PPP and investment law
The laws that govern PPP and concessions, investment guarantees, dispute settlement and legal terms, with links to the official texts.
Checked on October 24, 2026Information, not legal advice
Austria has no dedicated PPP statute. PPP projects are procured under the Federal Act on the Award of Concession Contracts (BVergGKonz 2018) and the Federal Procurement Act (BVergG 2018), which transposes EU Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. Austria is an ICSID member and a party to the New York Convention. UNCTAD lists an investment treaty between Austria and Ukraine in force since 1996.
Governs the award of concession contracts. Austria has no dedicated PPP statute, so PPPs are procured under this act and the BVergG 2018.
The general federal procurement law. Transposes EU Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The contracting authority is called the öffentlicher Auftraggeber.
We have not yet checked a separate foreign investment or investment screening law for this jurisdiction against an official source, so we do not summarise one here.
The constitutional property provision has not yet been checked against the official text, so we do not summarise it here.
Contracting State
Party
In force (1996)
How the law names each party, in the original language. Useful when reading tender documents and contracts.
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