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133. Regulation of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour for the short-term employment of foreign harvest workers in agriculture
Pursuant to Section 5 (1) Z 2 of the Foreigners Employment Act (AuslBG), BGBl. No. 218/1975, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 157/2005, shall be:
§ 1 . For the agricultural sector, a quota of 6 315 for the short-term employment of foreign harvest workers shall be established, which shall be allocated among the following Länder as follows:
| Burgenland: ........................................................... |
1 500 |
| Carinthia: ....................................................... |
30 |
| Lower Austria: ......................................................... |
2 100 |
| Upper Austria: .............................................................. |
300 |
| Steiermark: ................................................................ |
2 130 |
| Tyrol: ........................................................ |
120 |
| Vorarlberg: ................................................................ |
45 |
| Vienna: ....................................................... |
90 |
§ 2. (1) In the framework of the quotas referred to above, authorisations of employment 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 2006.
(2) Nationals of the States which acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004 and are subject to the transitional provisions on the free movement of workers of the EU (Article 32a of the LBG) are to be preferred in the granting of employment permits.
§ 3. This Regulation shall expire on the expiry of 30 November 2006.
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