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57. Regulation of the Federal Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection for the temporary employment of foreign harvest workers in the agricultural sector
Pursuant to Section 5 (2) (2) (2) of the Foreign Employment Act (AuslBG), Federal Law Gazette (BGBl). No. 218/1975, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I No 72/2013, shall be arranged:
§ 1. For the agricultural sector, a quota of 395 for the short-term employment of foreign harvest workers is established, which is divided among the Länder as follows:
Burgenland: .......................................................... |
30 |
Carinthia: ....................................................... |
13 |
Lower Austria: ....................................... |
120 |
Upper Austria: ....................................................... |
58 |
Salzburg: .............................................................. |
5 |
Steiermark: ........................................................... |
120 |
Tyrol: ....................................................... |
20 |
Vorarlberg: ........................................................... |
5 |
Vienna: .................................................. |
24 |
§ 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 2015.
(2) Foreigners who are subject to the transitional provisions on EU free movement of workers (§ 32a AuslBG), and asylum seekers are to be preferred in the granting of employment permits.
§ 3. This Regulation shall expire on the expiry of 30 November 2015.
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