, in particular:

1.		Coordination between public geodata centres and users of spatial data sets or services and intermediary bodies, relationship with third parties and organisation of quality assurance;
2.		Contribution of public geodata bodies or third parties within the meaning of § 2 para. 1 Z 3 lit. b for the operation and coordination of the spatial data infrastructure;
3.		information on the use of the spatial data infrastructure;
4.		Agreements on the use of geodata by public geodata centres, relevant bodies in accordance with the Land laws of the INSPIRE directive or of other Member States of the European Community;
5.		Costs and benefits of the implementation of the INSPIRE-Directive.

(2) In order to fulfil the obligation laid down in paragraph 1, the public geodata offices and third parties shall have the obligation to comply with § 2 (1) Z 3 lit. b to provide the necessary information on a timely basis.

6.

Legal protection

Mediation

§ 16. (1) Before bringing an action in accordance with Section 17, the person or registered civil society which objected to the items of legal disputes which may be subject to this provision shall have an amicable agreement on these disputes. The point of contact shall be dealt with.

(2) The Schlichtungsstelle is made up of three members. One member is appointed by each party; the two members elect the chairman. This must be a person who is not involved in the matter and must not be in a relationship with any party that can cast doubt on their inconvenience.

(3) The person referred to in paragraph 1 shall be shown to have the public geodata centre submitted to the public geodata office for mediation and to make repudiation the member appointed by him. If, within two weeks, the public geo-data centre does not prove to be the person referred to in paragraph 1 above, the member appointed by the person concerned or the two members appointed by the parties shall not choose within two weeks from the name of the name of the member of the public geodata centre the chairman, the action pursuant to § 17 shall be admissible without delay.

(4) A lawsuit pursuant to Section 17 shall be admissible if an amicable agreement has not been reached within three months of the appointment of the Chairman.

(5) Unless the parties agree otherwise, the costs of the conciliation shall initially bear the person within the meaning of the first paragraph. If no amicable agreement can be reached, these costs should be dealt with in the legal dispute such as pre-processual costs.

Referrals to the courts

§ 17. On the decision on litigation relating to the

1.		Conditions or charges relating to the use of spatial data sets or services by the public through the network services (§ 9) or
2.		Conditions or charges for the use of spatial data sets or services by the entities referred to in § § 10 (1) and (11) (1) (§ 10) (1), (3) and (4); § 11), or
3.		Refusal, conditions or charges for the linking of spatial data sets or services of third parties (Section 7 (2))
the ordinary courts are competent.

Section 7

Final provisions

Regulation

§ 18. In order to fulfil obligations under Article 4 (7), Article 7 (1), Article 16, Article 17 (8) and Article 21 (4) of the INSPIRE Directive, the Federal Government may lay down detailed rules for the implementation of the provisions of the INSPIRE Directive.

1.		Description of the geodata subjects (§ 2 para. 1 Z 4),
2.		laying down technical modalities for the interoperability and harmonisation of spatial data sets and services (Article 5 (1));
3.		Establishment of technical specifications and minimum performance criteria for network services (Section 6 (1)),
4.		Establishment of technical specifications for the interconnection of spatial data sets and services with the network (§ 7 (1) and (2)) and
5.		Definition of harmonised conditions for the use of geodata by institutions and bodies of the European Community (Article 11 (3))
adopted by Regulation.

The Communities ' own sphere of action

§ 19. If according to § 3 paragraph 1 Z 9 lit. e tasks of the municipalities are regulated, these are to be provided in their own sphere of action if the spatial data sets or services belong to the affairs of their own sphere of activity.

Enforcement

§ 20. With the enforcement of this federal law are entrusted:

1.		with regard to § 12, § 13, § 14 (2) and § 15 (1) of the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management;
2.		as regards Section 17 of the Federal Minister of Justice;
3.		with regard to matters relating to the sphere of action
a)			one Federal Ministry of Justice, the Federal Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany,
b)			of several federal ministries, the federal ministers concerned;
4.		in accordance with § 3 (1) Z 9 lit. e refer to the enforcement of this federal law on matters of which the law is a state matter, the state governments.

Linguistic equality

§ 21. All personal designations used in this Federal Act apply equally to persons of both female and male sex.

References to legislation

§ 22. (1) This federal law lays down Directive 2007 /2/EC on the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community (INSPIRE), OJ L 327, 28.1.2007, p. No. OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1.

(2) In the context of this Federal Act, it is necessary to act as a directly applicable law:

1.		Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 on the implementation of Directive 2007 /2/EC as regards metadata, OJ L 145, 31.5.2008, p. No. OJ L 326, 4 December 2008, p. 12;
2.		Decision 2009 /442/EC on the implementation of Directive 2007 /2/EC as regards monitoring and reporting, OJ L 136, 31.4.2009, p. No. OJ L 148 of 11 June 2009 p. 18;
3.		Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 on the implementation of Directive 2007 /2/EC as regards network services, OJ L 145, 31.5.2009, p. No. OJ L 274 of 20. 9 October 2009 p.

(3) References in this Federal Act to other federal laws or directly applicable law of the European Community shall be understood as references to the version in force in each case.

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