95. Regulation of the Federal Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection for the short-term employment of foreign harvest workers in agriculture

Due to § 5 (1) Z 2 of the Foreigners Employment Act-AuslBG, BGBl. No. 218/1975, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I No 78/2007, being ordered:

§ 1. For the agricultural sector, a quota of 7 170 for the short-term employment of foreign harvest workers will be fixed, which will be divided among the Länder as follows:

Burgenland: ........................................................... 1 500

Carinthia: ....................................................... 50

Lower Austria: .......................................................... 2 180

Upper Austria: .............................................................. 350

Salzburg: ....................................................... 10

Steiermark: ............................................................... 2 750

Tyrol: .............................................................. 160

Vorarlberg: ................................................................ 50

Vienna: .............................................................. 120

§ 2. (1) In the framework of the quotas referred to above, employment permits may be granted throughout the period of validity of this Regulation. Their period of validity shall not exceed six weeks and shall not end after 30 November 2009.

(2) Nationals who are subject to the transitional provisions on the free movement of workers of the EU (Article 32a of the AuslBG) are to be preferred in the granting of the employment permits.

§ 3. This Regulation shall expire on the expiry of 30 November 2009.

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